It wasn’t until the stoic German executive popped open the champagne and began drinking straight from the bottle that I feared we might die in the next few minutes. We were approaching Florence airport but the air-traffic controller wasn’t responding. …
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When Bill started out in the game, he operated on the assumption that nobody would ever understand his trip, so why bother trying to explain himself? As a young hustler, he spent nearly all of his time listening, because people…
Rumors of Apple building an augmented-reality (AR) headset have drifted through the technology industry for quite some time. A new report by Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, however, puts a more definitive date on when such a device might finally hit the market: 2022.
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Two pints of cheap beer and a shot of engine-cleaner whiskey into his night, Bill found himself less mordant than earlier. The bartender had something to do with his newfound cheer. Raven-haired and dark-eyed, dressed for tips in a pair of tight…
Bill awoke, as one sometimes does, dangling upside-down over a pit, ankles wrapped in heavy chains, sweat stinging his eyes, head throbbing like a dying tooth. …
Over the past several months, some technologists have been throwing around what sounds like a new buzzword: “web3.” What is it, and how might it impact your career?
If you’ve been involved in the tech industry for a long time, you no doubt remember the rise of “web 2.0” around…
Demand for technologists remains notably high. However, many technologists face an escalating series of challenges, from innovating on relatively tight budgets to managing teams of remote employees. How are they faring in this complex environment?
According to a new study by CompTIA, the answer to that question is “fine.” Some…
Unity Software, builder of the popular cross-platform game engine, announced the acquisition of digital-effects powerhouse Weta Digital for $1.65 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Unity will make Weta’s ultra-powerful digital creation tools available to creators and developers as part of its broader product portfolio.
Tech unemployment stood at 2.1 percent in October, according to a new CompTIA analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That’s a fraction down from September, when the tech unemployment rate hit 2.2 percent, and far less than the general unemployment rate of 4.6 percent.
CompTIA…
In the past, Google employees have protested their company’s work with the military. But that hasn’t dissuaded Google from pursuing a new, major contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
That contract, known as the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), would evolve the DoD’s existing cloud ecosystem. In a…
