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Will Oath’s Vespa Kickstart Open-Source Big Data?

September 29, 2017

Big data is big business. We’ve previously suggested it could improve cybersecurity and drug development. Now there’s a new avenue for tech pros to explore: Yahoo (part of Oath, …

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Google Search Just Got Better for Every Developer

March 6, 2017

Google knows a lot about us, including how insecure we are about our programming knowledge. A new update to Google’s search recognizes strings of special characters, so …

Yahoo Hack Proves Security Is About Diligence

September 23, 2016

Yahoo’s security breach is worse than imagined. While initial rumors pegged the total number of affected users at 200 million, the company confirmed it’s actually …

How Infrastructure Can Wreck Tech Firms

Nick Kolakowski,

May 24, 2016

Over at TechCrunch, Mohit Aron, a former staff engineer at Google, tries to dissect why the search-engine giant succeeded while Yahoo, at one point its biggest …

Which Online Providers Protect Your Data?

Nick Kolakowski,

June 22, 2015

Which tech companies do the most to safeguard your data? In its fifth annual report (PDF) on online service providers’ privacy and transparency practices, the Electronic …

Job Advice for Grads From IBM, EMC, and Yahoo

May 19, 2015

It’s May, which means students everywhere have been scouring websites, meeting with company recruiters on campus, attending hackathons, and generally doing everything in their collective power …

Yahoo Called Its Layoffs a ‘Remix.’ Don’t Do That.

Nick Kolakowski,

April 22, 2015

Things aren’t fantastic at Yahoo at the moment. Despite a renewed focus on mobile and an influx of skilled developers and engineers, the company still struggles …

What Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Teaches About Management

Nick Kolakowski,

December 22, 2014

A new profile of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in the New York Times isn’t very kind to her two-year tenure at the flailing tech giant. While …

Black IT Pros on Diversity in Tech

November 11, 2014

While pundits and analysts debate about diversity in Silicon Valley, one thing is very clear: Black Americans make up a very small percentage of tech workers. …

Where Are All the Women Execs?

Nick Kolakowski,

October 31, 2014

How many U.S. companies have at least one female executive on staff? According to a new report from marketing-data company Infogroup Targeting Solutions, a mere 27 …

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