Eric David

Eric David is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE, covering the latest trends in social media and gaming. He is an avid gamer and enjoys writing about innovations in the video game industry and gaming culture in general. Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, receiving major honors for his thesis "A Culture of Heresy: Explaining the Resiliency of Catharism and the Church's Response," which is every bit as exciting as it sounds. Eric lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, dog and gaming PC.

Latest from Eric David

Nvidia awards $100k startup prize to art-creating AI company Artomatix

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

If you thought that artistic expression was the only thing Artificial Intelligence (AI) could never replicate, you might want to rethink that art degree. Nvidia Corp. has awarded the $100,000 prize for its recent Early Stage Challenge to Dublin-based deep learning start-up Artomatix, Ltd., …

TxK creator Jeff Minter says Atari is using “threats and bullying” to shut him down

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

In a blog post published earlier today (and later copied to Pastebin), British game developer and Llamasoft, Inc. founder Jeff Minter lashed out against Atari, Inc., accusing the veteran game company of bullying him into shutting down any plans for ports or further development …

Miss ’80s game arcades? Relive them in this VR tech demo for Oculus Rift

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Do you remember the days of dimly lit video game arcades, full of the bloops and bleeps of games like Pac-Man and Galaga? The heady scent of sugary soda and unnaturally buttery popcorn hung in the air above the neon lights and the grimy …

Does Twitter’s new threat reporting tool have any teeth?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twitter, Inc. may not be the only social networking company struggling against online harassment, but it has been one of the most visible. With a near-constant barrage of bullying and even death threats made by and against its users, Twitter has been scrambling to …

Will UT Dallas ever become the “Tier One” tech school the city needs?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Even in the turbulent years of the recent recession, Dallas stayed relatively strong economically and maintained higher-than-average employment rates than most other American cities. Last summer, the unemployment rate in Dallas dropped to 5.1 percent, well below the national average at the time of 6.3 …

Facebook Messenger payments make impersonal birthday gifts easier than ever

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

If you thought Facebook Inc’s privacy woes could not get any more complicated than they already were, the social media giant has opened up a whole new avenue of tinfoil hat conspiracy theories thanks to the introduction of in-app payments to the …

Google Play rolls out a new global age-rating system for apps

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Ratings for mobile games are nothing new, but Google has decided to take it a step further by using a global age rating on all apps on the Google Play app store. So now not only will games like Clash of Clans or …

Nintendo finally caved to the pressure and will start making games for phones

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

While Nintendo Co., Ltd. may be known for trying out new innovations in peripherals and game hardware, the Japanese game company has been reluctant to pick up the latest gaming frontier: phone and tablet games. Rumors had been going around some time ago …

Things Facebook says “shouldn’t be shared on Facebook” – violence, nudity and copyrights

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

When your user base consists of roughly one-sixth of the world’s population, it is hard to make a content policy that can cover everyone, but Facebook is sure trying. The social media giant recently updated its Community Standards to clearly lay out …

The arrival of Meerkat and the cyberpunk dystopia we’ve always wanted

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twenty years ago, a discussion about privacy would have barely included the Internet. Ten years ago, it would have barely included social media. Now the issue of privacy is facing even more challenging questions thanks to tools like Meerkat, which works a bit like …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Nvidia awards $100k startup prize to art-creating AI company Artomatix

TxK creator Jeff Minter says Atari is using “threats and bullying” to shut him down

Miss ’80s game arcades? Relive them in this VR tech demo for Oculus Rift

Does Twitter’s new threat reporting tool have any teeth?

Will UT Dallas ever become the “Tier One” tech school the city needs?

Facebook Messenger payments make impersonal birthday gifts easier than ever

Google Play rolls out a new global age-rating system for apps

Nintendo finally caved to the pressure and will start making games for phones

Things Facebook says “shouldn’t be shared on Facebook” – violence, nudity and copyrights

The arrival of Meerkat and the cyberpunk dystopia we’ve always wanted

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