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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.

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You can now stream to Facebook Live from inside virtual reality

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

If you don’t think your real life is interesting enough to livestream to your friends, you’re in luck. Facebook Inc. announced today that you can now livestream from virtual reality using the Facebook Spaces app, giving your friends “a window into your …

AI cybersecurity startup Darktrace raises $75M at $875M valuation

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Cyberattacks may be bad for most businesses, but this year they have been great for the cybersecurity industry. Between the WannaCry ransomware that swept Europe and the more recent Petya attacks, cybersecurity shares have surged this year, and so has cybersecurity funding. The latest startup to …

Google DeepMind is teaching an AI how to walk

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

DeepMind Technologies Inc. has built artificial intelligences that can defeat the world’s top Go players or beat dozens of old video games in no time at all. Now, the Google Inc.-owned company is setting its sights on something a bit more complicated: teaching an AI …

Google’s new PAIR initiative focuses on the ‘human side’ of AI

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has its hand in nearly every type of artificial intelligence research, and today the company announced the launch of an initiative called People + AI Research, a new project that focuses on the developing relationship between AI and people. According to Fernanda Viégas …

Facebook is turning its new Willow Campus into a small city

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has big plans for its next campus near its headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Today, the social media giant revealed plans to do a major redevelopment of the former Menlo Science & Technology Park, which will be renamed as Facebook’s Willow Campus. …

DeepMind releases first independent review of its AI health projects

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

DeepMind Technologies Inc. is one of many companies looking to apply artificial intelligence to healthcare, but dealing with private health information can be tricky, as DeepMind learned Tuesday. Today, DeepMind released the results of the first-ever independent review of DeepMind Health, and the company …

UK watchdog says Google DeepMind had illegal access to health data

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc.’s DeepMind team formed a partnership with the U.K. National Health Service to streamline healthcare using artificial intelligence in November, but the project has hit a major legal roadblock. The U.K.’s Information Commissioner Office, a government organization that regulates data privacy, has determined the …

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