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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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Uber CEO takes leave as company tries to ‘reset the culture’

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive and co-founder Travis Kalanick has taken a leave of absence from the company, which is currently facing some of its toughest challenges ever from both inside and outside the company. In addition to Uber’s ongoing legal battle with …

New York Times moderates comments using Google’s AI

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

In a perfect world, comment sections on news sites would be a great place to have rational discussions about what is happening in the world. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world, and bitter disagreement and name calling often lead many …

Report: Andy Rubin’s Essential smart device company raises $300M

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

In May, Android creator Andy Rubin launched smart device company Essential Products Inc. to build devices for “the way people want to live in the 21st century” — the first one, the Essential Phone, introduced last week. Now, Rubin has some money to carry out the …

Algolia raises $53 million for its search as a service platform

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Algolia Inc., which powers search features for major websites such as Periscope, Twitch and Medium, today announced it has raised $53 million to keep expanding its platform. The Series B funding round for the search startup was led by Accel Partners, which also led …

Coursera raises $64M to expand its e-learning platform for the enterprise

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Online learning platform Coursera Inc. has raised $64 million in late-stage funding to continue expanding its training programs for the enterprise. This brings Coursera’s total funding to $210.3 million and sets the company’s valuation at $800 million. According to Coursera, the majority of the Series D …

Quantifi raises $2.3 million to let brands test their ads with AI

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Marketing research and development startup Quantifi wants to use artificial intelligence to change the way brands test their ads, and today the company announced that it has raised $2.3 million in seed funding to expand its platform. The funding was led by High …

Sesame Workshop and IBM build AI-powered learning platform for schools

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. announced today that it has teamed up with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the long-running Sesame Street TV series, to build a classroom artificial intelligence-powered education platform using IBM Watson. The new “intelligent play and learning platform” is powered by IBM Cloud, …

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