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

Kik maker launches cryptocurrency to fight Internet ‘giants’

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Kik Interactive Inc., the maker of anonymous-chat app Kik, announced today that it is launching its own cryptocurrency called Kin in order to push back against what Chief Executive Ted Livingston calls the “copy-and-crush strategy” of giant Internet companies. “We’ve reached a worrying …

VR optimism helps game engine maker Unity raise $400M in private equity

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Unity Technologies Inc., the maker of the video game industry’s most popular third-party game engine, has raised an impressive $400 million in funding from private equity firm Silver Lake. According to the Wall Street Journal, Unity’s latest financing now places the company’s value at …

Facebook defends content policies after leaked documents stir controversy

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

With close to 2 billion monthly active users, Facebook Inc. has found itself in the tough position of policing content posted by more than a quarter of the world’s population. Over the weekend, leaked documents published by The Guardian revealed just how difficult it is …

Embrace.io raises $2.5M to tell devs when their apps are broken

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Analytics startup Embrace.io says it can tell mobile developers if their user experience is broken by bad app performance. Today, the company raised $2.5 million in seed funding to develop its platform and scale its business. The funding was led by Eniac Ventures, with additional investments …

Google’s AlphaGo AI narrowly beats the world’s top human Go player

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. may soon be able to claim that AlphaGo is unbeatable, as the Go-playing artificial intelligence has won yet another landmark game. On Monday, AlphaGo managed to narrowly win its first of three matches against Ke Jie, a 19-year-old Go prodigy from China who …

In a turning point, Ford replaces CEO Mark Fields with self-driving car boss

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

In a sign that autonomous cars are the future of the automobile industry, Ford Motor Co. announced early today that it is replacing Chief Executive Mark Fields with Jim Hackett, who currently serves as the head of Ford’s self-driving car initiative. The …

Uber may fire top self-driving car engineer for refusing Waymo court order

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has threatened to fire Anthony Levandowski, the head engineer of its self-driving car division, if he does not comply with a court order in the ongoing Waymo v. Uber legal battle. A former employee of Google Inc.’s self-driving car unit, Levandowski …

EU fines Facebook $122M for ‘misleading information’ in WhatsApp deal

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has been fighting a number of battles with regulators in the European Union over the last few years, including in countries like Germany and Belgium, but so far most of these conflicts have not resulted in any serious direct penalties on the social …

Facebook wants to block clickbait with this one weird trick

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Social media platforms have become a haven for clickbait titles, which try to trick users into following a link with vague descriptions such as “When She Looked Under Her Couch Cushions And Saw THIS … ” Facebook Inc. says it wants to put …

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M amid renewed security fears

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks have reminded businesses that cybersecurity is more important than ever, which is good news for security providers such as CrowdStrike Inc., which today announced that it has raised a large $100 million Series D funding round. The round …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Kik maker launches cryptocurrency to fight Internet ‘giants’

VR optimism helps game engine maker Unity raise $400M in private equity

Embrace.io raises $2.5M to tell devs when their apps are broken

Google’s AlphaGo AI narrowly beats the world’s top human Go player

In a turning point, Ford replaces CEO Mark Fields with self-driving car boss

Uber may fire top self-driving car engineer for refusing Waymo court order

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M amid renewed security fears

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