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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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Now, AT&T and Verizon have pulled their ads from YouTube

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

YouTube took another big hit to its ad business this week, as both AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. pulled their ads from the video sharing platform amid growing concerns that they are inadvertently funding extremism. Last week, The Times reported that …

How PlayFab will use IBM Watson to make better games

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Video games can offer more data and metrics than pretty much any other form of entertainment, and PlayFab Inc. wants to use the power of IBM Corp.’s Watson artificial intelligence platform to turn that data into valuable insights for game developers. PlayFab …

UK questions Google about government ads before extremist YouTube videos

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has landed itself in some hot water in the U.K. after its YouTube video site displayed a number of government-sponsored ads before videos that promote extremist views. The Times reported that YouTube displayed several U.K. government ads before videos that supported anti-Semitism, homophobia and other …

Germany will use speech analysis to verify refugees’ origins

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Germany wants to streamline the process for granting asylum to refugees by using speech analysis software to determine where they come from, according to German newspaper Die Welt (via Deutsche Welle). Like many countries in Europe, Germany is dealing with a massive …

Makeblock raises $30M to teach kids to build robots

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Kids love taking things apart and trying to put them back together, and Makeblock Co. Ltd. wants to use that curiosity to teach children all about robotics. Today, the Shenzhen-based startup announced that it has closed $30 million in a Series B funding round, …

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