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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Dropbox aims at enterprise businesses with Smart Sync and Paper

APPS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

File backup and syncing platform Dropbox Inc. has been steadily adding new features aimed at the enterprise, and today the company has finally launched Smart Sync, a tool for Dropbox Business users that makes it easy to access shared files without having to …

How one university tries to balance student privacy with campus security

BIG DATA By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Striking a balance between privacy and security is a difficult problem for any industry, but it has become especially challenging for universities in the wake of multiple instances of campus violence over the last few years. It’s easy to assume that privacy …

Internet providers finally retire ‘six strikes’ piracy warnings

APPS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Media pirates in the U.S. may be able to rest a little easier now, as the controversial “six strikes” copyright infringement warning system has officially been retired. Internet service providers began sending warnings to suspected pirates in 2013 as part of the …

Intel posts strong earnings with major growth in Internet of Things

INFRA By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Chip maker Intel Corp. reported strong fourth-quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street estimates thanks to solid growth in several key areas such as the Internet of Things and client computing. Intel brought in over $16.4 billion in revenues, up by 10 percent …

Scientists create AI that spots skin cancer as accurately as doctors

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

One of the most important factors in treating cancer is catching the disease early, and a team of scientists at Stanford University may have found a new way to do that thanks to artificial intelligence. The scientists shared their project in a …

KenSci raises $8.5M to predict health needs with machine learning

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

As healthcare gets more and more expensive, the medical industry is constantly looking for new technologies to lower costs without sacrificing the quality of care. Seattle-based startup KenSci Inc. offers one such solution that uses machine learning to predict when people will get sick …

Google took down 1.7 billion bad ads in 2016, double the previous year

APPS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Sketchy ads have been a problem on the Internet for a few decades now, but according to Google Inc.’s latest Bad Ads Report, it looks like things are getting worse rather than better. In its report, Google revealed that in 2016 it took …

Coursera launches e-learning platform for governments and nonprofits

APPS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

E-learning company Coursera Inc. has launched a new education platform for governments and nonprofits. Coursera’s new program will offer affordable curated learning programs that target each organization’s specific needs. For example, many of the courses focus on business skills or English language communication. …

China’s Great Firewall just got stronger thanks to VPN crackdown

INFRA By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

China just made it a lot harder for Internet users in the country to bypass the so-called Great Firewall thanks to a new crackdown on unauthorized virtual private networks. Yesterday, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that it has launched …

DeepMind aims to train future AI pioneers with machine learning class

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Alphabet Inc.-owned DeepMind Technologies Ltd. is one of the companies leading the charge in the recent artificial intelligence boom, and now it wants to share what it’s learning. The company announced today that it will offer its expertise through a new Masters-level …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

How one university tries to balance student privacy with campus security

Internet providers finally retire ‘six strikes’ piracy warnings

Scientists create AI that spots skin cancer as accurately as doctors

KenSci raises $8.5M to predict health needs with machine learning

Coursera launches e-learning platform for governments and nonprofits

China’s Great Firewall just got stronger thanks to VPN crackdown

DeepMind aims to train future AI pioneers with machine learning class

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