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

Hypergiant emerges from stealth in bid to become ‘the Fortune 500’s AI outfitter’

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence is digging its roots into every industry. But even if many companies have realized that they need some kind of AI strategy, most have no idea where to start. Hypergiant Inc. says these companies need “a guiding light” that can help them find AI solutions that meet …

Atari is launching its own cryptocurrency for some reason

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Atari SA, the French holding company that gobbled up the veteran game company when it went bankrupt in 2013, announced that it is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. As if we do not have enough already, Atari said that it plans to release not one …

Apple scrambles to fix iOS crashes caused by a single text symbol

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. confirmed today that it’s working to fix a bug on iOS that can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and iMessage, all because of a single text character. Italian tech blog Mobile World first spotted the bug, which affects iPhones, iPads, …

EU tells Facebook and Twitter to protect users or face sanctions

PEOPLE By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

The executive arm of the European Union is tired of waiting for social media companies to comply with the EU’s consumer protection rules, saying today that industry giants such as Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Google LLC could face sanctions if they do not …

Google Chrome’s ad blocker is here, but – no surprise – it won’t block everything

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Chrome’s built-in ad blocker finally goes live Thursday, but users are still going to see plenty of ads. Google LLC designed the new feature to block only the most annoying ads rather than all of them, which makes sense for a company that earns …

Arm unveils ‘Project Trillium’ AI chips for mobile devices

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

This seems to be the week of new dedicated artificial intelligence chips, from Google LLC adding AI chips to its public cloud to reports that Amazon.com Inc. is developing its own AI chips. The trend continues with U.K.-based semiconductor giant Arm Holdings plc, which today announced …

XebiaLabs raises $100M to help enterprises speed DevOps software development

CLOUD By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

XebiaLabs Inc., a startup that helps enterprises speed up their software development, announced today that it has closed a surprisingly large $100 million funding round. The Series B round was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel. It brings XebiaLabs’ total funding to date …

Uber and Waymo trade theft battle ends in surprise $245M settlement

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

The long-awaited trial between Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc. came to an abrupt end after just four days, as Uber has agreed today to pay a settlement of $245 million in equity for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Alphabet’s self-driving car …

Google is reportedly building a cloud game streaming service called ‘Yeti’

CLOUD By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC may be the next company looking to fill the Netflix-shaped hole in the video game industry. The Information reported today that Google has been working on a subscription-based game streaming service that could deliver games to Chromecast or possibly a future Google-made gaming …

Report: Apple may team up with Goldman Sachs to offer iPhone financing

PEOPLE By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

If you really want the new iPhone X, but that $1,000 price tag is a bit too rich for your blood, Apple Inc. may have a solution for you: Take out a loan! The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Hypergiant emerges from stealth in bid to become ‘the Fortune 500’s AI outfitter’

Atari is launching its own cryptocurrency for some reason

Apple scrambles to fix iOS crashes caused by a single text symbol

Google Chrome’s ad blocker is here, but – no surprise – it won’t block everything

Arm unveils ‘Project Trillium’ AI chips for mobile devices

XebiaLabs raises $100M to help enterprises speed DevOps software development

Uber and Waymo trade theft battle ends in surprise $245M settlement

Google is reportedly building a cloud game streaming service called ‘Yeti’

Report: Apple may team up with Goldman Sachs to offer iPhone financing

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