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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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Instant Games shows how far Facebook Messenger has come

APPS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc.’s controversial decision to split Messenger off into its own app is finally starting to make sense after roughly two years, as the social media giant continues building new features in its quest to turn Messenger into a full-fledged platform. This week, …

MIT vision algorithm animates pictures by predicting the future

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new computer vision algorithm that they say is capable of creating short animations simply by looking at a still picture and predicting what will happen next. Computer vision is essentially a way …

Japan plans to build the fastest deep learning supercomputer

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

The Japanese government announced this week that it will be hopping on one of today’s hottest technology bandwagons by building what it claims will be the world’s fastest supercomputer for deep learning research. The goal behind the new system, which sports the descriptive-yet-boring name of …

Google DeepMind to help streamline national patient care in U.K.

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc.’s DeepMind team has become one of the best-known artificial intelligence research groups in the world thanks to a few major breakthroughs, most notably AlphaGo’s victory earlier this year. Now, DeepMind has formed a landmark five-year partnership with the Royal Free …

Amazon dives deeper into deep learning with MXNet framework

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Nearly every major tech company, from Google Inc. to Facebook Inc., has been making deep learning an increasingly important aspect of their businesses, and today Amazon.com Inc. got into the game. The company, whose Amazon Web Services is the leader in cloud …

Tesla finally completes its $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Electric car maker and autonomous vehicle pioneer Tesla Motors Inc. has completed its $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity Corp., a California-based renewable energy company that specializes in residential solar power. The deal between the two companies, both started by Elon Musk, became final after …

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