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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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Nintendo’s next big nostalgia product is a $60 mini NES

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

The phenomenal success of Pokemon Go has proven that Nintendo Co Ltd’s classic IPs can still tap into a very large (and very lucrative) nostalgic fan base, and now the Japanese game company has revealed the next stage of its plan to capitalize …

Oculus finally fulfills the last of its Rift pre-orders

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Facebook-owned Oculus VR has announced that it is finally caught up with pre-orders for Oculus Rift, nearly four months after the $599 virtual reality headset officially launched. According to Oculus, the last of the Rift pre-orders have shipped, and new orders for the …

Pokemon Go is a buggy mess, but we love it anyway

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Niantic Lab’s Pokemon Go has been tearing up the mobile app charts since it was officially released last week, and while hundreds of millions of people have been enjoying the augmented reality game, pretty much every user has run into a host of …

Codecademy raises $30 million to expand its free code learning platform

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Codecademy, a popular website that offers free coding lessons, has just raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Naspers Ventures. Other investors included Union Square Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Index Ventures, and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. Codecademy’s platform offers …

Microsoft opens its Minecraft AI research tool to the public

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has officially open sourced its Project Malmo artificial intelligence tool, which allows developers to create and test out AI within the blocky world of Minecraft. Project Malmo was first revealed in March when it was originally called Project AIX. The platform’s source …

Microsoft researchers claim major breakthrough in DNA data storage

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington say they have made a major breakthrough in the field of DNA data storage, managing to successfully store 200 megabytes of information within DNA molecules. The data stored includes literary classics like War and Peace, …

Pokemon GO introduces augmented reality to the mainstream

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

More and more augmented reality apps have been slowly filtering out to mobile devices over the last few years, but there have not been any widely available AR programs that have really captured the public’s attention … until now. This week, The Pokemon …

Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 outperforms the GTX 980 at only $249

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

While Nvidia Corp has recently been expanding into new territories like video streaming set-top boxes and mobile electronics, the company is still probably best known as the leading name in high-end computer graphics cards. Earlier this year, Nvidia stunned consumers by announcing …

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