Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

ObEN raises $10M to build AI-powered copies of real people for hospitality and retail

By Eric David Jan 9, 2018

ObEN Inc., a Pasadena startup that builds virtual avatars powered by artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding from Hong Kong’s K11 Art Foundation. Combined with previous investments from Tencent, Softbank,…

Apps

Google Wallet and Android Pay merge into a single service called Google Pay

By Eric David Jan 8, 2018

Google LLC announced today that it’s launching a mobile payment platform called Google Pay, which will combine peer-to-peer payments from Google Wallet and mobile payments with Android Pay into one service. According to Pali Bhat,…

Emerging Tech

University of Washington opens $6M VR research lab funded by Facebook, Google and Huawei

By Eric David Jan 8, 2018

The University of Washington today announced the creation of the UW Reality Lab, a $6 million virtual and augmented reality research lab that was funded by equal contributions from Facebook Inc., Google LLC and Huawei Technologies Co.…

Apps

Millions of Android users downloaded malicious flashlight apps on Google Play

By Eric David Jan 5, 2018

Proving that flashlight apps are still as sketchy as ever, Google LLC has removed 22 malicious flashlight apps from Google Play after cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. discovered that the apps were loaded…

NEWS

Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2018 is to ‘fix’ Facebook

By Eric David Jan 4, 2018

Facebook Inc. had a stellar 2017 when it came to revenue, but the company’s public image was not so lucky, especially after it revealed that it unwittingly sold political ads to a Russia-backed organization. Chief…

Infra

Indian government denies reported breach of its national ID service

By Eric David Jan 4, 2018

Indian newspaper The Tribune reported today that India’s national ID program has been breached, but the Indian government has rejected the paper’s claims. In its report, The Tribune said that it was able to buy access to an…

Apps

In a challenge to Amazon’s Alexa, Roku pitches a voice assistant for home entertainment

By Eric David Jan 3, 2018

Roku Inc. may have been an early pioneer for streaming media devices, but it lost some ground to competing devices from companies like Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC Now the company wants to turn the…

NEWS

UK may tax ‘ruthless profiteers’ such as Facebook for slow response to extremist content

By Eric David Jan 1, 2018

A United Kingdom official wants to impose higher taxes on tech giants that don’t do their share to fight extremist web content. In an interview with the Sunday Times on Dec. 31, Ben Wallace, the U.K.’s…

Apps

Some mobile games can listen in on your TV viewing habits

By Eric David Dec 29, 2017

Hundreds of mobile games on Google Play and the Apple App Store have software that can listen to your TV viewing habits through your smartphone’s microphone. According to a New York Times report Thursday,…

Apps

YouTube yanked from Amazon Fire TV four days early

By Eric David Dec 28, 2017

The strained relationship between Google LLC and Amazon.com Inc. seems to be getting worse, as the YouTube app on Amazon’s Fire TV streaming device has been deactivated four days early. Google had already pulled YouTube…

Eric David

ObEN raises $10M to build AI-powered copies of real people for hospitality and retail

Google Wallet and Android Pay merge into a single service called Google Pay

University of Washington opens $6M VR research lab funded by Facebook, Google and Huawei

Millions of Android users downloaded malicious flashlight apps on Google Play

Indian government denies reported breach of its national ID service

In a challenge to Amazon’s Alexa, Roku pitches a voice assistant for home entertainment

UK may tax ‘ruthless profiteers’ such as Facebook for slow response to extremist content

Some mobile games can listen in on your TV viewing habits

YouTube yanked from Amazon Fire TV four days early

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