Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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As it defends social media, Facebook debuts snooze button to mute your annoying friends

By Eric David Dec 15, 2017

Facebook Inc. launched a Snooze feature today that lets users hide annoying friends and pages from their news feed for 30 days. Snooze allows users to mute their Facebook friends without having to unfollow or unfriend them permanently. The feature will notify…

Emerging Tech

YouTube VR finally arrives on PC, but reviews are mixed

By Eric David Dec 15, 2017

Google LLC has has been keeping YouTube VR to itself, releasing the 360 video app exclusively on its Daydream mobile virtual reality platform. Today, YouTube VR is finally available for desktops. Google has released a…

Emerging Tech

Google’s AI helped NASA discover two new planets hidden in old Kepler data

By Eric David Dec 14, 2017

NASA announced today that it has discovered two new exoplanets thanks to a neural network developed by Google LLC’s artificial intelligence team. One of the new planets orbits a Sunlike star in a distant system called Kepler-90 (pictured),…

Emerging Tech

Snap launches Lens Studio, an augmented reality creator for Snapchat

By Eric David Dec 14, 2017

The unexpected popularity of a dancing hot dog seems to have convinced Snap Inc. that augmented reality is the future of Snapchat. Snap announced today the launch of Lens Studio, a free AR creation app…

Infra

‘We’ve heard you loud and clear’: Crowdfunding site Patreon walks back unpopular fee changes

By Eric David Dec 13, 2017

Content crowdfunding platform Patreon has halted plans to change the way it collects service fees after it encountered firm resistance from creators and their patrons. Patreon had planned to implement the new fees on Dec. 18, but Patreon Inc. Chief Executive Jack Conte…

Infra

EBay acquires Terapeak to give sellers better analytics on their sales

By Eric David Dec 13, 2017

Online marketplace eBay Inc. today said it has acquired Terapeak Inc., a Toronto-based data startup that helps sellers make supply and pricing decisions for ecommerce sites such as eBay and Amazon.com. Founded in 2002, Terapeak’s cloud-based data platform…

Emerging Tech

Apple invests $390M in US maker of iPhone X’s Face ID lasers

By Eric David Dec 13, 2017

Apple Inc. will invest $390 million in Finisar Corp., an American optics company that produces components for iPhone X’s facial recognition technology. The investment comes from Apple’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund, which aims to create more manufacturing jobs…

Infra

Facebook changes how it reports international ad money

By Eric David Dec 12, 2017

Facebook Inc. announced a major change today to the way it reports advertising revenue outside of the U.S., claiming that it wants to be more transparent with local governments and businesses. Currently, Facebook lumps its non-U.S. ad…

Emerging Tech

Learn Go tips from Google DeepMind’s champion AI, AlphaGo

By Eric David Dec 11, 2017

You can now learn to play Go like a supergenius with AlphaGo Teach, a new tool created by Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind team that cracks open the mind of their undefeated artificial intelligence, AlphaGo. AlphaGo…

Infra

Menlo Security raises $40M to fight malware in the enterprise

By Eric David Dec 11, 2017

Silicon Valley startup Menlo Security announced today that it has raised $40 million in a late-stage funding to expand its antimalware tools for the enterprise. The Series C funding round included participation by new…

Eric David

YouTube VR finally arrives on PC, but reviews are mixed

Google’s AI helped NASA discover two new planets hidden in old Kepler data

Snap launches Lens Studio, an augmented reality creator for Snapchat

‘We’ve heard you loud and clear’: Crowdfunding site Patreon walks back unpopular fee changes

EBay acquires Terapeak to give sellers better analytics on their sales

Apple invests $390M in US maker of iPhone X’s Face ID lasers

Facebook changes how it reports international ad money

Learn Go tips from Google DeepMind’s champion AI, AlphaGo

Menlo Security raises $40M to fight malware in the enterprise

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