Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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UN probe says Facebook ‘substantively contributed’ to hate speech in Myanmar

By Eric David Mar 13, 2018

Facebook Inc. has always struggled with keeping hate speech off its platform, and now a team of United Nations investigators has blamed the social network for spreading hate speech and inciting ethnic violence in…

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Apple acquires digital magazine service Texture

By Eric David Mar 12, 2018

Apple Inc. today announced it has acquired Texture, a digital newsstand service that will expand Apple’s media library and boost the company’s role in news publishing. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Often referred…

Emerging Tech

Waymo self-driving trucks begin hauling for Google’s data centers

By Eric David Mar 9, 2018

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle company, is finally ready to put its self-driving trucks to work. The company announced today that it has launched a new pilot program in Atlanta, where its driverless trucks…

Infra

Google wants its AMP web-speeding technology to become a mobile standard

By Eric David Mar 8, 2018

Google LLC wants to remake the mobile web in its image. The company announced today that it’s launching a project to set new web standards based on the technology behind its fast-loading Accelerated Mobile Pages…

Emerging Tech

Atomwise raises $45M for AI that helps doctors discover new drugs

By Eric David Mar 7, 2018

Discovering new drugs requires a lot of trial and error, which is both slow and expensive. Deep learning startup Atomwise Inc. is hoping to cut out a big chunk of that process with artificial intelligence, and…

Apps

Microsoft kills Windows 10 S, folds its features into the new ‘S Mode’

By Eric David Mar 7, 2018

Microsoft Corp. has decided to pull the plug on Windows 10 S, a lightweight operating system designed for devices used in schools. Reports of the company’s decision surfaced last month, but the rumors were finally…

Emerging Tech

YouTube AI can swap out video backgrounds without a green screen

By Eric David Mar 5, 2018

Many YouTubers change their video backgrounds to set a certain mood or simply to hide their messy apartment, but not every creator has the editing skills or the living space to use a green screen to do that.…

Cloud

Amazon cloud power outage temporarily knocks out more than 240 online services

By Eric David Mar 2, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. suffered what initially appeared to be a major cloud outage today that affected more than 240 online services, including major cloud customers such as Atlassian, Twilio and Slack. The outage…

Emerging Tech

Report: Snap still hasn’t given up on its failed Spectacles idea

By Eric David Mar 2, 2018

Snap Inc. really wants to make its “Spectacles” a thing. The odd-looking video recording glasses failed to make a splash last year, but a new report by Cheddar says Snap is giving Spectacles a second chance with a hardware…

Apps

Facebook ends experiment to split publishers into their own news feed

By Eric David Mar 2, 2018

Facebook Inc. has made a lot of changes to its news feed in the last few months, but the social media giant has decided to abandon one experimental feature that would have split the…

Eric David

Apple acquires digital magazine service Texture

Waymo self-driving trucks begin hauling for Google’s data centers

Google wants its AMP web-speeding technology to become a mobile standard

Atomwise raises $45M for AI that helps doctors discover new drugs

Microsoft kills Windows 10 S, folds its features into the new ‘S Mode’

YouTube AI can swap out video backgrounds without a green screen

Amazon cloud power outage temporarily knocks out more than 240 online services

Report: Snap still hasn’t given up on its failed Spectacles idea

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