Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Kik maker launches cryptocurrency to fight Internet ‘giants’

By Eric David May 25, 2017

Kik Interactive Inc., the maker of anonymous-chat app Kik, announced today that it is launching its own cryptocurrency called Kin in order to push back against what Chief Executive Ted Livingston calls the “copy-and-crush strategy”…

Emerging Tech

VR optimism helps game engine maker Unity raise $400M in private equity

By Eric David May 24, 2017

Unity Technologies Inc., the maker of the video game industry’s most popular third-party game engine, has raised an impressive $400 million in funding from private equity firm Silver Lake. According to the Wall Street Journal, Unity’s…

NEWS

Facebook defends content policies after leaked documents stir controversy

By Eric David May 23, 2017

With close to 2 billion monthly active users, Facebook Inc. has found itself in the tough position of policing content posted by more than a quarter of the world’s population. Over the weekend, leaked documents…

NEWS

Embrace.io raises $2.5M to tell devs when their apps are broken

By Eric David May 23, 2017

Analytics startup Embrace.io says it can tell mobile developers if their user experience is broken by bad app performance. Today, the company raised $2.5 million in seed funding to develop its platform and scale its business. The…

NEWS

Google’s AlphaGo AI narrowly beats the world’s top human Go player

By Eric David May 23, 2017

Google Inc. may soon be able to claim that AlphaGo is unbeatable, as the Go-playing artificial intelligence has won yet another landmark game. On Monday, AlphaGo managed to narrowly win its first of three matches against…

NEWS

In a turning point, Ford replaces CEO Mark Fields with self-driving car boss

By Eric David May 22, 2017

In a sign that autonomous cars are the future of the automobile industry, Ford Motor Co. announced early today that it is replacing Chief Executive Mark Fields with Jim Hackett, who currently serves as…

NEWS

Uber may fire top self-driving car engineer for refusing Waymo court order

By Eric David May 19, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. has threatened to fire Anthony Levandowski, the head engineer of its self-driving car division, if he does not comply with a court order in the ongoing Waymo v. Uber legal battle. A former…

NEWS

EU fines Facebook $122M for ‘misleading information’ in WhatsApp deal

By Eric David May 18, 2017

Facebook Inc. has been fighting a number of battles with regulators in the European Union over the last few years, including in countries like Germany and Belgium, but so far most of these conflicts have not…

Apps

Facebook wants to block clickbait with this one weird trick

By Eric David May 17, 2017

Social media platforms have become a haven for clickbait titles, which try to trick users into following a link with vague descriptions such as “When She Looked Under Her Couch Cushions And Saw THIS ……

NEWS

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M amid renewed security fears

By Eric David May 17, 2017

The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks have reminded businesses that cybersecurity is more important than ever, which is good news for security providers such as CrowdStrike Inc., which today announced that it has raised a large…

Eric David

Kik maker launches cryptocurrency to fight Internet ‘giants’

VR optimism helps game engine maker Unity raise $400M in private equity

Embrace.io raises $2.5M to tell devs when their apps are broken

Google’s AlphaGo AI narrowly beats the world’s top human Go player

In a turning point, Ford replaces CEO Mark Fields with self-driving car boss

Uber may fire top self-driving car engineer for refusing Waymo court order

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M amid renewed security fears

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