Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Snapchat ex-employee accuses company of faking growth numbers

By Eric David Jan 5, 2017

Disposable-messaging app Snapchat has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, but a former employee claims Snap Inc. has been lying about its growth figures in order to attract investors.…

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Apple App Store broke $240M in sales on New Year’s Day

By Eric David Jan 5, 2017

Apple Inc. started 2017 off with a bang with an impressive $240 million in App Store sales on New Year’s Day alone, the highest-earning single day the App Store has ever seen. According to Apple,…

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Slack adds 11 more bot startups to its $80M investment fund

By Eric David Jan 5, 2017

Slack Technologies Inc. has revealed the next 11 startups that will receive part of its $80 million Slack Fund, which is aimed at bringing even more developers to the company’s already robust app ecosystem. The fund’s latest cohort…

Emerging Tech

Google’s AlphaGo AI has been secretly dominating online Go players

By Eric David Jan 4, 2017

Last year, Google Inc.’s artificial intelligence unit DeepMind proved that that its AlphaGo AI was a match for the best human Go players in the world. Now, it looks like AlphaGo’s journey did not…

Emerging Tech

IBM Watson replaces 34 employees at Japanese insurance firm

By Eric David Jan 2, 2017

It has been less than two weeks since a White House report warned that automation has the potential to disrupt millions of jobs, and this week a Japanese insurance firm proved how close that future…

Emerging Tech

Tesla begins rolling out autopilot updates for newer cars

By Eric David Jan 2, 2017

Tesla Motors Inc. has finally started rolling out software updates that will activate the missing autopilot features in its newest vehicles, bringing the cars up to speed with the older models that already had those features.…

Emerging Tech

Amazon patents flying drone fortress to make deliveries

By Eric David Dec 29, 2016

Drones may be one of the next big things in tech, but today’s flying robots have one major flaw: Their range is terrible. Now, Amazon.com Inc. may have come up with a clever solution for…

Emerging Tech

Panasonic invests $256M in Tesla’s solar production

By Eric David Dec 27, 2016

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. has announced that it will invest over 30 billion yen, roughly $256 million, in Tesla Motors Inc.’s solar cell production. According to the two companies, Panasonic’s investment will allow…

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Why Star Citizen switched to Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine

By Eric David Dec 26, 2016

Cloud Imperium Games has announced that its long-awaited space simulator, Star Citizen, has just undergone a major change: The game now runs off Amazon.com Inc.’s Lumberyard game engine. A game engine is a software framework…

Emerging Tech

Losing battle over self-driving cars in SF, Uber moves tests to Arizona

By Eric David Dec 23, 2016

Uber Technologies Inc., forced to suspend its self-driving car pilot program in San Francisco after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration on the company’s vehicles, said Thursday it’s moving the pilot to…

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Snapchat ex-employee accuses company of faking growth numbers

Apple App Store broke $240M in sales on New Year’s Day

Slack adds 11 more bot startups to its $80M investment fund

Google’s AlphaGo AI has been secretly dominating online Go players

IBM Watson replaces 34 employees at Japanese insurance firm

Tesla begins rolling out autopilot updates for newer cars

Amazon patents flying drone fortress to make deliveries

Panasonic invests $256M in Tesla’s solar production

Why Star Citizen switched to Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine

Losing battle over self-driving cars in SF, Uber moves tests to Arizona

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