Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Google to boost Cuba’s Internet speed with local servers

By Eric David Dec 13, 2016

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has hastily completed a new deal with Cuba’s state-run telecom that will bring high-speed Internet servers to the island nation. According to Google, the deal will greatly improve speeds for many…

Emerging Tech

Amazon’s Twitch chat gets nicer with AI-powered moderation

By Eric David Dec 12, 2016

Amazon.com Inc.-owned livestreaming platform Twitch announced today that it will be introducing a new moderation tool called AutoMod, which combines machine learning and natural language processing to make Twitch chat a little bit nicer. Like…

Emerging Tech

AMD chases after Nvidia with graphics chips for machine learning

By Eric David Dec 12, 2016

When it comes to high-end computer graphics, Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have been the Coke and Pepsi of the industry for more than a decade, though the gap between the two…

Emerging Tech

Magic Leap reportedly struggling to live up to hype for its augmented reality platform

By Eric David Dec 9, 2016

Florida-based startup Magic Leap Inc. has built up a lot of hype around its mysterious augmented reality platform — about $4.5 billion in hype actually. But so far we have only seen a few demo videos offering…

Apps

Slack forms partnership with Google for native Drive support

By Eric David Dec 7, 2016

Hot on the heels of Facebook Inc.’s announcement about app integrations for Workplace, Slack Technologies Inc. announced today that it has formed a partnership with Google Inc. to bring native Google Drive support to…

Apps

Facebook Workplace gets serious about enterprise with custom app integrations

By Eric David Dec 7, 2016

If Slack was not worried about Facebook Workplace before, it definitely should be now. Facebook Inc. announced today that its enterprise-focused communication tool will now allow third-party apps to be integrated into it. Workplace’s new…

Emerging Tech

Google’s DeepMind open-sources its 3D AI training platform

By Eric David Dec 5, 2016

DeepMind, the Google Inc.-owned machine learning firm behind AlphaGo, has announced that it is open-sourcing DeepMind Lab, a gamelike platform aimed at training artificial intelligences to navigate and interact with 3D environments. According to DeepMind,…

Emerging Tech

Facebook looks to AI to solve its fake news problem

By Eric David Dec 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg downplayed complaints about fake news on Facebook, claiming that “more than 99 percent of what people see is authentic.” Now it seems that Facebook is…

Emerging Tech

Reuters algorithm tracks and sources breaking news on Twitter

By Eric David Dec 1, 2016

International news organization Reuters revealed this week that it has been working on its own algorithm to catch breaking news on Twitter, giving journalists detailed alerts as events unfold. According to Reg Chua, executive editor…

Apps

Adblock Plus still legal in Germany — for now

By Eric David Nov 30, 2016

Adblock Plus will be safe for another day in Germany, as Eyeo GmbH, the company behind the ad-blocking browser extension, has won its sixth court case against a publisher that tried to shut it…

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Google to boost Cuba’s Internet speed with local servers

Amazon’s Twitch chat gets nicer with AI-powered moderation

AMD chases after Nvidia with graphics chips for machine learning

Magic Leap reportedly struggling to live up to hype for its augmented reality platform

Google’s DeepMind open-sources its 3D AI training platform

Facebook looks to AI to solve its fake news problem

Reuters algorithm tracks and sources breaking news on Twitter

Adblock Plus still legal in Germany — for now

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