Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Google gets tough on ‘repeat offender’ sites spreading malware

By Eric David Nov 9, 2016

Google does its best to warn users of sites that have been recently flagged for either knowingly or unknowingly distributing malware, as users who have ever stumbled across Chrome’s bright red warning screen know all…

Here’s why Facebook is betting big on artificial intelligence

By Eric David Nov 8, 2016

As Facebook Inc. has expanded its scope far beyond the realm of social media in the last few years, no area is arguably more important than its recent push into artificial intelligence research. This week,…

Google rejects EU antitrust claims against its ad practices

By Eric David Nov 4, 2016

Google Inc. has been facing harsh antitrust accusations in the European Union for several years, and today Kent Walker, senior vice president and general counsel at Google, issued a strongly worded rejection of the…

Google’s DeepMind to use ‘messy’ world of StarCraft for AI research

By Eric David Nov 4, 2016

Google’s DeepMind is teaming up with Blizzard Entertainment Inc. to open up the world of the game StarCraft II to artificial intelligence researchers. DeepMind Staff Research Scientist Oriol Vinyals (above) announced the new partnership today during…

Twilio beats third-quarter predictions but shares fall

By Eric David Nov 3, 2016

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. did better than expected in its third quarter, but investors weren’t cheering. In its second earnings report since going public in June, the company posted a loss of 4 cents per…

Message.io wants to be a universal translator for chatbots

By Eric David Nov 2, 2016

Austin, Texas-based startup and Y Combinator alum Message.io has just launched a private beta test for its bot syndication service that allows developers to deploy their bots across multiple platforms with no code changes…

Symantec unveils new ‘endpoint’ security system powered by machine learning

By Eric David Nov 1, 2016

Mountain View-based cyber security firm Symantec Corp., best known for its Norton antivirus suite, has just unveiled its newest security system for “endpoint” devices such as laptops and smartphones. Endpoint Security 14 is a major…

MIT uses deep learning to tap into our nightmares

By Eric David Oct 31, 2016

The robot apocalypse sounds scary enough by itself, but a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation seem determined to make the eventual AI uprising…

UK court says Uber drivers are employees, not contractors

By Eric David Oct 28, 2016

A London employment tribunal has ruled that Uber Technologies Inc. must reclassify two of its drivers as employees rather than freelancers, in a landmark ruling that could put the ride hailing service’s future in the United…

Apple unveils lighter Macbook Pro with ‘Touch Bar’ interface

By Eric David Oct 27, 2016

First Apple Inc. killed off the headphone jack, and now it looks like the company has set its sights on another long-running hardware legacy: function keys. Today, Apple officially unveiled the new Macbook Pro, which…

Eric David

Google gets tough on ‘repeat offender’ sites spreading malware

Here’s why Facebook is betting big on artificial intelligence

Google’s DeepMind to use ‘messy’ world of StarCraft for AI research

Twilio beats third-quarter predictions but shares fall

Message.io wants to be a universal translator for chatbots

Symantec unveils new ‘endpoint’ security system powered by machine learning

MIT uses deep learning to tap into our nightmares

UK court says Uber drivers are employees, not contractors

Apple unveils lighter Macbook Pro with ‘Touch Bar’ interface

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