Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Facebook blames ‘technical issue’ for illegal Marketplace listings, including drugs and live animals

By Eric David Oct 4, 2016

This week, social media giant Facebook Inc. launched a Craigslist competitor called Marketplace, which allows users to buy and sell items in their local community through the Facebook app. Now, it looks like the…

Baidu launches ‘voice first’ keyboard app powered by AI

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Why type on your phone’s tiny keyboard when you can tell it what to type instead? That’s the thinking behind a new keyboard app called TalkType released today by the Chinese web services giant…

Google could face major fines over Android antitrust case in Europe

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc. could be in serious trouble in the European Union. EU regulators have said that they plan to order the company to cease offering financial incentives to Android phone makers who exclusively…

Look out, Craigslist: Facebook launches Marketplace for local goods

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Social media giant Facebook Inc. is launching a new Craigslist-like storefront called Marketplace, which is aimed at letting people buy and sell things in their local community. According to Facebook, more than 450 million users are already…

Avast completes acquisition of rival antivirus company AVG

By Eric David Sep 30, 2016

Two months after antivirus company Avast Software s.r.o. announced that it would be acquiring its rival, AVG Technologies N.V., for $1.3 billion, the deal is done. According to Avast, while the buyout of AVG has finally concluded,…

Nvidia demonstrates self-driving car that learned entirely from watching humans

By Eric David Sep 29, 2016

Nvidia Corp. has released a new video showing off its latest progress in autonomous vehicle technology, this time with a self-driving car that has learned entirely from watching human drivers. “In contrast to the…

Shape Security raises $40M to fight cyber attacks with machine learning

By Eric David Sep 29, 2016

Mountain View-based cybersecurity firm Shape Security has just secured an impressive $40 million in Series D funding led by the investment arm of the Singapore government’s economic development board (EDBI). The funding round also included…

HP apologizes for printer update that locked out third-party ink cartridges

By Eric David Sep 28, 2016

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has issued a public apology for a recent security update that locked out third-party ink cartridges and forcing consumers to use only HP-branded ink. In a statement, HP Chief Operating Officer…

OpenSesame raises $9M for enterprise elearning, wants to add VR classes

By Eric David Sep 28, 2016

OpenSesame, an enterprise-focused elearning platform, has just raised $9 million in a Series B funding round led by Altos Ventures. This latest funding round also included continued investment from Partech Ventures, which contributed to OpenSesame’s $8…

Google says its photo-reading AI is now 93.9 percent accurate

By Eric David Sep 27, 2016

Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence research has made it into the headlines a few times over the last few years, for developments such as AlphaGo’s surprise victory over a human Go grand master. Now, the…

Eric David

Facebook blames ‘technical issue’ for illegal Marketplace listings, including drugs and live animals

Baidu launches ‘voice first’ keyboard app powered by AI

Google could face major fines over Android antitrust case in Europe

Look out, Craigslist: Facebook launches Marketplace for local goods

Avast completes acquisition of rival antivirus company AVG

Nvidia demonstrates self-driving car that learned entirely from watching humans

Shape Security raises $40M to fight cyber attacks with machine learning

HP apologizes for printer update that locked out third-party ink cartridges

OpenSesame raises $9M for enterprise elearning, wants to add VR classes

Google says its photo-reading AI is now 93.9 percent accurate

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