Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

Plex turns to Amazon cloud to let you stream your media from anywhere

By Eric David Sep 26, 2016

Plex, a media server program that allows you to organize and stream video and other content from a PC, NAS (network attached storage) device or Nvidia Shield, has announced that it is beefing up its streaming capabilities…

Deep learning researchers train AI killing machines with ‘Doom’

By Eric David Sep 23, 2016

We all worry that the robot apocalypse is basically inevitable. Now it looks like researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are looking to speed it along. The researchers are teaching artificial intelligences how to become…

Google subsidiary Jigsaw uses machine learning to fight online harassment

By Eric David Sep 22, 2016

Thanks to the anonymity of the internet, it is next to impossible to effectively fight online harassment, as services like Twitter have repeatedly learned. Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (Google), wants to change…

Researchers manage to hack Tesla brakes remotely

By Eric David Sep 20, 2016

Researchers at Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s Keen Security Lab discovered a critical security hole in Tesla’s Control Area Network (CAN), which allowed them to remotely operate the vehicle’s brakes without ever having to physically interact with it.…

Microsoft wants to use AI to ‘solve’ cancer

By Eric David Sep 20, 2016

Microsoft Corp. has announced several new healthcare initiatives that will put the immense power of artificial intelligence and deep learning into the hands of doctors and medical researchers. The goal? To “solve” cancer. In a blog…

Alphabet buys Urban Engines to supercharge Google Maps

By Eric David Sep 16, 2016

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has acquired Urban Engines Inc., a Big Data startup that specializes in using location analytics to power smart urban planning. Urban Engines will be joining the Google…

Amazon building massive Texas wind farm to help power AWS

By Eric David Sep 15, 2016

Amazon.com Inc. has announced that it will be building a massive wind farm in West Texas as part of its ongoing sustainability initiative. The company, which has been criticized by environmentalists for its power usage, says…

Lucid Software raises $36 million for its cloud-based diagramming and publishing tools

By Eric David Sep 15, 2016

Salt Lake City-based startup Lucid Software, creator of cloud-based diagramming and design tools, has just secured $36 million in Series B funding from Spectrum Equity, bringing the company’s total funding to-date up to $42…

Why Apple’s Tim Cook thinks AR will be bigger than VR

By Eric David Sep 14, 2016

Until Pokemon GO made headlines as the most successful mobile game of all time, augmented reality (AR) had largely been overshadowed by its more famous cousin, virtual reality (VR), but now Apple CEO Tim Cook…

Vertebrae raises $10 million to serve up VR ads

By Eric David Sep 14, 2016

It was only a matter of time until the advertising industry sank its claws into the rapidly growing virtual reality market, and now it looks like Santa Monica-based startup Vertebrae Inc. wants to be…

Eric David

Plex turns to Amazon cloud to let you stream your media from anywhere

Deep learning researchers train AI killing machines with ‘Doom’

Google subsidiary Jigsaw uses machine learning to fight online harassment

Researchers manage to hack Tesla brakes remotely

Microsoft wants to use AI to ‘solve’ cancer

Alphabet buys Urban Engines to supercharge Google Maps

Amazon building massive Texas wind farm to help power AWS

Lucid Software raises $36 million for its cloud-based diagramming and publishing tools

Why Apple’s Tim Cook thinks AR will be bigger than VR

Vertebrae raises $10 million to serve up VR ads

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