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David brings 25 years of High Tech experience from a variety of roles at venture-funded start-ups, software companies, and currently serves as Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture for a large mid-west compliance company.
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Panasonic Updates It's Wearable Gaming Speaker

'Panasonic' logo is seen at entrance hall of Matsushita Electrics Industries Co., Ltd's Panasonic No.1 Building on April 28, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Matsushita will rename to Panasonic coming October. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Amazon Echo Frames Get A Fashionable Update

amazon store logo David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Max Will Soon Offer Live Sports Add-On

David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Google's AI Assistant Can Help Read Your Emails, Plan Trips

Google search on Apple iPhone screen and Macbook Pro display David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Chan Zuckerberg Funds AI Initiative To Map Cells

Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 on September 6, 2018 in San Francisco, California. TechCrunch Disrupt puts the spotlight on revolutionary startups and innovators. The three-day conference features interviews with industry leading entrepreneurs, investors and hackers. TechCrunch Disrupt SF runs through September 7. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Microsoft And FTC Point Fingers Over Huge Xbox Leak

Xbox logo David Sloat • 2 months ago
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MLB Makes Big Announcement About 'Virtual Ballpark'

A baseball with MLB logo is seen at Citizens Bank Park before a game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies on June 28, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Microsoft's Product Chief Is Reportedly Leaving For Amazon

Microsoft EVP and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay speaks during a keynote address at CES 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 5-8 and features about 3,100 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 100,000 attendees. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Apple iOS 17 Is Now Available For Download

A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event. ( David Sloat • 2 months ago
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DeepMind Cofounder Predicts Interactive AI In The Future

Aidan Meller presents Ai-Da Robot, the first AI powered Robot Artist aduring the UN Global Summit on AI for Good, where they are giving the keynote speech, on July 07, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Phone 15's New USB-C Port Features Support For External Displays

A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Ring Announces A Wearable To Help Find Your Lost Pets

Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Best Buy store on June 01, 2023 in San Rafael, California. Amazon has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission over $30 million in a privacy settlement over its Ring cameras. The company's Ring doorbell division paid $5.8 million for violating a portion of the FTC Act that prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices and $25 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally retaining Alexa voice assistant profiles of thousands of children. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Apple's iPhone 15 Will Reportedly Have Faster Download Speeds

The Apple logo is displayed on the back of an iPhone on August 3, 2016 in London, England. David Sloat • 2 months ago
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TikTok Will Offer Big Holiday Discounts Beginning In Late October

TikTok logo app on the smartphone background close up David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Spotify Announces New Way For Songwriters To Promote Their Work

Spotify logo mobile app on screen smartphone David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Meta Won't Be Putting Ads On Whatsapp

The WhatsApp messaging app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on May 14, 2019 in San Anselmo, California. Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp announced a cybersecurity breach that makes users vulnerable to malicious spyware installation iPhone and Android smartphones. WhatsApp is encouraging its 1.5 billion users to update the app as soon as possible. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Google Has Been Fined $93 Million For Location-Tracking Claims

Google chrome David Sloat • 3 months ago
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X Reportedly Continuing To Throttle Links To Competitors

A large X logo is visible on the roof of X headquarters on July 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Just over 48 hours after a large X logo with bright pulsating lights was installed on the roof of X headquarters in San Francisco, workers dismantled the structure on Monday morning. The city of San Francisco opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the structure and residents in neighboring buildings complained of the sign's bright strobe lights. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Caesars Entertainment Says Customer Data Was Stolen In Recent Cyberattack

This image was shot with a fisheye lens.) An exterior view shows the marquee and a sign at an entrance at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) on August 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. MGM Resorts International will lay off 18,000 furloughed employees in the United States on Monday as the resort industry struggles to recover from the pandemic. The move was necessary since federal law requires companies to lay off furloughed workers after six months. Before hotel-casinos shut down in March, the company had 68,000 employees nationwide, including 52,000 in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts said laid-off employees could be brought back as business demand returns. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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X Premium Subscribers Can Now Hide Posts They've Liked

Workers start to dismantle a large X logo on the roof of X headquarters on July 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Just over 48 hours after a large X logo with bright pulsating lights was installed on the roof of X headquarters in San Francisco, workers dismantled the structure on Monday morning. The city of San Francisco opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the structure and residents in neighboring buildings complained of the sign's bright strobe lights. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Roblox Will Be Coming To PlayStation in October

Roblox powering imagination game on the PC David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Disney Issues Statement About Recent Report Of ABC Rumors

A logo for The Walt Disney Company is displayed on a trading post during the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 14, 2019 in New York City. Disney will take full operational control over Hulu from Comcast, effective immediately, the companies announced in a press release Tuesday morning. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Chrome, Microsoft, Brave, And Edge Patched A Big Security Flaw

In this photo illustration Google's Chrome browser shortcut, Google Inc.'s new Web browser, is displayed next to Mozilla Firefox shortcut and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser shortcut, on an laptop. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Sony To Host 'State of Play Event' With New Updates

Sony sign David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Apple Is Now Selling USB-C EarPods

An Apple logo is reflected on glass at the Apple Store at Orchard Road on September 24, 2021 in Singapore. Apple announced September 14 the release of four variants of its latest iPhone 13, alongside other upgrades to its product lineup. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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SpaceX Announces 'Network Issue' Has Been Resolved

SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Apple's New iPhone 15 Will Be Available For Preorder On September 15th

A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Disney+, ESPN+ Will Host An Animated 'Toy Story' Themed NFL Game October 1st

The Disney logo is displayed outside the Disney Store in Times Square, December 14, 2017 in New York City. The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday morning that it had reached a deal to purchase most of the assets of 21st Century Fox. The deal has a total value of around $66 billion, with Disney assuming $13.7 billion of Fox's net debt. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Apple Announces September 26th As macOS Sonoma Launch Day

The "leaf" on the logo of Apple store turns green to welcome the World Earth Day on April 20, 2016 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Apple Inc. has declared that the "Leaves" on all 132 Apple Stores' logos in world would turn green from April 15 to 22 for the upcoming World Earth Day which falls on April 22 each year. David Sloat • 3 months ago
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Apple Is Adding Roadside Assistance To iPhones

The Apple logo is displayed in an Apple store in lower Manhattan on August 2, 2018 in New York City. On Thursday the technology company and iPhone maker became the first American public company to cross $1 trillion in value. Apple stock is up more than 20% this year. David Sloat • 3 months ago
'Panasonic' logo is seen at entrance hall of Matsushita Electrics Industries Co., Ltd's Panasonic No.1 Building on April 28, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Matsushita will rename to Panasonic coming October.
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Panasonic Updates It's Wearable Gaming Speaker

  Panasonic announced updates to its SoundSlayer wearable gaming speaker system. The... David Sloat • 2 months ago
amazon store logo
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Amazon Echo Frames Get A Fashionable Update

  Amazon announced a significant update to its wearable Alexa-enabled eyewear line Echo Fram... David Sloat • 2 months ago
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Max Will Soon Offer Live Sports Add-On

  Warner Bros. Discovery announced the addition of a sports add-on package to its stream... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Google search on Apple iPhone screen and Macbook Pro display
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Google's AI Assistant Can Help Read Your Emails, Plan Trips

  Google connected the dots by linking ts gen AI engine, Bard, and its suite of web tools to... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Priscilla Chan, co-founder of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 on September 6, 2018 in San Francisco, California. TechCrunch Disrupt puts the spotlight on revolutionary startups and innovators. The three-day conference features interviews with industry leading entrepreneurs, investors and hackers. TechCrunch Disrupt SF runs through September 7.
Tech News

Chan Zuckerberg Funds AI Initiative To Map Cells

  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recently announced funding for the largest life science... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Xbox logo
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Microsoft And FTC Point Fingers Over Huge Xbox Leak

  Microsoft wasn't sure if it should be red-faced with anger or shame when documents related... David Sloat • 2 months ago
A baseball with MLB logo is seen at Citizens Bank Park before a game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies on June 28, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tech News

MLB Makes Big Announcement About 'Virtual Ballpark'

  Major League Baseball made a lot of changes to the game this year including the implem... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Microsoft EVP and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay speaks during a keynote address at CES 2023 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 5-8 and features about 3,100 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 100,000 attendees.
Tech News

Microsoft's Product Chief Is Reportedly Leaving For Amazon

  In the latest edition of high-tech musical chairs, longtime Microsoft chief product of... David Sloat • 2 months ago
A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event. (
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Apple iOS 17 Is Now Available For Download

  Apple announced the general release of iOS 17 for its iPhone recently and the software... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Aidan Meller presents Ai-Da Robot, the first AI powered Robot Artist aduring the UN Global Summit on AI for Good, where they are giving the keynote speech, on July 07, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tech News

DeepMind Cofounder Predicts Interactive AI In The Future

  Mustafa Suleyman is already betting heavily on the next phase of AI before most of us... David Sloat • 2 months ago
A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event.
Tech News

Phone 15's New USB-C Port Features Support For External Displays

  Much of the talk about the impending release of the new iPhone 15 has centered on the... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Best Buy store on June 01, 2023 in San Rafael, California. Amazon has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission over $30 million in a privacy settlement over its Ring cameras. The company's Ring doorbell division paid $5.8 million for violating a portion of the FTC Act that prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices and $25 million for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally retaining Alexa voice assistant profiles of thousands of children.
Tech News

Ring Announces A Wearable To Help Find Your Lost Pets

  Ring Doorbell added a new feature to help the millions of pets find their way back hom... David Sloat • 2 months ago
The Apple logo is displayed on the back of an iPhone on August 3, 2016 in London, England.
Tech News

Apple's iPhone 15 Will Reportedly Have Faster Download Speeds

  When Apple launches the iPhone 15 it will come with a new engine under the hood which... David Sloat • 2 months ago
TikTok logo app on the smartphone background close up
Tech News

TikTok Will Offer Big Holiday Discounts Beginning In Late October

  Social media behemoth TikTok recently launched an online marketplace called TikTok Shop.... David Sloat • 2 months ago
Spotify logo mobile app on screen smartphone
Tech News

Spotify Announces New Way For Songwriters To Promote Their Work

  Spotify is providing a new way for songwriters to gain attention for their work. The ne... David Sloat • 3 months ago
The WhatsApp messaging app is displayed on an Apple iPhone on May 14, 2019 in San Anselmo, California. Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp announced a cybersecurity breach that makes users vulnerable to malicious spyware installation iPhone and Android smartphones. WhatsApp is encouraging its 1.5 billion users to update the app as soon as possible.
Tech News

Meta Won't Be Putting Ads On Whatsapp

  Meta denied rumors recently that it was contemplating pushing ads through its WhatsApp... David Sloat • 3 months ago
Google chrome
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Google Has Been Fined $93 Million For Location-Tracking Claims

  California Attorney General Ron Bonta announced a settlement with Alphabet, the parent of... David Sloat • 3 months ago
A large X logo is visible on the roof of X headquarters on July 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Just over 48 hours after a large X logo with bright pulsating lights was installed on the roof of X headquarters in San Francisco, workers dismantled the structure on Monday morning. The city of San Francisco opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the structure and residents in neighboring buildings complained of the sign's bright strobe lights.
Tech News

X Reportedly Continuing To Throttle Links To Competitors

  When Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 Billion last year he promised to fix all the... David Sloat • 3 months ago
This image was shot with a fisheye lens.) An exterior view shows the marquee and a sign at an entrance at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) on August 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. MGM Resorts International will lay off 18,000 furloughed employees in the United States on Monday as the resort industry struggles to recover from the pandemic. The move was necessary since federal law requires companies to lay off furloughed workers after six months. Before hotel-casinos shut down in March, the company had 68,000 employees nationwide, including 52,000 in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts said laid-off employees could be brought back as business demand returns.
Tech News

Caesars Entertainment Says Customer Data Was Stolen In Recent Cyberattack

  Caesars Entertainment came forward this week to disclose a cyber attack in which clien... David Sloat • 3 months ago
Workers start to dismantle a large X logo on the roof of X headquarters on July 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Just over 48 hours after a large X logo with bright pulsating lights was installed on the roof of X headquarters in San Francisco, workers dismantled the structure on Monday morning. The city of San Francisco opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the structure and residents in neighboring buildings complained of the sign's bright strobe lights.
Tech News

X Premium Subscribers Can Now Hide Posts They've Liked

  X, the messaging platform formerly known as Twitter, is once again adding Premium feat... David Sloat • 3 months ago
Roblox powering imagination game on the PC
Tech News

Roblox Will Be Coming To PlayStation in October

  Roblox recently announced at its RDC 2023 developers forum that it is finally bringing the... David Sloat • 3 months ago
A logo for The Walt Disney Company is displayed on a trading post during the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 14, 2019 in New York City. Disney will take full operational control over Hulu from Comcast, effective immediately, the companies announced in a press release Tuesday morning.
Tech News

Disney Issues Statement About Recent Report Of ABC Rumors

  The Walt Disney Company today issued a statement confirming that the company is 'consi... David Sloat • 3 months ago
In this photo illustration Google's Chrome browser shortcut, Google Inc.'s new Web browser, is displayed next to Mozilla Firefox shortcut and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser shortcut, on an laptop.
Tech News

Chrome, Microsoft, Brave, And Edge Patched A Big Security Flaw

  Big-name tech firms were quick to react to a security flaw in browsers and other softw... David Sloat • 3 months ago
Sony sign
Tech News

Sony To Host 'State of Play Event' With New Updates

  Sony announced its annual online event 'State of Play' which will occur on September 15th... David Sloat • 3 months ago
An Apple logo is reflected on glass at the Apple Store at Orchard Road on September 24, 2021 in Singapore. Apple announced September 14 the release of four variants of its latest iPhone 13, alongside other upgrades to its product lineup.
Tech News

Apple Is Now Selling USB-C EarPods

  One of the biggest announcements that came out of the recent Apple launch event, Wonde... David Sloat • 3 months ago
SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites.
Tech News

SpaceX Announces 'Network Issue' Has Been Resolved

  SpaceX's Internet and cellular service, Starlink, reported a recent network outage tha... David Sloat • 3 months ago
A USB-C port is visible on the brand new Apple iPhone 15 during an Apple event on September 12, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple revealed its lineup of the latest iPhone 15 versions as well as other product upgrades during the event.
Tech News

Apple's New iPhone 15 Will Be Available For Preorder On September 15th

  Every September the hottest event is Apple's annual product event as the world waits f... David Sloat • 3 months ago
The Disney logo is displayed outside the Disney Store in Times Square, December 14, 2017 in New York City. The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday morning that it had reached a deal to purchase most of the assets of 21st Century Fox. The deal has a total value of around $66 billion, with Disney assuming $13.7 billion of Fox's net debt.
Tech News

Disney+, ESPN+ Will Host An Animated 'Toy Story' Themed NFL Game October 1st

  In what might be the strangest crossover in recent memory, the NFL and Pixar are teami... David Sloat • 3 months ago
The "leaf" on the logo of Apple store turns green to welcome the World Earth Day on April 20, 2016 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Apple Inc. has declared that the "Leaves" on all 132 Apple Stores' logos in world would turn green from April 15 to 22 for the upcoming World Earth Day which falls on April 22 each year.
Tech News

Apple Announces September 26th As macOS Sonoma Launch Day

  MacOS 14, better known as Somona, got its official launch day recently at the Apple "W... David Sloat • 3 months ago
The Apple logo is displayed in an Apple store in lower Manhattan on August 2, 2018 in New York City. On Thursday the technology company and iPhone maker became the first American public company to cross $1 trillion in value. Apple stock is up more than 20% this year.
Tech News

Apple Is Adding Roadside Assistance To iPhones

  Apple is trying to add a little peace of mind to travelers with the new iPhone 15.... David Sloat • 3 months ago