Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Oxeye application testing platform scans for custom code and open source vulnerabilities

Application security testing startup Oxeye Ltd. today announced the general availability of its Cloud Native Application Security Testing platform. Debuted at KubeCon 2022, the platform identifies custom code and open-source vulnerabilities and software secrets to reveal the critical, exploitable security issues as an integral part the software development lifecycle. The platform is said to deliver developers and ...

New Microsoft Viva module delivers business goal-setting and management

Microsoft Corp. has incorporated technology from its acquisition of goal-planning and execution management software startup Ally Technologies Inc. late last year into a new product called Microsoft Viva Goals. A module released today under the Microsoft Viva employee experience platform, Viva Goals is designed for business goal setting and management. The company said it brings ...

$3B in cryptocurrency disbursed in failed attempt to prop up UST stablecoin

Luna Foundation Guard, the body tasked with managing the reserves used to support the TerraUSD or UST stablecoin, has admitted that it disbursed nearly all of its reserves in an attempt to prop up the now failed stablecoin. On Twitter today, LFG said it had disbursed 52,189 bitcoin to a “trade counterparty” as UST fell below ...

Affirm shares surge on huge earnings beat

Investors in Affirm Holdings Inc. had a good day today after the payments company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that smashed estimates, sending its share price surging after the bell. For the quarter ended March 31, Affirm reported a net loss of $54.7 million, or 19 cents per share, vastly reducing its loss of $287 million, ...

CyberArk shares rise despite mixed earnings results

Shares in  CyberArk Software Ltd. rose in regular trading despite the information security company reporting mixed results for its fiscal first quarter early today. For the quarter ended March 31, CyberArk reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of $11.9 million, or 30 cents per share, compared with a profit of $3.8 million, or 10 ...

Application security testing startup StackHawk raises $20.7M

Application security testing startup StackHawk Inc. said today it has raised $20.7 million in new funding for product development and building on what it says is its rapid growth. Sapphire Ventures and Costanoa Ventures led the Series B round, with Foundry Group and high-value investors participating. Including the new funding, the company has raised $35.3 million to date. ...

Governance and administration startup BalkanID launches with $5.75M in funding

Governance and administration solution startup BalkanID Inc. launched out of stealth mode today with $5.75 million in funding to accelerate product and customer development. The seed round included Uncommon Capital, Afore Capital, Sure Ventures and a number of prominent technology executives. The company was founded by Subbu Rama (pictured), previously co-founder at Bitfusion, Jeremy Patton, former engineering lead at Bitfusion, ...

Email security startup Material Security raises $100M on unicorn valuation of $1.1B

Email security startup Material Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $100 million in new funding to extend the product into new areas and expand internationally. Founders Fund led the Series C round, with Andreessen Horowitz, Elad Gil and other high-profile individual tech investors also participating. The funding was raised on a valuation of $1.1 billion, giving ...

Kuo: Apple planning to ditch Lightning port for USB-C starting in 2023

Apple Inc. may be set to abandon its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C, at least according to esteemed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo claimed today on Twitter that his latest survey indicates that in the second half of 2023, new iPhones will switch to the industry USB-C standard. Kuo noted that the USB-C port could improve the ...

ForgeRock sees shares fall on weak guidance, launches AI anti-fraud solution

Shares in ForgeRock Inc. dropped in late trading after the digital identity management company predicted a lower-than-expected earnings outlook. The company also announced a new artificial intelligence-driven anti-fraud solution. For the quarter ended March 31, ForgeRock reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of $10.1 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a ...