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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Team Cymru launches Total Insights Feed to replace legacy threat intelligence lists

Real-time threat intelligence company Team Cymru Inc. today announced the launch of Total Insights Feed, a unified threat intelligence platform that is designed to replace legacy indicator list-based feeds with machine-actionable, scored intelligence across the full surface of the internet. The new platform evaluates more than 57 million IP addresses and classless inter-domain routing blocks ...

Slash raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation to expand AI-powered banking platform for online businesses

Business banking startup Slash Financial Inc. today announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding on a $1.4 billion valuation to continue product development and build out its artificial intelligence-driven back office for small and midsized businesses. Founded in 2020, Slash operates a banking platform built for modern online businesses rather than a ...

Canva unveils Canva AI 2.0, recasting its platform as an agentic system for work

Visual communication platform provider Canva Pty Ltd. today unveiled Canva AI 2.0, an overhaul of its platform that offers a conversational, agentic system aimed at becoming the place where teams start and end their workday. The release, announced at the company’s Canva Create event in Los Angeles, is being pitched as Canva’s biggest shift since its 2013 ...

Impinj boosts edge computing power in updated R700 RAIN RFID reader

Radio-frequency identification devices and software company Impinj Inc. today announced an upgrade of its R700 RAIN RFID reader with a more powerful processor and expanded memory to help enterprises build autonomous item-tracking solutions that operate without human intervention. The upgraded R700, which builds on a reader originally introduced in 2020 and now deployed across thousands ...

DuploCloud lands compliance and AI governance certifications as enterprise buyers tighten scrutiny

DevOps automation company DuploCloud Inc. today announced that it has completed its SOC 2 Type II audit and achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification. A SOC 2 Type II examination evaluates the design and operating effectiveness of security controls over a defined period, carrying more weight with enterprise procurement teams than the point-in-time Type I version. ISO/IEC 42001 is ...

NIST shifts National Vulnerability Database to risk-based triage as CVE submissions hit record levels

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced an overhaul of how it processes cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its National Vulnerability Database . NIST is abandoning its longstanding goal of fully analyzing every submitted Common Vulnerability and Exposure in favor of a risk-based triage model that prioritizes the most dangerous flaws. The change, which took effect ...

Cisco goes to the races with new Churchill Downs multiyear partnership

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced that it has landed a new multiyear partnership with Churchill Downs Inc. to modernize the network infrastructure across its racing venues and casinos, with work set to begin in late 2026. Churchill Downs is best known for the horse racing track of the same name that hosts the annual Kentucky ...

Axonius targets remediation gap with AI, cyber-physical assets and data trust layer

Cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius Inc. today unveiled three expansions to its Asset Cloud platform that see the addition of artificial intelligence-driven remediation, extended coverage to industrial and internet of things environments, and the introduction of a new data integrity layer designed to underpin automated security workflows. Announced at the company’s Adapt 2026 conference, the offerings include ...

Capsule Security launches with $7M to secure AI agents at runtime

Israeli agentic artificial intelligence security startup Capsule Security Ltd. today launched with $7 million in new funding to expand go-to-market efforts and accelerate product development across its runtime platform. The company was founded in 2025 by Naor Paz, formerly of F5 Inc. and the Israeli military’s Unit 8200, and Lidan Hazout, formerly vice president of ...

Credo to acquire Israeli silicon photonics startup DustPhotonics for up to $1.3 billion

Fabless chip design company Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. today announced that it has reached a deal to acquire Israeli silicon photonics startup DustPhotonics Ltd. for up to $1.3 billion in cash and stock. Under the terms of the deal, Credo will pay $750 million in cash and issue approximately $123 million in shares at ...