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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Labviva raises $25M to boost AI-powered life sciences procurement platform

Labviva Inc., a startup offering an artificial intelligence procurement platform for life sciences, announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to accelerate product innovation, enhance marketing and customer support, and expand internationally. Founded in 2017, Labviva offers an AI-powered digital marketplace that connects researchers with suppliers of reagents, chemicals, consumables and ...

Apple reportedly planning thin iPhone 17 Air model launch this year

For years, Apple Inc. has been reported to be planning on making a thin iPhone Air model and this year, the reports are rife again that Apple is planning to do just that. According to well-respected Apple analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple is planning to release a new model alongside the iPhone 17, Pro ...

Apple devices at risk after security researcher hacks ACE3 USB-C controller

Apple Inc. users are facing new security risks after a security researcher successfully hacked Apple’s proprietary ACE3 USB-C controller, a critical component responsible for managing charging and data transfer on Apple’s latest devices. First revealed at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress at the end of December but with details only recently announced, the ability to ...

UK court begins hearing $1.83 billion lawsuit against Apple over App Store fees

Lawyers representing Apple Inc. will be in court Monday in the U.K. to face a class action lawsuit that alleges that the iPhone maker runs its App Store as an illegal monopoly. The lawsuit, filed back in 2021, alleges that Apple’s 30% commission on app sales is an abuse of dominance and unlawful. The lawsuit ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly working on new AI video and social media startup

Former Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence startup that will compete in AI video generation and social media. Forbes reported that the startup Schmidt is working on is called Hooglee LLC and that Schmidt’s family office, Hillspire, is financing and housing it. According to its website, Hooglee ...

Judge rejects Google’s motion to dismiss privacy lawsuit, trial set for August

Google LLC is set to face trial in August over a privacy-related class action lawsuit after failing to persuade a judge to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that it adequately discloses how its Web & App Activity settings worked and that users consented to being tracked. The lawsuit was filed in 2020 and accused ...

Darktrace to acquire Cado Security to strengthen cloud forensic capabilities

Machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC announced today that it plans to acquire cloud forensics and incident response platform startup Cado Security Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2020, Cado Security specializes in cloud-native digital forensics and incident response solutions, with a platform that offers “forensic-level details without forensic-level effort” when dealing with incident response in the cloud. ...

Google’s new Search Labs experiment delivers daily audio news updates

Google LLC has reportedly launched a new Search Labs experiment called “Daily Listen” that creates a daily audio overview of news that users are interested in. First reported by 9to5Google, Daily Listen is an artificial intelligence-powered audio experiment that appears in the Space carousel underneath the search bar at the top of the Google app ...

White House introduces US Cyber Trust Mark to help consumers identify secure IoT devices

The White House has launched the U.S. Cyber Trusk Mark, a new voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for internet-connected devices that aims to help consumers easily identify products that meet established cybersecurity standards. Administered by the Federal Communications Commission, the Cyber Trust Mark will appear as a distinct shield logo label on certified devices (pictured), including ...

Green Bay Packers online store breach exposes credit card data of thousands of fans

Thousands of American football fans have had their credit card details stolen after hackers successfully breached the online store of the Green Bay Packers football team. Details of the hack first came to light when the football team started advising victims via letter that a “data security incident” had occurred on the website packersproshop.com that ...