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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Samsara sees shares dip despite topping earnings and revenue estimates

Shares in Samsara Inc. fell in late trading today despite the internet of things cloud platform provider reporting earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on Feb. 1, Samsara reported adjusted earnings per share of 11 cents, up from four cents per share in the same quarter ...

Google enhances Chrome Enterprise with improved work and personal profile separation

Google LLC today rolled out new enhancements to Chrome Enterprise, the enterprise version of its Chrome browser, that are designed to provide clearer separation between work and personal browsing, along with stronger protections for unmanaged devices. The new features aim to give employees more visibility into when they’re using a managed work profile versus their ...

AIceberg introduces new AI trust platform with $10M in new funding

Artificial intelligence trust, safety, security and compliance technology startup AIceberg Inc. today announced that it has raised $10 million in new funding and launched its AI trust platform that provides enterprise-grade security with real-time, automated validation of AI application traffic. Founded in 2022, AIceberg’s technology is designed to allow enterprises and public entities to make ...

Justice Department indicts Chinese officials and contractors over cyber intrusion campaign

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 12 Chinese nationals, including officers of China’s Ministry of Public Security and members of the hacking group APT27, over their alleged roles in a sprawling cyber intrusion campaign that targeted victims around the world. Among those charged are employees of Anxun Information Technology Co. Ltd., known as “i-Soon,” ...

Zscaler posts strong earnings and revenue beats, driving share gains

Shares in Zscaler Inc. rose by more than 8% in late trading today after the cloud security company impressed investors with earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 second quarter. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of 78 cents, up from 63 cents in the same ...

SpecterOps raises $75M to expand identity attack path security platform

Cybersecurity solutions and services provider Specter Ops Inc. today announced that it has raised $75 million in new funding to support the scaling of BloodHound Enterprise, a platform for comprehensively removing identity-based attack paths. ​Founded in 2017, SpecterOps specializes in adversary-focused cybersecurity solutions, leveraging deep insights into advanced threat actor tradecraft to help organizations defend against sophisticated ...

Knostic raises $11M to strengthen enterprise AI security with need-to-know access controls

Enterprise artificial intelligence security startup Knostic Inc. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding to bolster its offering, support enterprises with their AI transformation, and add a customizable safety layer to tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot and Glean. Founded in 2023, Knostic offers need-to-know-based access controls for large language models ...

OpenAI launches NextGenAI consortium with 15 research institutions and $50M in funding

OpenAI today announced the launch of NextGenAI, a consortium of 15 leading research institutions dedicated to using artificial intelligence to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education. The consortium launches with $50 million in funding from OpenAI for research grants, compute funding and application programming interface access to support students, educators and researchers who wish to ...

Aryon Security launches with $9M in funding to address cloud misconfiguration risks

Cloud security enforcement platform startup Aryon Security Inc. today launched and announced that it has raised $9 million in funding to scale up its platform. The company’s platform enables proactive cloud risk prevention through artificial intelligence-powered policy enforcement. Founded by alumni of the elite “Matzov” unit in the Israel Defense Forces, it’s seeking to disrupt the ...

BreachRx launches Rex AI to streamline enterprise incident response workflows

Incident response startup BreachRx Inc. today announced the launch of Rex AI, a new generative artificial intelligence engine that powers a suite of intelligence incident response capabilities. The offering is built on BreachRx’s cybersecurity operational platform data and Cyber RegScout, BreachRx’s cybersecurity, privacy and data breach legal library and offers cyber incident response that allows ...