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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Corporate virtual private network provider Tailscale raises $100M

Corporate virtual private network provider Tailscale Inc. today announced it has raised $100 million in new funding to expand product-led growth and scale out its go-to-market and strategic partner initiatives. CRV and Insight Partners led the Series B round, with Accel, Heavybit and Uncork Capital also participating. Including the new funding, Tailscale has raised $115 million to ...

Apple device management startup Mosyle raises $196M, launches new platform

Apple Inc. device management startup Mosyle Corp. revealed today that it has raised $196 million in new funding, and it announced the immediate availability of its Apple Unified Platform. Insight Partners led the Series B round, with StepStone Group, Elephant and Album VC also participating. Including the new round, the company has raised more than $215 ...

UK’s National Health Service infected by massive phishing campaign

The U.K.’s National Health Service has been infected by a massive phishing campaign that resulted in hundreds of accounts on Microsoft 365 being compromised. Detailed today by researchers by email security firm INKY Technology Corp., the phishing campaign was first detected in October, then escalated in March. The campaign used compromised NHS accounts to send phishing ...

Freshworks shares drop despite topping estimates

Shares in customer service and support software firm Freshworks Inc. dropped in late trading despite the company topping estimates in its latest earnings report. For the quarter ended March 31, Freshworks reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of one cent per share, half the loss in the same quarter of last year. Revenue ...

Lyft shares plunge on weak outlook and increasing costs

Shares in Lyft Inc. plunged in late trading after the ride-hailing company reported a low-than-expected outlook and forecast increasing costs for driver incentives and marketing. For the quarter ended March 31, Lyft reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of $24.6 million, or seven cents per share, up from an adjusted loss of 35 ...

API security startup Traceable AI raises $60M on $450M valuation

Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. announced today that it has raised $60 million in new funding to accelerate its growth by further investing in its product development and research efforts, bolstering its sales and marketing teams, and expanding global sales. The Series B round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and included Tiger Global Management, Unusual ...

Critical vulnerabilities found in network switches used in millions of enterprises

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Armis Inc. have uncovered five critical network switch vulnerabilities in the implementation of Transport Layer Security in devices used in millions of enterprises. Dubbed “TLStorm 2.0,” a sequel to three vulnerabilities found by Armis in APC Smart-UPS last year, the new vulnerabilities steam from a similar design flaw. The original TLStorm allowed ...

Apple lawsuit against chipmaking startup Rivos alleges theft of trade secrets

Apple Inc. has filed a lawsuit against chipmaking startup Rivos Inc., alleging that it hired more than 40 former Apple employees and instructed them to copy information about Apple’s system-on-chip designs. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court Northern District of California San Jose on Friday, names Rivos and two former Apple employees, Wen ...

Grindr user location data was reportedly collected and sold

A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims that the movements of users of the gay dating app Grindr were collected from an advertising network and made available for sale. The report says the information has been for sale since at least 2017 and that historical data may still be obtainable. However, Grindr cut ...

Yuga Labs raises $320M in virtual land sales but causes Ethereum processing cost spike

A virtual land sale by Yuga Labs Inc. on Saturday evening raised about $320 million through the sale of virtual land but also caused the processing costs of Ethereum to spike at the same time. Yuga, the creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible tokens representing digital artwork, sold 55,000 blocks of land in ...