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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Payouts.com raises $12.1M to enhance supplier management and payout automation

Fintech platform startup Payouts.com today announced that it has raised $12.1 million in new funding to enhance its vendor relationship management capabilities and advance product development. Founded in 2022, Payouts.com offers a platform designed to automate and streamline supplier payment processes. The platform offers a suite of capabilities for managing supplier relations to ensure seamless ...

Nvidia faces increased antitrust pressure as Justice Department sends subpoena requests

The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly sent subpoenas to Nvidia Crop. and other companies as part of an antitrust investigation into the company that appears to be ramping up. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the investigation, reported today that the Justice Department had previously delivered questionnaires to the companies, with the subpoenas being the next ...

Asana’s revenue outlook falls short as shares decline 13%

Shares in Asana Inc. fell nearly 13% in late trading today after the work management software company reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal second quarter but fell short of expectations on revenue outlook for its third quarter and full fiscal year. For the quarter ended July 31, Asana reported an adjusted earnings per ...

Zscaler stock falls on weak outlook amid revenue and earnings beats

Shares in Zscaler Inc. fell 14% in late trading today after the cloud security company forecasted a lower-than-expected full-year outlook alongside solid figures for its fiscal fourth quarter. For the quarter ended July 31, Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of 88 cents, up from 64 cents per share in the same quarter of the ...

Mosyle acquires Assetbots to enhance device management offerings

Apple Inc. device management company Mosyle Corp. today announced that it has acquired asset management software company Assetbots LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2021, Assetbots offers asset management software that is designed to simplify the tracking and management of assets across various industries. The company’s platform aims to eliminate common issues such as lost assets, ...

New Morphisec report finds links between emerging Cicada3301 ransomware and BlackCat

A new report out today from endpoint security firm Morphisec Inc. details a recently discovered form of ransomware that may have links to the infamous BlackCat ransomware family. Called Cicada3301, the new threat was identified in a Morphisec customer environment recently and was first reported around two months ago. Written in the Rust programming language and ...

Meta reports rapid growth in popularity for its Llama AI models, with nearly 350M downloads

Meta Platforms Inc. today revealed that its Llama generative artificial models are rapidly growing in popularity, with downloads of the models increasing by 10 times from the same time last year and are quickly approaching 350 million downloads. The figures were revealed in an upbeat midyear update from the company behind services such as Facebook, Instagram and ...

Autodesk outperforms projections with strong earnings and revenue growth

Shares in Autodesk Inc. were up over 4% in late trading today after the computer-aided software design company reported earnings and revenue beats. For its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, Autodesk reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.15, up from $1.91 in the same quarter of the previous year, on revenue of $1.51 billion, ...

Elastic shares plunge 25% on lower revenue projections amid slower customer commitments

Shares in Elastic N.V. plunged nearly 25% in late trading today after the enterprise search software company warned of slower growth and fell short on outlook alongside an otherwise solid quarterly earnings report. For its 2025 fiscal first quarter that ended on July 31, Elastic reported adjusted earnings per share of 35 cents, up from 25 ...

Google reports watering-hole attacks on Mongolian sites leveraged iOS and Android exploits

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group today shared details on multiple observed in-the-wild exploit campaigns that used watering-hole attacks on Mongolian government websites between November 2023 and July this year. A watering-hole attack is a strategy that involves attackers compromising legitimate websites that their target or targets frequently visit by embedding malicious code to exploit vulnerabilities ...