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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Customer communication startup Podium raises $201M on $3B valuation

Customer communication startup Podium Corp Inc. today announced it has raised $201 million in new funding to expand its reach to more local businesses around the world as well as make deeper investments to build out its payments, communications and marketing technology. YC Community led the Series D Round. Also participating in the round were Durable ...

Network threat detection and response startup Netography raises $45M

Network threat detection and response startup Netography Inc. revealed today that it has raised $45 million in new funding to boost technology innovations and enhancements, channel expansion and sales. Bessemer Venture Partners and SYN Ventures led the Series A round. Also participating in the round were Andreessen Horowitz, Mango Capital, Harpoon Ventures and Wing Capital. Including the new ...

Business planning platform startup Pigment raises $73M

Business planning platform startup Pigment SAS said over the weekend that it has raised $73 million in new funding to expand its footprint in the U.S. and European markets. Greenoaks Capital led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were FirstMark Capital and Blossom Capital. Including the new funding, Pigment has raised $98.9 million to ...

Hacker gains access to FBI server, sends out fake cybersecurity warnings

A hacker has gained access to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s server and sent out thousands of fake cybersecurity warnings. The emails were sent on Saturday morning, Nov. 13, from the eims@is.fbi.gov address. The emails contained the subject line of “threat actor in systems” before going on to claim “our intelligence monitoring indicates exfiltration ...

‘BotenaGo’ malware found targeting millions of routers and IoT devices

A newly discovered form of malware that exploits dozens of flaws has been found to be attacking targeting millions of routers and “internet of things” devices. First detailed today by researchers at AT&T Alien Labs, the “BotenaGo” malware is written in the open-source programming language Golang and is being deployed with more than 30 different exploit functions ...

Microsoft and Meta partnership offers integration between Workplace and Teams

Microsoft Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc., the company previously known as Facebook, today said they have signed a partnership that will allow customers to integrate Meta’s Workplace with Microsoft Teams. Under the deal, employees will be able to access content from Workplace within Teams. Early next year, companies will be able to stream meetings and ...

ForgeRock shares drop in first earnings report after IPO

Shares in ForgeRock Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the digital identity management firm delivered its first quarterly earnings report since going public in September. ForgeRock reported revenue rose 38% from a year ago, to $44.2 million, for the quarter ended Sept. 30. It posted a loss before costs such as stock compensation of $12.1 ...

Affirm shares bounce on new Amazon deal and strong guidance

Shares in Affirm Holdings Inc. bounced in after-hours trading today after the payments company announced an expanded deal with Amazon.com Inc. and predicted stronger-than-expected December quarter revenue guidance. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Affirm reported revenue rose 55% from the previous quarter. Adjusted operating loss came in at $45.1 million or 40 cents per share, compared ...

Bitcoin and Ethereum hit record highs on surging investor interest

Bitcoin and Ethereum hit a new record high in trading overnight as investors surge back into cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin hit a high of $68,525 at 11 p.m. Monday before investors took profits and drove the price down slightly during the day. Bitcoin’s previous high was just below $67,000 on Oct. 20. Ethereum also hit a record ...

Amazon-backed electric vehicle firm Rivian’s shares soar 43% after IPO

Updated: Shares of Amazon.com Inc.-backed electric vehicle firm Rivian Automotive Inc. soared 43% in their debut on the Nasdaq exchange after one of the biggest initial public offerings of the year. Late Tuesday, the company had set a price of $78 per share. Rivian, whose shares trade under the ticker symbol RIVN, had previously said that it ...