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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Despite smashing revenue and profit forecasts, Square sees shares only inch up

Shares in Square Inc. rose only slightly in after-hours trading despite the financial services provider smashing analyst forecasts on both revenue and profit. For the quarter ended March 31, Square reported revenue of $5.06 billion, a nearly fourfold increase from a year ago and up from $3.16 billion in the previous quarter. Square reported a ...

Open API at exercise equipment company Peloton exposed private user data

Interactive exercise equipment company Peloton Interactive Inc. has suffered a potential data breach after it was discovered that its application programming interface exposed user data including private accounts. The revelation came on the same day the company was forced to recall two of its treadmills following the death of a six-year-old child. The API vulnerability was ...

Galaxy Digital snaps up cryptocurrency wallet and custodial startup BitGo for $1.2B

Enterprise cryptocurrency wallet and custodial services startup BitGo Inc. has been acquired by Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. for $1.2 billion. Founded in 2013, BitGo offers enterprise-grade multiuser cryptocurrency wallets along with application programming interface access to its underlying security platform. Offering “multisig,” for multisignature, the company’s cryptocurrency wallets require a transaction to have two or more signatures before ...

Uber shares drop on weaker-than-expected first-quarter revenue

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the ride-hailing giant reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter revenue, despite a lower-than-expected loss. For the quarter ended March 31, Uber reported a loss of $108 million, or six cents a share, on revenue of $2.9 billion on a loss of $108 million. Analysts were predicting a ...

Accuris Terrascan now integrates with the Argo Project to enhance cloud security

Cloud cyber resilience specialist Accurics Inc. today announced that its open-source project Terrascan now integrates with the Argo Project to enhance cloud security. Terrascan is used to manage and process all types of point clouds. The service offers import and project structuring tools to handle the massive amounts of points of a laser scanning campaign as well ...

Alteryx shares soar on lower-than-expected net loss

Shares in Alteryx Inc. rose strongly in after-hours trading today after the data analytics software provider reported a smaller net loss than expected by analysts in its first-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ended March 31, Alteryx reported revenue of $118.8 million, up 9% year-over-year. The company had a net loss of $40.7 million, or 61 cents a ...

Vulnerabilities in Dell driver affect hundreds of millions of computers

Dell Technologies Inc. today issued an urgent patch to address vulnerabilities found in hundreds of millions of computers sold by the company since 2009. Discovered and publicized today by researchers at SentinelLabs, the five vulnerabilities, tracked collectively as CVE-2021-21551, affect DVUtil 2.3, a Dell BIOS driver that allows the operating system and system apps to interact ...

Lyft shares surge on stronger-than-expected earnings

Shares in ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. surged in after-hours trading after the company beat analysts’ expectations in its first-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ended March 31, Lyft reported revenue fell 37% from a year ago, to $609 million, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to depress demand. However, revenue was up 7% from the previous ...

Cyber asset management and governance startup JupiterOne raises $30M

Cyber asset management and governance solution startup JupiterOne Inc. today announce it has raised $30 million in new funding to grow its engineering, product development and go-to-market capabilities, including building out its remote workforce. The Series B round was led by Sapphire Ventures and included Bain Capital Ventures. Founded in 2018 as a spinoff based on an ...

Trilio announces updated Kubernetes backup platform with Velero monitoring tool

Cloud-native data protection firm Trilio Data Inc. today announced the latest version of TrilioVault for Kubernetes, a backup and recovery platform that enables restoration and mobility of entire Kubernetes workloads on-demand. TrilioVault for Kubernetes v2.1 offers a range of new Kubernetes management functionality including visibility and insights into Velero-based backups as well as enhanced disaster recovery capabilities ...