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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Proofpoint sues Facebook over lookalike domain names used in security training

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. to allow it to keep a number of domain names that imitate Facebook and Instagram used in security training programs. The drama began in November when Facebook filed a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution request with domain registrar Namecheap Inc. to gain control of several domain names that ...

Datadog acquires Timber and Sqreen, reports lower-than-expected guidance

Shares in Datadog Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the data monitoring and analytics provider’s 2021 earnings guidance came in lower than expected and the company announced the acquisition of two startups. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Datadog reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of six cents a share on revenue of $177.5 ...

API security startup Traceable partners with Silicon Valley CISO Investments

Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with Silicon Valley CISO Investments, an angel syndicate of 55 practicing chief information security officers. The amount of the funding, about $250,000 is less important than what the company calls “social equity” from the involvement of the CISOs providing not only capital but also advice ...

Security researcher breaches Apple, Microsoft and others by exploiting open-source repositories

A security researcher has uncovered a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on internal systems belonging to major companies, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netflix Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc., Tesla Inc. and others by exploiting open-source repositories. The supply chain attack was detailed late Tuesday by researcher and ethical hacker Alex Birsan and involved ...

AWS to provide National Hockey League cloud, AI and machine learning services

Amazon Web Services Inc. announced today it has signed a deal with the National Hockey League to become the official cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure provider of the largest ice hockey league in North America. Under the deal, AWS will enable the NHL to automate video processing and content delivery in the cloud and ...

Autonomous truck startup Plus raises $200M to accelerate global commercialization

Autonomous truck startup Plus announced today it has raised $200 million in new funding to accelerate the global commercialization and deployment of its automated trucking system. That will include the development of a sales and support network to help fleets integrate its automated trucking system and scale up deployments in the U.S. and China. The Series B ...

Uber shares slide on weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the ride-hailing giant missed analysts’ predictions for its fourth-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Uber reported gross bookings of $17.2 billion, down 5% year-over-year on revenue of $3.17 billion. Analysts had predicted a figure of $3.58 billion. Uber booked a loss of ...

‘Cyberpunk 2077’ maker CD Projekt struck by ransomware attack

Video game developer CD Projekt S.A., the maker of “Cyberpunk 2077,” has been struck by a ransomware attack that resulted in data stolen. The company said in a tweeted statement today it detected a cyberattack that compromised some of its internal systems Feb. 8. An unidentified actor is described as collecting certain data belonging to the CD ...

Lyft shares rise to 17-month high on stronger-than-expected earnings

Shares in Lyft Inc. rose to a 17-month high in after-hours trading after the ride-hailing company beat analysts’ predictions in its fourth-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Lyft reported revenue fell 44%, to $569.9 million, from a year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it rose 14% from the third quarter. ...

Twitter shares rise on stronger quarterly earnings

Shares in Twitter Inc. rose slightly in after-hours trading after the microblogging service beat analysts’ predictions for its fourth-quarter earnings but warned of increasing expenses in the year ahead. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Twitter reported a profit of $222 million, or 38 cents a share on revenue of $1.29 billion, up 28% from a ...