Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Apps

Twitter reportedly held talks to acquire audio-based social app Clubhouse for $4B

By Duncan Riley Apr 7, 2021

Twitter Inc. held acquisition talks with audio-based social app Clubhouse in a deal that would have valued the company at $4 billion, Bloomberg reported today. The talks are described as having taken place in recent…

Apps

Australian graphic design tool startup Canva raises $71M on $15B valuation

By Duncan Riley Apr 6, 2021

Australian graphic design tool startup Canva Pty. Ltd. said today it has raised $71 million in new funding on a $15 billion valuation, making it the largest startup to come from the country since Atlassian Corp. plc.…

Blockchain

Coinbase reports profit of up to $800M ahead of its direct listing

By Duncan Riley Apr 6, 2021

Ahead of its scheduled public offering April 14, Coinbase Global Inc. today released its quarterly financial data — and the numbers are impressive. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Coinbase reported a stunning trading volume…

NEWS

LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group with fake job offers

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2021

A threat group called “Golden Chickens” is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers with the intent to infect respondents with malware. As detailed today by cybersecurity firm eSentire Inc., the campaign is “spear-phishing”…

Emerging Tech

SoftBank pays $2.8B to acquire 40% stake in warehouse automation firm AutoStore

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2021

SoftBank Group Corp. said today it has invested $2.8 billion to acquire a 40% stake in Norwegian warehouse automation company AutoStore AS. SoftBank, Japan’s largest telecommunications companies and one of the world’s largest venture…

Apps

Delivery service startup Enjoy to go public via SPAC in a $1.6B deal

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2021

Delivery service startup Enjoy Technology Inc. is the latest company planning to go public via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company in a $1.6 billion deal. Enjoy, the brainchild of former Apple Inc.…

Cloud

Top AWS executive Teresa Carlson joins Splunk as president and chief growth officer

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2021

Top Amazon Web Services Inc. executive Teresa Carlson early today joined big-data analytics company Splunk Inc. in the newly created role of president and chief growth officer. Carlson will report to Doug Merritt, Splunk’s…

NEWS

Data from three universities published online in latest Accellion-related data breach

By Duncan Riley Apr 4, 2021

Three universities in the U.S. have had data stolen and published online in the latest data breaches related to a vulnerability in software from Accellion Inc. The universities targeted were Stanford University, the University of…

NEWS

Hackers are actively targeting FortiOS vulnerabilities, warn FBI and CISA

By Duncan Riley Apr 4, 2021

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning that hacking groups are actively targeting vulnerabilities in Fortinet Inc.’s…

NEWS

533M Facebook user records offered on a hacking forum

By Duncan Riley Apr 4, 2021

A database containing details of 533 million Facebook users is being offered on a hacking forum. First spotted April 3 by Alon Gal, chief technology officer of Hudson Rock Ltd., the data was posted by…

Duncan Riley

Australian graphic design tool startup Canva raises $71M on $15B valuation

Coinbase reports profit of up to $800M ahead of its direct listing

LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group with fake job offers

SoftBank pays $2.8B to acquire 40% stake in warehouse automation firm AutoStore

Delivery service startup Enjoy to go public via SPAC in a $1.6B deal

Data from three universities published online in latest Accellion-related data breach

Hackers are actively targeting FortiOS vulnerabilities, warn FBI and CISA

533M Facebook user records offered on a hacking forum

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