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

Latest from Duncan Riley

PayPal acquires digital asset startup Curv for nearly $200M

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. today announced it has acquired digital asset startup Curv Inc. to allow it to expand its initiatives in support of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Although the purchase price was not disclosed, Decrypt reported it was nearly $200 million. Founded in …

Apple releases unexpected software updates to address vulnerability in WebKit

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today released software updates for its range of iPhone, iPad, Mac computers and the Apple Watch that address a vulnerability in the WebKit engine that powers the Safari browser. The security updates to iOS 14.4.1, iPadOS 14.4.1, macOS 11.2.3 and …

Cybersecurity software provider Qualys suffers Accellion-related data breach

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. is the latest victim of a data breach, as the Clop ransomware gang posted on its site screenshots of files allegedly belonging to the company. Qualys confirmed the attack Wednesday, describing it as a “security incident” that exploited …

Virtual events platform startup Hopin raises $400M on $5.65B valuation

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Virtual events platform startup Hopin Ltd. said today it has raised $400 million in new funding to accelerate growth, scale up operations and strengthen its team and platform. The Series C round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst and included IVP, Coatue, DFJ …

Square – yes, Square – buys majority stake in Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal for $297M

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Financial services provider Square Inc. today revealed it has purchased a majority stake in Aspiro AB, the owner of the Tidal music streaming service, for $297 million. The exact size of the stake, made with a combination of cash and stock, was …

Israeli artificial intelligence startup Seebo raises $24M to expand its global reach

AI By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Israeli artificial intelligence startup Seebo Interactive Inc. today announced it has raised an additional $24 million in funding to expand its global reach and enhance its process-based AI solution. The expanded Series B round was led by Vertex Ventures and included 10D, The Phoenix …

Open-source relational database startup Yugabyte raises $48M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Open-source relational database startup Yugabyte Inc. said today it has raised $48 million in new funding to accelerate the launch of its fully managed Yugabyte Cloud offering. The Series C round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and included Greenspring Associates, Dell Technologies Capital, …

Malaysia Airlines discloses frequent flyer data breach that lasted nine years

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Malaysia Airlines Berhad has disclosed a data breach that involved the theft of data from its frequent flyer program, but in a twist on a standard data theft story, the airline said the breach spanned nine years. The data breach involved a …

Microsoft warns that Chinese hackers are targeting vulnerabilities in Exchange Server

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. issued a warning today that a new Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is targeting on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server using a number of recently identified and now patched vulnerabilities. The hacking group, dubbed “Hafnium” by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, …

Uber spins off Postmates X as a new company called Serve Robotics

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Following its acquisition of Postmates Inc. last year, Uber Technologies Inc. today spun off the delivery provider’s robotics division previously known as Postmates X into a new company called Serve Robotics Inc. Serve Robotics debuts with an undisclosed amount of initial funding …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

PayPal acquires digital asset startup Curv for nearly $200M

Apple releases unexpected software updates to address vulnerability in WebKit

Cybersecurity software provider Qualys suffers Accellion-related data breach

Virtual events platform startup Hopin raises $400M on $5.65B valuation

Square – yes, Square – buys majority stake in Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal for $297M

Israeli artificial intelligence startup Seebo raises $24M to expand its global reach

Open-source relational database startup Yugabyte raises $48M

Malaysia Airlines discloses frequent flyer data breach that lasted nine years

Microsoft warns that Chinese hackers are targeting vulnerabilities in Exchange Server

Uber spins off Postmates X as a new company called Serve Robotics

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