Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Twitter apologizes after exposing business customer information

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2020

Twitter Inc. apologized today after it discovered that billing information from business customers had been potentially exposed because of the way the site caches data. Described as a “data security incident” by Twitter, the…

NEWS

Trump changes spur concerns for anti-censorship Open Technology Fund

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2020

Concern has been raised about the future of the Open Technology Fund, a U.S.-government funded nonprofit corporation that develops internet freedom tools after a possible shift in its focus driven by the Trump administration.…

AI

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $12M

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2020

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay Ltd. announced today it has raised $12 million in new funding to expand its business in the U.K. The Series A round was led by Coatue and included Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund…

Emerging Tech

Facebook discontinues low-end Oculus Go virtual reality headset

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2020

Facebook Inc. today announced it’s discontinuing the development and sale of its Oculus Go virtual reality headset just two years after it launched. Announced in October 2017, Oculus Go was Facebook’s first standalone VR…

Big Data

Google Cloud scales up Kubernetes Engine to 15,000 nodes for Bayer Crop Science

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2020

A new case study published today by Google Cloud shows how rapidly the tech giant’s cloud unit, in particular its Google Kubernetes Engine, can be rapidly scaled up to meet intense data processing needs.…

NEWS

269GB of data stolen from US police departments published after ‘BlueLeaks’ hack

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2020

Data stolen from hundreds of police departments across the U.S. have been published online in a hack dubbed “BlueLeaks.” The 269 gigabytes of data was published online by a group calling itself Distributed Denial…

NEWS

Microsoft acquires industrial cybersecurity startup CyberX for $165M

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2020

Microsoft Corp. has acquired industrial cybersecurity startup CyberX Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Various reports today suggest that the acquisition price was $165 million, following initial reports of the deal in May. Founded in 2013, CyberX offers an industrial…

Emerging Tech

Facebook acquires VR games studio Ready at Dawn to enhance Oculus

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2020

Facebook Inc. today said it has acquired virtual reality games developer Ready At Dawn Studios LLC for an undisclosed price to enhance its Oculus VR gaming division. Founded in 2003, Ready at Dawn initially…

Cloud

ServiceNow to acquire configuration data management startup Sweagle

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2020

ServiceNow Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire configuration data management startup Sweagle NV for an undisclosed price. Founded in Belgium in 2017 with offices in Brussels, Paris, London and New York City,…

Apps

Arm-based Macs, new HomePod: Here’s what to expect from Apple’s online-only WWDC

By Duncan Riley Jun 21, 2020

Apple Inc. kicks off its first online-only Worldwide Developers Conference at 10 a.m. PDT Monday with announcements expected across a wide range of Apple products including hardware and software. The shift to being online-only…

Duncan Riley

Twitter apologizes after exposing business customer information

Trump changes spur concerns for anti-censorship Open Technology Fund

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $12M

Facebook discontinues low-end Oculus Go virtual reality headset

269GB of data stolen from US police departments published after ‘BlueLeaks’ hack

Microsoft acquires industrial cybersecurity startup CyberX for $165M

Facebook acquires VR games studio Ready at Dawn to enhance Oculus

ServiceNow to acquire configuration data management startup Sweagle

Arm-based Macs, new HomePod: Here’s what to expect from Apple’s online-only WWDC

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