Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Veeam updates Availability Orchestrator and adds a new disaster recovery pack

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2020

Backup solutions and cloud data management firm Veeam Software Corp. today announced a number of new products designed to deliver cost savings to enterprise users. Launched today during VeeamON 2020, this year exclusively online…

Apps

Facebook acquires crowdsourced street-level imagery startup Mapillary

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2020

Facebook Inc. has acquired Mapillary AB, a Swedish startup that takes street-level imagery for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2013, Mapillary pitches itself as a sort of Google Maps competitor in that it offers…

Blockchain

Telos launches EOS.IO Ethereum Virtual Machines for faster smart contract processing

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2020

Blockchain developer Telos today announced the launch of the Telos EVM, the first deployment of an Ethereum Virtual Machine on the EOS.IO blockchain. The service is designed to deliver smart contracts on a platform that…

NEWS

Infamous ‘Vault 7’ CIA data breach resulted from lax cybersecurity

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2020

The infamous “Vault 7” theft of secret hacking tools and documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 2016 resulted from lax cybersecurity practices at the agency, according to an inquiry in 2017 that…

NEWS

AWS mitigated a record-breaking 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in February

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. today revealed that it managed to mitigate a 2.3 terabytes-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack in February, the largest DDoS attack ever recorded. Detailed in the AWS Shield Threat Landscape Report- Q1 2020,…

Apps

Uber starts offering its booking software to public transport providers

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. is moving into software, signing its first deal to provide its booking technology to a Californian public transport provider. Under the deal, signed today with Marin County on a software-as-a-service basis,…

AI

AI-powered financial technology startup Pagaya raises $102M

By Duncan Riley Jun 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence financial technology startup Pagaya Technologies Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $102 million in new funding partly to move into new asset classes. The Series D round was led by GIC and included…

NEWS

‘Ripple20’ vulnerabilities expose hundreds of millions of IoT devices to hacking

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2020

A series of newly discovered vulnerabilities in “internet of things” devices opens the door to hackers to gain access to both consumer and enterprise devices. That’s according to a new report by security researchers at JSOF. The…

Blockchain

Dubious celebrity-endorsed initial coin offering founder pleads guilty to securities fraud

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2020

The founder of a company that raised $32 million in an illegal initial coin offering has pleaded guilty to committing securities and wire fraud. Centra Tech launched in 2017 with a veritable checklist of blockchain-related…

Emerging Tech

Electronics maker Bose shuts down its augmented reality program

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2020

High-end electronics company Bose Corp. is abandoning its augmented reality program 18 months after it launched glasses that use audio for interactive service delivery. Bose’s “Frames,” launched in December 2018 were described at the time as the…

Duncan Riley

Facebook acquires crowdsourced street-level imagery startup Mapillary

Telos launches EOS.IO Ethereum Virtual Machines for faster smart contract processing

Infamous ‘Vault 7’ CIA data breach resulted from lax cybersecurity

AWS mitigated a record-breaking 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in February

Uber starts offering its booking software to public transport providers

AI-powered financial technology startup Pagaya raises $102M

‘Ripple20’ vulnerabilities expose hundreds of millions of IoT devices to hacking

Dubious celebrity-endorsed initial coin offering founder pleads guilty to securities fraud

Electronics maker Bose shuts down its augmented reality program

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