Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Smartphone sales plunge 20% in first quarter due to pandemic economy

By Duncan Riley Jun 1, 2020

Smartphone sales plunged more than 20% in the first quarter due to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures released today by Gartner Inc. The plunge was across the…

Security

Apple patches vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones

By Duncan Riley Jun 1, 2020

Apple Inc. has released new updates for its line of products, including a release for iOS that patches a vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones. The “zero-day” vulnerability, one not observed before, was present in all…

Security

NSA warns Russian hacking group is targeting unpatched email servers

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2020

The U.S. National Security Agency’s Central Security Service today issued a warning that Russian military hackers have been exploiting a known vulnerability in email servers since at least August. The group behind the attack, known as…

Security

Crowdsourced security testing platform startup Synack raises $52M

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2020

Crowdsourced security testing platform startup Synack Inc. has raised $52 million in new funding to develop its technology, expand internationally and invest in its community. The Series D round was led by C5 Capital…

Security

Okta shares drop despite better-than-expected earnings

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2020

Shares in cloud identity management service provider Okta Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today despite the company topping analysts estimates in its fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Okta reported revenue jumped 46%,…

Security

Zscaler buys security startup Edgewise as it beats earnings estimates

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2020

Cloud-based information security company Zscaler Inc. today announced the acquisition of network security startup Edgewise Networks Inc., but investors got more jazzed when it beat analysts’ estimates in its latest earnings report. For its third…

Cloud

Cloud-based open-source documents startup Almanac raises $9M

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2020

Cloud-based open-source documents startup Almanac Labs Inc. said today it has raised $9 million in new funding to introduce new product features for its 10,000-member community. The new round is described as a seed round…

Blockchain

Coinbase acquires Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi

By Duncan Riley May 27, 2020

Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi Systems Inc. has been acquired by Coinbase Inc. for an undisclosed price, the companies announced today. Founded in 2017, Tagomi combines institutional-grade services with superior execution technology for digital assets…

Emerging Tech

Apple acquires Canadian machine learning startup Inductiv

By Duncan Riley May 27, 2020

Apple Inc. has acquired an Ontario, Canada-based machine learning company called Inductiv Inc. according to a report from Bloomberg. Although Apple didn’t officially confirm or deny the acquisition, it did say that it “buys…

Infra

HP shares drop on mixed earnings report and lower outlook

By Duncan Riley May 27, 2020

Shares of HP Inc. dropped more than 5% in after-hours trading after the computer maker delivered mixed results in its second-quarter earnings and offered a lower-than-expected outlook for its next quarter. For the quarter ended…

Duncan Riley

Smartphone sales plunge 20% in first quarter due to pandemic economy

Apple patches vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones

NSA warns Russian hacking group is targeting unpatched email servers

Crowdsourced security testing platform startup Synack raises $52M

Okta shares drop despite better-than-expected earnings

Zscaler buys security startup Edgewise as it beats earnings estimates

Cloud-based open-source documents startup Almanac raises $9M

Coinbase acquires Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi

Apple acquires Canadian machine learning startup Inductiv

HP shares drop on mixed earnings report and lower outlook

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