Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Apps

TikTok passes 2B downloads amid surging use during COVID-19 pandemic

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2020

Social video app TikTok has continues to go from strength to strength, as an estimate was released today that its app has been downloaded 2 billion times. The number comes today from analytics firm Sensor…

Apps

Google Meet now available for free to all amid coronavirus pandemic

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2020

Updated: Google LLC early today made its Google Meet video conferencing service free for all users amid a global surge in use during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Google Meet, previously called Google Hangouts, was…

Security

Rapid7 acquires cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud for $145M

By Duncan Riley Apr 28, 2020

Security operations firm Rapid7 Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud Corp. for $145 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2013, DivvyCloud offers a cybersecurity automation platform for the protection…

Apps

Uber reportedly cutting 20% of its workforce as CTO Thuan Pham resigns

By Duncan Riley Apr 28, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. is reportedly cutting as much as 20% of its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic as it loses a key executive: Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham. The Information reported today that the job cuts…

Security

Data stolen from outsourcing group ExecuPharm published after ransomware attack

By Duncan Riley Apr 27, 2020

Data stolen in a ransomware attack in March from ExecuPharm, an outsourcing company servicing the pharmaceutical industry, has been published online. The published stolen employee data is said to include Social Security numbers, taxpayer…

Apps

Starbucks partners with Sequoia Capital to make investments in mainland China

By Duncan Riley Apr 27, 2020

Starbucks Corp. has struck up a partnership with Sequoia Capital’s China investment arm to make strategic investments in mainland China. A company best known for its American coffee teaming up with the most famous…

Blockchain

Bitcoin returns to form with solid price growth amid the coronavirus pandemic

By Duncan Riley Apr 26, 2020

After a tumultuous two months during the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of bitcoin is starting to return to form as the cryptocurrency sees its highest prices since the second week of March. During the pandemic…

Security

Facebook claims NSO Group used US servers when hacking WhatsApp accounts

By Duncan Riley Apr 26, 2020

Facebook Inc. has alleged that Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. hacked about 1,400 WhatsApp users using U.S. servers. The claim came in a court filing Friday made in response to an attempt by NSO…

Blockchain

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Ebang files for $100M US IPO

By Duncan Riley Apr 26, 2020

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Ebang International Holdings Inc. has filed to go public with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Founded in 2010, Ebang designs and manufactures application-specific integrated circuit chips and fabless integrated circuits for…

Cloud

Stripe improves revenue engine, adds support for global card networks and card self-issuing

By Duncan Riley Apr 23, 2020

Payment technology company Stripe Inc. today added a range of new features to its lineup of services nearly two weeks after announcing it raised $600 million in new venture capital. The three major updates include expanded support…

Duncan Riley

TikTok passes 2B downloads amid surging use during COVID-19 pandemic

Google Meet now available for free to all amid coronavirus pandemic

Rapid7 acquires cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud for $145M

Uber reportedly cutting 20% of its workforce as CTO Thuan Pham resigns

Data stolen from outsourcing group ExecuPharm published after ransomware attack

Starbucks partners with Sequoia Capital to make investments in mainland China

Bitcoin returns to form with solid price growth amid the coronavirus pandemic

Facebook claims NSO Group used US servers when hacking WhatsApp accounts

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Ebang files for $100M US IPO

Stripe improves revenue engine, adds support for global card networks and card self-issuing

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