Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Blockchain

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2020

The Tezos Foundation, the group behind the troubled $233 million initial coin offering of Tezos tokens in 2017, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by investors for $25 million. The lawsuit alleged that the Tezos…

Apps

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2020

Apple Inc. has updated its Siri voice assistant to provide coronavirus advice to users including a test to see whether they have caught COVID-19. The virtual assistant now responds to questions such as “do…

Blockchain

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

The price of bitcoin bucked market trends and surged Thursday as investors flooded back into cryptocurrency markets. Recovering all of its losses in the last week, bitcoin surged to a high of $6,342.03 at…

Security

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

While news of hackers targeting hospitals with ransomware and others with COVID-19 phishing scams continues to make headlines, a new study has found that there is some honor among thieves in the darkest recesses…

Emerging Tech

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

Starsky Robotics Inc. is no more. The self-driving truck startup announced today that it’s closing down after failing to secure additional funding. Founded in 2015, Starsky Robotics had been developing driverless truck technology that involved…

Emerging Tech

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 19, 2020

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. surged 38% today after Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company has plenty of cash to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking at delivering medicine and other…

NEWS

Security firms offer free ransomware help to healthcare providers during coronavirus pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2020

With hackers targeting hospitals and other medical service providers during the global coronavirus pandemic, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has teamed with incident response company Coveware Inc. to offer…

Emerging Tech

Self-driving car companies suspend testing on coronavirus concerns

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2020

Major self-driving car companies have suspended their testing programs, citing coronavirus contagion fears. Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo was the first company to suspend testing, also stopping its taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, for vehicles that…

Security

Blender maker NutriBullet targeted in credit card-stealing Magecart attack

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2020

NutriBullet LLC, the maker of a popular high-priced blender, have been targeted in a number of Magecart attacks, with customer data stolen at the point of sale. The attacks, attributed to MageCart Group 8, were…

Emerging Tech

Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2020

Payments startup Square Inc. is set to provide banking services after getting conditional approval for a banking license by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Square was granted an “Industrial Loan Company” license, a form of…

Duncan Riley

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

Security firms offer free ransomware help to healthcare providers during coronavirus pandemic

Self-driving car companies suspend testing on coronavirus concerns

Blender maker NutriBullet targeted in credit card-stealing Magecart attack

Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license

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