Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Honda exposes customer data on unsecured Elasticsearch database for the second time this year

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Honda Motor Co. has been found to exposing customer data on an unsecured Elasticsearch database for the second time this year, though this time around the number of records exposed is in dispute. The exposed…

Big Data

Edge data processing startup Teraki raises $11M

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Edge data processing startup Teraki GmbH said today it has raised $11 million in new funding to accelerate its move into the automotive electronics market and expand into other sectors that are facing a rise…

Apps

Facebook buys cloud gaming company PlayGiga for $78M

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Facebook Inc. today said it has acquired Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga for about €70 million ($78 million) as it looks to expand into the gaming market. Founded in 2013, PlayGiga offers a premium streaming game service…

Emerging Tech

Uber expands its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. is expanding its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami, Florida, after launching the service in Chicago in October. The on-demand labor hiring app matches people looking for shift work with…

Security

Lazarus Group targets Linux systems in new remote-access virus campaign

By Duncan Riley Dec 17, 2019

The Lazarus Group, the North Korean-linked hacking group believed to be behind in the spread of the WannaCry ransomware in 2017 and linked to a campaign targeting banks and financial institutions in 2018, is back again. Now it’s targeting Linux systems…

Security

Canadian health firm LifeLabs pays hackers after 15M customer records stolen

By Duncan Riley Dec 17, 2019

A data breach at Canadian clinical laboratory services provider LifeLabs has exposed the records of up to 15 million patients, but in an interesting twist, the company paid those behind the hack for the…

Emerging Tech

Skyryse raises $13M for its semi-autonomous helicopter technology

By Duncan Riley Dec 17, 2019

Skyryse Inc., a Hawthorn, California-based startup building technology for semi-autonomous helicopters, said today it has raised a new $13 million round. The round included previous investors along with Ford Motor Co. Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. Founded…

Emerging Tech

Amazon makes (a little) money from Alexa premium content as smart assistant matures

By Duncan Riley Dec 17, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. is starting to make money offering premium content via Alexa as the e-commerce giant’s smart assistant shifts from its “Alexa Everywhere” phase to a maturing product. According to The Information, Amazon is…

Apps

Israeli AI-assisted software development firm Codota acquires TabNine

By Duncan Riley Dec 16, 2019

Israeli artificial intelligence-assisted software development firm Codota Dot Com Ltd. Monday said it has acquired code prediction tool TabNine for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2018 and based in Canada, TabNine uses deep learning to assist…

Apps

Google pulls Chrome update for Android after data loss issue

By Duncan Riley Dec 16, 2019

Google LLC has pulled the distribution of the latest version of its Chrome browser for Android after users reported that the update deleted some user data on third-party apps. Chrome 79 was launched last…

Duncan Riley

Edge data processing startup Teraki raises $11M

Uber expands its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami

Lazarus Group targets Linux systems in new remote-access virus campaign

Canadian health firm LifeLabs pays hackers after 15M customer records stolen

Skyryse raises $13M for its semi-autonomous helicopter technology

Amazon makes (a little) money from Alexa premium content as smart assistant matures

Israeli AI-assisted software development firm Codota acquires TabNine

Google pulls Chrome update for Android after data loss issue

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