Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Echo raises $15M to scale platform for vulnerability-free container images

Israeli enterprise-grade software infrastructure startup Echo Inc. announced today that it has raised $15 million in new funding to scale up its platform. Founded in 2023, Echo is a cybersecurity startup focused on eliminating software vulnerabilities at the source through artificial intelligence-powered infrastructure. The company pitches its offering as pioneering a new approach to vulnerability ...

Coinbase to expand core platform beyond cryptocurrency with tokenized real-world assets

Coinbase Inc. today announced that it’s planning to expand its core trading app beyond cryptocurrency, with a new “everything exchange” that will include tokenized real-world assets, stocks, derivatives, prediction markets and early-stage token sales. The plans were revealed by Max Branzburg, vice president of product at Coinbase, in an interview with CNBC. “We’re building an ...

Cloudflare beats earnings estimates with strong revenue and customer growth

Shares in Cloudflare Inc. rose more than 5% in late trading today after the content delivery network company impressed investors with earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal second quarter and offered forecasts higher than expected. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Cloudflare reported adjusted earnings per share of 21 cents, up from ...

Samsung earnings dip as chip division weighs on results despite mobile and display growth

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today reported a steep decline in quarterly profits as a result of ongoing volatility in the semiconductor market, as the company’s chip business once again weighed on overall earnings. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Samsung reported consolidated revenue of 74.6 trillion won ($57.4 billion), up 1% year-over-year but ...

Legion raises $38M to automate SOC workflows through browser-native AI

Browser-native artificial intelligence security operations center startup Legion Security Inc. today launched with an announcement that it has raised $38 million in funding to accelerate product development, expand customer deployment and grow its team to deliver automated security operations that learn from and mimic in-house analyst workflows. The company was founded in 2024 by security ...

Robinhood delivers strong quarter with surging revenue and customer growth

Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. fell a fraction of a point in late trading today after the financial services company reported strong results but reported a slight shortfall in cryptocurrency revenue in its fiscal 2025 second quarter. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Robinhood reported adjusted earnings per share of 42 cents, double ...

Confluent beats on earnings and revenue but outlook disappoints investors

Shares in Confluent Inc. plunged more than 26% in late trading today after the data streaming software provider reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal second quarter but fell short with its outlook for the third quarter and full year. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Confluent reported adjusted earnings per share ...

Singulr AI launches unified control plane to streamline enterprise AI governance

Singulr AI Inc., a startup offering an enterprise artificial intelligence security and governance platform, today announced the launch of the unified AI control plane, a platform that empowers information technology, security and compliance leaders to scale up AI adoption without compromising trust. The Singulr unified AI control plane has been designed to redefine AI governance ...

ZEST Security adds AWS Service Control Policies to expand cloud risk mitigation

Cloud risk resolution platform startup ZEST Security Inc. today announced the addition of Amazon Web Services Service Control Policies as part of its exposure resolution offering to allow security teams to proactively block attacker activity. ZEST claims the new integration is a first, saying that until now, no solution has fully operationalized SCPs as a mitigation ...

Google Cloud report highlights shift in ransomware tactics targeting backup systems

A new report out today from Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO dig into a growing trend in the evolution of cyberattacks, the rise of financially motivated threat actors who are now targeting backup infrastructure directly, not just encrypting production systems. As detailed in the H2 2025 Cloud Threat Horizons Report, Google’s researchers have observed advanced persistent ...