Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Take that, Facebook: Twitter to ban all political advertising starting in late November

By Duncan Riley Oct 30, 2019

Twitter Inc. today announced that it will ban all political advertising starting in late November, cutting off a potentially large revenue stream for the microblogging service in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential…

Blockchain

A tale of two bitcoin companies: Bitmain ousts co-founder, Canaan files for IPO

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2019

The world’s two largest bitcoin mining equipment makers are experiencing contrasting fortunes, with turmoil at market leader Bitmain Technologies Inc. while rival Canaan Creative went public with its initial public offering plans. At Bitmain, the trouble…

Policy

Australian regulator sues Google for misleading consumers on data collection

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2019

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed a lawsuit against Google LLC claiming that the search giant has breached Australian consumer law by misleading consumers about the data it collects. Claimed to be…

Policy

Uber sues Los Angeles over scooter location data-sharing requirement

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Transportation over the department’s attempt to obtain the location data of Uber-owned scooters in the city. The lawsuit, filed Monday and first reported…

Security

WhatsApp sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for allegedly hacking users

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2019

Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp today filed a lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. claiming that the company illegally hacked users of the messaging service earlier this year. WhatsApp claims NSO Group was…

Cloud

Gig economy cloud recruitment startup Fountain raises $23M

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2019

Cloud recruiting platform startup Fountain today said it has raised $23 million in new funding to invest in research and development and accelerate product development. The Series B round into the company, formally known as…

Security

3M customer records stolen in hack of Italian bank UniCredit

By Duncan Riley Oct 28, 2019

Global Italian banking and financial services company UniCredit S.p.A revealed Monday that 3 million customer records were stolen in a data breach that may have taken place as far back as 2015. The hack involved…

Apps

End of an era: Google announces it will no longer index Adobe Flash content

By Duncan Riley Oct 28, 2019

At the dawn of the World Wide Web, websites powered by early versions of Hypertext Markup Language were very basic because of the limitations of the code. In the latter half of the 1990s and…

Apps

New Uber Money service allows drivers to access payments immediately

By Duncan Riley Oct 28, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. has launched a new division that offers financial services for Uber drivers. Called Uber Money, the new service comes with a Visa debit card and delivers, for the first time, the…

Blockchain

Bitcoin surges as Chinese president backs blockchain technology

By Duncan Riley Oct 27, 2019

Bitcoin had a remarkable return to form over the weekend after declining over the last month into a bear market. The reason: China. The cryptocurrency peaked as high as $10,071.47 early Saturday, up 36% in…

Duncan Riley

A tale of two bitcoin companies: Bitmain ousts co-founder, Canaan files for IPO

Australian regulator sues Google for misleading consumers on data collection

Uber sues Los Angeles over scooter location data-sharing requirement

WhatsApp sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for allegedly hacking users

Gig economy cloud recruitment startup Fountain raises $23M

3M customer records stolen in hack of Italian bank UniCredit

End of an era: Google announces it will no longer index Adobe Flash content

New Uber Money service allows drivers to access payments immediately

Bitcoin surges as Chinese president backs blockchain technology

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