Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

New Dropbox app comes with new collaborative features to battle Google and Slack

By Duncan Riley Sep 25, 2019

Dropbox Inc. today launched a new desktop app complete with a new look in an attempt to expand its appeal to a broader audience. The new app includes Dropbox Spaces, a smart workplace that…

Blockchain

Bitcoin suffers its biggest drop in 20 months, hits its lowest level since June

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2019

Bitcoin suffered its biggest drop in 20 months Tuesday, plunging to its lowest price since June as a drop below the major support level of $9,000 triggered a wave of selling. Starting 24 hours ago at…

Security

Spear-phishing campaign targeting utility companies larger than previously thought

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2019

A spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. utility companies is larger than previously thought and continues to operate, according to a new report Monday from security firm Proofpoint Inc. The campaign, dubbed LookBack when it was discovered in August,…

AI

Fiddler Labs raises $10.2M to develop its artificial intelligence engine

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2019

Artificial intelligence startup Fiddler Labs Inc. said today it has raised $10.2 million in new funding to build out its AI Engine. The Series A round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lux…

Cloud

Vista Equity Partners acquires majority stake in Drupal provider Acquia for $1B

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2019

Vista Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Acquia Inc., a Boston-based provider of services for sites running the Drupal content management framework. The purchase price for the deal, announced today, was not…

Blockchain

Bakkt bitcoin futures bomb on NYSE debut

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2019

Cryptocurrency startup Bakkt LLC, founded by New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc. finally debuted its much-anticipated bitcoin futures offering Sunday with a decidedly underwhelming response. It its first 24 hours of trading, Bakkt managed…

Blockchain

Kik shuts down core messaging app as it battles the SEC over initial coin offering

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2019

Troubled startup Kik Interactive Inc. is shutting down its core messaging service as it battles the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its $98 million initial coin offering in 2017. The SEC sued Kik…

Emerging Tech

Facebook buys brain-reading neural interface startup CTRL-labs for $500M to $1B

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2019

Social networking giant Facebook Inc. has acquired neural interface startup CTRL-labs, an East Coast startup that reads brain signals, for an undisclosed price. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, today pegged the acquisition…

Security

Payment card records stolen in latest attack targeting municipal payments system

By Duncan Riley Sep 22, 2019

About 20,000 payment card records from eight cities across the U.S. have been compromised through a breach of Click2Gov, a popular municipal payments system last compromised in 2018. Discovered by security researchers at Gemini Advisory LLC, which…

Apps

Facebook acquires Israeli chatbot startup Servicefriend for Libra customer service

By Duncan Riley Sep 22, 2019

Israeli chatbot startup Servicefriend has been acquired by Facebook Inc. to help it provide customer service for its forthcoming Libra cryptocurrency and related Calibra digital wallet service. The news was first reported Saturday by TechCrunch. Facebook…

Duncan Riley

Bitcoin suffers its biggest drop in 20 months, hits its lowest level since June

Spear-phishing campaign targeting utility companies larger than previously thought

Fiddler Labs raises $10.2M to develop its artificial intelligence engine

Vista Equity Partners acquires majority stake in Drupal provider Acquia for $1B

Bakkt bitcoin futures bomb on NYSE debut

Kik shuts down core messaging app as it battles the SEC over initial coin offering

Facebook buys brain-reading neural interface startup CTRL-labs for $500M to $1B

Payment card records stolen in latest attack targeting municipal payments system

Facebook acquires Israeli chatbot startup Servicefriend for Libra customer service

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