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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Apple releases security patches to address 100+ vulnerabilities

Apple Inc. has released security patches for its entire software range that address more than 100 vulnerabilities. The security patches, released alongside a software update that added support for some of Apple’s new services, addressed 51 flaws in iOS, 38 in macOS Mojave, 36 in tvOS, 20 in iCloud for Windows, 20 in Safari, 18 ...

Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz raises $132M

Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. said today it has raised $132 million in new funding to support the commercialization of its LiDAR solutions and address growing demand for autonomous vehicles technologies. Investors in the Series C round included China Merchants Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, New Alliance Capital, Harel Insurance Investments and Phoenix Insurance. Founded in 2016, Innoviz develops ...

It’s official: Uber acquires Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem for $3.1B

As rumored over the weekend, Uber Technologies Inc. early today announced that it has acquired Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ. The acquisition came in at $3.1 billion, consisting of $1.7 billion in convertible notes and $1.4 billion in cash. According to Reuters, the notes are convertible into Uber shares at a price equal to $55 apiece, a 13 ...

Survey finds companies have low visibility into their public cloud environments

A new survey from Keysight Technologies Inc. has found that companies have low visibility into their public cloud environments and the tools and data supplied by cloud providers are insufficient. The State of Cloud Monitoring survey of 388 information technology personnel, done in conjunction with Dimensional Research and Ixia, highlighted the security and monitoring challenges ...

Israeli industrial control systems security startup CyberX raises $18M

Israeli industrial control systems security startup CyberX Inc. today said it has raised $18 million in new funding. It plans to use the money to expand its global footprint and product development and improve on its industrial “internet of things” threat intelligence capabilities. The round was led by Qualcomm Ventures and Inven Capital and included Norwest Venture ...

Ahead of IPOs, Lyft and Uber drivers protest falling pay rates in California

Ahead of much-anticipated initial public offerings of stock, Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in California are protesting a cut in their pay. In Los Angeles, both Lyft and Uber drivers joined a 25-hour strike running from midnight Monday morning to 1 a.m. Tuesday PDT after Uber cut its per-mile pay by 25 percent in Los ...

Nearly a million ASUS computer users infected by malware in automatic update

As many as 1 million users of computers made by AsusTek Computer Inc. may have been infected with malware after hackers infiltrated the company and planted it in an automatic security update. First detected and revealed today by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the hack — described as one of the biggest supply-chain incidents ever — ...

PewDiePie ransomware runs amok in battle for YouTube supremacy

Fans of YouTuber PewDiePie have released two strains of ransomware in the latest attempt to get people to subscribe to the channel and beat rival T-Series for the most popular channel on the video streaming service. For those who have missed the pop-culture phenomenon, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg (pictured) has long been the most popular YouTube ...

Report: Uber to announce acquisition of ride-hailing startup Careem this week

Uber Technologies Inc. will announce that it has acquired Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ this week, according to a report published Sunday. Bloomberg, quoting sources, said Uber will pay $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in convertible notes for Careem. The notes will be convertible into Uber shares at a price equal to ...

New Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge browser leaks online

An early-build copy of Microsoft Corp.’s new Chromium-based Edge browser has been leaked online, giving a first look at what the software giant has in store for its latest browser incarnation. Microsoft was first reported to be developing a new version of Edge based on Chromium, the open source code base used by Google Chrome, ...