Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Stripe launches new corporate card pitched at small businesses and startups

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2019

Payment processing technology startup Stripe Inc. Tuesday launched the Stripe Corporate Card, a credit card designed to cater to small businesses and startups. The card, linked to Stripe’s payments platform, is aimed at solving challenges for…

Cloud

Fitness technology firm Peloton sets IPO share price on upper valuation of $8B

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2019

Connected fitness technology firm Peloton Interactive Inc. today set a price of $26 to $29 per share ahead of its initial public offering, valuing the company as much as $8 billion and raising a planned…

Emerging Tech

Uber lays off 435 staff following record $5.2B loss

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. said today it has laid off 435 employees as the money-losing ride-hailing giant attempts to rein in costs following a staggering $5.2 billion loss in the second quarter. The cuts consisted of…

Security

Open-source security platform provider Snyk raises $70M for global growth

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2019

Open-source security platform provider Snyk Ltd. said today it has raised $70 million in new funding to fuel the company’s next phase of global growth. The Series B follow-on round was led by Accel and…

Policy

Chinese prof faces charges of stealing for Huawei as Microsoft comes to its defense

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2019

A Chinese professor is facing wire fraud charges after allegedly stealing trade secrets for Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., but the troubled Chinese smartphone maker is finding support from a surprising source: Microsoft Corp. The latest drama surrounding…

Security

Texas refuses to pay up after ransomware attacks on local governments

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2019

The Lone Star State is now the No Ransom Payments state as all 22 Texas local governments targeted by ransomware in August refused to pay the money demanded. The decision to oppose paying ransoms in the…

Emerging Tech

Flying taxi startup Volocopter raises $55M from Volvo owner Geely

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2019

German flying taxi startup Volocopter GmbH said today it has raised €50 million ($55.1 million) in new funding to assist it to bring its aircraft to commercial launch in the next three years. The Series…

Policy

LinkedIn loses appeal against company that scrapes member data

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2019

Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn lost an appeal Monday against a company that scrapes its member data in a case that could have implications for privacy laws and fair use across the internet. The case related to…

Security

Update now: Exim email server software vulnerable to hacking

By Duncan Riley Sep 8, 2019

Users of the popular Exim email server software are being urged to update their installations following the discovery a vulnerability that can allow hackers to install malicious code with root privileges. The vulnerability is…

Security

Wikipedia suffers outages in Europe, Middle East after sustained DDoS attack

By Duncan Riley Sep 8, 2019

Wikipedia was offline across several countries in Europe and the Middle East Friday after the popular online encyclopedia was targeted in a distributed denial-of-service attack. The Wikimedia Foundation Inc., the nonprofit organization that runs…

Duncan Riley

Stripe launches new corporate card pitched at small businesses and startups

Fitness technology firm Peloton sets IPO share price on upper valuation of $8B

Uber lays off 435 staff following record $5.2B loss

Open-source security platform provider Snyk raises $70M for global growth

Chinese prof faces charges of stealing for Huawei as Microsoft comes to its defense

Texas refuses to pay up after ransomware attacks on local governments

Flying taxi startup Volocopter raises $55M from Volvo owner Geely

LinkedIn loses appeal against company that scrapes member data

Update now: Exim email server software vulnerable to hacking

Wikipedia suffers outages in Europe, Middle East after sustained DDoS attack

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