Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Consumer version of Google+ will be shut down April 2

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2019

Google LLC has finally given a date for the closure of its failed Facebook competitor Google+: April 2. Launched in June 2011, Google+ was Google’s last attempt to establish a social media network. The service…

Apps

Report: Apple set to ditch Lightning port for USB-C in new iPhones

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2019

Apple Inc. is set to abandon its Lightning port for the industry-standard USB-C on its next range of iPhones, if the latest reports turn out to be true. Reports surrounding the iPhone XI range…

Apps

Samsung reports lower profit from declining demand for memory chips

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2019

Following in the footsteps of rival Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported declining sales and a drop in profit in its fourth-quarter earnings today. Coming off a record profit in the third quarter…

Security

Research details new form of ransomware flying under the radar

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2019

A new report from SophosLabs released today details a new form of ransomware that has been flying under the radar until now. Dubbed Matrix, the ransomware is unique in that it targets a single machine…

Security

Unknown number of Discover customers affected by data breach

By Duncan Riley Jan 29, 2019

An unknown number of accounts belonging to Discover Financial Services Inc. have been stolen, according to a filing from the company with the State of California. First reported Monday by Bleeping Computer, Discover said in…

Cloud

Report: Stripe raises $100M from Tiger Global on $22B valuation

By Duncan Riley Jan 29, 2019

Payment technology company Stripe Inc. is reported to have raised an additional $100 million in funding as it inches toward a possible initial public offering in the next few years. According to a report in The Information…

Security

Judge rejects proposed Yahoo data breach settlement

By Duncan Riley Jan 29, 2019

A judge has rejected a proposed settlement by Yahoo over its 2013 and 2014 data breaches, leaving parent company Verizon Communications Inc. in the soup once again. In the largest hack ever recorded, 3…

Apps

Heading toward a public offering, Slack passes 10M daily users

By Duncan Riley Jan 29, 2019

Heading toward a public offering of some sort later this year, Slack Technologies Inc. today announced that it has passed 10 million daily active users. The figure comes five months after the team chat service…

Blockchain

In first successful initial coin offering of 2019, BitTorrent Token sells out in 13 minutes

By Duncan Riley Jan 28, 2019

Fresh from the news of a surge in parent company TRON’s fortunes, BitTorrent Inc. managed to sell out more than $7 million in tokens in what some are suggesting may be a return of initial coin…

Security

Bitcoin stolen in hack of popular trading service LocalBitcoins

By Duncan Riley Jan 28, 2019

Popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins Oy has been hacked, with about 8 bitcoin stolen. The hack, detailed by the company on Reddit, occurred Saturday and involved an unauthorized source who accessed and sent transactions from a…

Duncan Riley

Report: Apple set to ditch Lightning port for USB-C in new iPhones

Samsung reports lower profit from declining demand for memory chips

Research details new form of ransomware flying under the radar

Unknown number of Discover customers affected by data breach

Report: Stripe raises $100M from Tiger Global on $22B valuation

Judge rejects proposed Yahoo data breach settlement

Heading toward a public offering, Slack passes 10M daily users

In first successful initial coin offering of 2019, BitTorrent Token sells out in 13 minutes

Bitcoin stolen in hack of popular trading service LocalBitcoins

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