Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Alphabet’s Wing to launch a drone delivery service in Finland

By Duncan Riley Dec 4, 2018

Alphabet Inc.- owned drone company Wing is setting its sites on Europe with the announcement that it will start a drone delivery service in Finland next spring. The service, to be based out of…

Emerging Tech

Bose launches augmented reality glasses that use audio to deliver services

By Duncan Riley Dec 4, 2018

High-end electronics maker Bose Corp. today jumped into the augmented reality market with the launch of glasses that use audio for interactive service delivery. Described as the “world’s first audio augmented reality platform,” Bose’s “Frames” are…

AI

AI digital transformation startup FortressIQ comes out of stealth with $12M in funding

By Duncan Riley Dec 4, 2018

Artificial intelligence digital transformation startup FortressIQ Inc. today exited stealth mode with the announcement of $12 million in new funding. The Series A round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, comes on top of a seed round…

Security

100M user records stolen in hack of Q&A site Quora

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2018

More than 100 million user records have been stolen in a hack of the question-and-answer site Quora Inc. The hack, described by Quora Monday as “unauthorized access to one of our systems by a…

Apps

Microsoft uses AI to provide live captions and subtitles in Skype calls

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2018

Microsoft Corp. today doubled down on its efforts to win back users to its Skype messaging service with the deployment of artificial intelligence technology to provide live captions and subtitles in Skype calls. The…

Apps

Tumblr announces ‘adult content’ ban in a move that could kill the service

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2018

Oath Inc.-owned microblogging site Tumblr today announced that it will be banning all “adult” content starting in mid-December in what effectively may be a decision by its owner to kill the longstanding service. Tumblr,…

Blockchain

Bitcoin price starts to show signs of recovery after 37% drop in November

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2018

Bitcoin ended November down more than 37 percent in its worst performance in seven years, but after hitting a near two-year low, it’s now showing signs of a recovery. The cryptocurrency started November at $6,341,…

Security

Printers hacked to urge support for PewDiePie in battle against T-Series

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2018

A fight between YouTube star PewDiePie and an Indian YouTube channel has spilled into hacking, with an unknown person managing to print support messages on thousands of printers worldwide last week. For those unfamiliar…

Emerging Tech

Report: Uber is holding talks to acquire either Bird or Lime

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. is in talks to acquire scooter-sharing startup Bird Rides Inc. and has also held talks with LimeBike Inc., according to an unconfirmed report. The Information, quoting several people briefed on the discussions,…

Security

Dell resets user passwords after a hacking attempt earlier this month

By Duncan Riley Nov 29, 2018

Dell Inc. has reset all customer passwords in response to a hacking attempt on Nov. 9. In a statement Wednesday, Dell said it had detected and disrupted unauthorized activity on its network attempting to extract…

Duncan Riley

Alphabet’s Wing to launch a drone delivery service in Finland

Bose launches augmented reality glasses that use audio to deliver services

AI digital transformation startup FortressIQ comes out of stealth with $12M in funding

100M user records stolen in hack of Q&A site Quora

Microsoft uses AI to provide live captions and subtitles in Skype calls

Tumblr announces ‘adult content’ ban in a move that could kill the service

Bitcoin price starts to show signs of recovery after 37% drop in November

Printers hacked to urge support for PewDiePie in battle against T-Series

Dell resets user passwords after a hacking attempt earlier this month

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