Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Congressional committees get mixed messages on cryptocurrency regulation

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2018

Two separate Congressional committees Wednesday got mixed messages on cryptocurrencies, hearing the full gamut of opinions ranging from banning them to embracing them with reasonable regulation. First up in the morning was a hearing…

Infra

Robocall company exposes voter records via misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2018

Everybody hates robocalls. Now there’s a new reason to hate them, after one leading company exposed voter information online via an unprotected Amazon.com Inc. cloud storage instance. The latest entry in the cloud misconfiguration…

Emerging Tech

Report: Samsung to launch smart speaker in August, foldable phone next year

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2018

New reports are emerging about upcoming consumer devices from Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. ahead of the expected release of the Galaxy Note 9 in August. In addition to the new Note, the phone giant…

Apps

Justice Department seeks expedited appeal on AT&T Time Warner acquisition

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to expedite its appeal against the court ruling that approved AT&T Inc.’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc. as the opportunity to unscramble the merger becomes…

Emerging Tech

Andreessen Horowitz-backed TrustToken seeks $61M for its TrueUSD ‘stablecoin’

By Duncan Riley Jul 18, 2018

Asset-linked cryptocurrency startup TrustToken Inc. today announced a new $61 million token sale backed by Andreessen Horowitz for its TrueUSD token as it seeks to replace Tether as the “stablecoin” of choice on cryptocurrency exchanges.…

Infra

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin raises $21M

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2018

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $21 million in new funding to continue development of its Security Instrumentation Platform, increase hiring across all functional areas and expand its global sales…

Infra

Kentucky man pleads guilty to creating and selling the LuminosityLink virus

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2018

A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to three charges relating to his development and sale of LuminosityLink, a remote access trojan virus that allowed hackers to gain access to personal computers for a variety…

Emerging Tech

BMW takes on Uber and Lyft with luxury ride-hailing service in Seattle

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2018

German auto manufacturer BMW AG is the new surprise entry to the ride-hailing market as the company launched a luxury car service in Seattle today that competes directly with Uber Black and Lyft Lux.…

Cloud

Slack acquires Missions app for users to automate simple routines without code

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2018

Less than a week after Microsoft Corp. announced a free version of its Teams service, Slack Technologies Inc. today said it has acquired an app that allows its users to build tools to automate…

Cloud

21st Century Fox, MLB and Fortnite creator Epic Games expand use of AWS cloud

By Duncan Riley Jul 17, 2018

21st Century Fox Inc., Major League Baseball and Epic Games Inc., the maker of Fortnite, the Battle Royale game that is currently the most popular game online, said today they’re deepening their use of…

Duncan Riley

Congressional committees get mixed messages on cryptocurrency regulation

Robocall company exposes voter records via misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

Report: Samsung to launch smart speaker in August, foldable phone next year

Justice Department seeks expedited appeal on AT&T Time Warner acquisition

Andreessen Horowitz-backed TrustToken seeks $61M for its TrueUSD ‘stablecoin’

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin raises $21M

Kentucky man pleads guilty to creating and selling the LuminosityLink virus

BMW takes on Uber and Lyft with luxury ride-hailing service in Seattle

Slack acquires Missions app for users to automate simple routines without code

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