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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Fortanix and Nvidia enhance AI model accuracy in drug discovery with Xeureka

A new report out today from Intel Corp.-backed multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. details how Xeureka Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. Ltd., has leveraged Fortanix’s Confidential Computing technology to enhance artificial intelligence model accuracy and reduce drug discovery time and costs. Since rapidly taking off in 2022 with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, AI has offered ...

McDonald’s Instagram hacked to promote cryptocurrency scam featuring Grimace

The official Instagram account of McDonald’s Corp. was reportedly hacked today to promote a cryptocurrency scam named after the McDonald’s character Grimace. Those behind the hack changed the biography on the McDonald’s Instagram page and also made posts in relation to the cryptocurrency scam. The McDonald’s bio was charged to a message that included a ...

Zuora exceeds second-quarter projections, raises fiscal 2025 revenue forecast

Shares in Zuora Inc. surged nearly 6% in late trading today after the cloud subscriptions services company beat earnings and revenue expectations in its fiscal 2025 second quarter and forecast a stronger-than-expected outlook. For the quarter that ended on July 31, Zuora reported adjusted earnings per share of 19 cents, up from seven cents in ...

Zoom impresses with second-quarter earnings beat and upbeat guidance

Shares in Zoom Video Communications Inc. rose nearly 3% in late trading today after the online communications company impressed with beats in its fiscal 2025 second quarter and upbeat guidance. For the quarter ended July 31, Zoom reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.39, up from $1.34 in the same quarter of the previous fiscal ...

Mandiant uncovers critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Azure Kubernetes service

Google LLC’s Mandiant has published details of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability found in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Kubernetes service that, though patched by Microsoft, could have allowed attackers to gain access to credentials for services used in Kubernetes clusters. The privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Azure Kubernetes Services clusters using “Azure CNI” for the ...

Toyota alleges stolen customer data published on hacking site came from outside supplier

Data relating to customers of Toyota Motor Co. has been shared online in yet another case involving the Japanese car maker and a data breach, but Toyota is claiming that the data came from a third-party supplier and that it was not directly breached. The latest breach involving Toyota came to light after a threat ...

Google Cloud unveils new convergence-focused security features

Google LLC today announced several new security features and capabilities at its annual Google Cloud Security Summit that are aimed at “reimagining cybersecurity through the power of convergence.” Convergence was a key theme at the annual conference, with Google intentionally choosing strategic capabilities that can have the largest impact on security posture and programs. Those ...

Recogni’s new Pareto system optimizes AI compute with minimal accuracy loss

Generative artificial intelligence company Recogni Inc. today announced a logarithmic number system for AI that delivers benefits that it says include low power, high computer density and low latency without compromising accuracy. Called Pareto, the number system provides benefits for all AI chip design criteria by simplifying AI compute. It does show by turning multiplications ...

Fortanix expands data security platform with new file system encryption feature

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced the addition of file system encryption to its Fortanix Data Security Manager to bolster full-stack data security. The new File System Encryption service has been designed to complement full disk encryption through the ability to protect individual file systems on specific hosts through encryption governed by granular decryption policies. The ...

Rackspace expands OpenStack offerings with new enterprise-ready managed cloud solution

Cloud services provider Rackspace Technology Inc. today reaffirmed its commitment to the OpenStack cloud computing platform with the launch of OpenStack Enterprise, a fully managed, enterprise-ready cloud solution designed to ensure that critical workloads are secure and efficient and perform at large scale. OpenStack began in 2010 as a joint project between Rackspace and the U.S. National ...