Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Dodgy Bitcoin mining equipment outfit Butterfly Labs settles with FTC, gets a slap on the wrist

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2016

Dodgy Bitcoin mining machine operation Butterfly Labs, Inc. has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that they scammed thousands of users. The FTC took the company to court back in September 2014…

Apple eats humble pie, apologizes over Error 53 and issues a fix

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2016

Apple, Inc. has eaten some humble pie and apologized for the Error 53 issue while at the same time issuing a fix. If you’ve not been following the news, iPhone users who had the Touch…

Report: Facebook Messenger to get advertising in Q2

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2016

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. is planning to introduce advertising on its Messenger app, according to a report published Thursday. TechCrunch quotes from an alleged “leaked” document that details the plan, which will apparently…

Hollywood hospital coughs up Bitcoin to end ransomware attack

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2016

The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center revealed Wednesday that it had decided to pay the ransom to hackers who had infected their computer system with ransomware. Although initial reports suggested that the ransom demanded was…

Protests planned as Government demands iPhone backdoor from Apple

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2016

News that the United States Government is demanding that Apple, Inc. build a backdoor into the iPhone has prompted an unprecedented response, including the first of many rallies to come from concerned iPhone users…

Dead in the water: Leaked numbers show Yahoo’s core sites are bleeding traffic

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2016

It’s well known that Yahoo, Inc.’s glory days are long behind it but one little-known fact is that its core products, search, mail, and its home page, have remained relatively strong… that is until…

New report finds most businesses ill-equipped to defend against email-based cyberattacks

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2016

New research from cloud-based email management firm Mimecast, Inc. has found that a majority of global businesses are ill-equipped to defend against email-based cyberattacks. The study: Mimecast Business Email Threat Report 2016, Email Security…

Google Ideas think tank now Jigsaw, spun off as a standalone entity under Alphabet

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2016

Google Ideas, a think tank and lab that was perhaps best known for products such as ProjectShield and uProxy, has been spun off as Jigsaw and will now operate as a standalone entity under…

Oops: Samsung Indonesia posts Galaxy S7 video confirming waterproofing, wireless/rapid charging

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2016

Another day, another doozy of a leak around Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s Galaxy S7, and this one is a good one: an actual promotion video out of Indonesia. News of the video comes via…

Animated GIF search engine Giphy raises $55m Series C on $300m valuation

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2016

Animated GIF search engine Giphy, Inc. has raised $55 million Series C in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that included General Catalyst Partners, RRE, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA and other unnamed…

Duncan Riley

Dodgy Bitcoin mining equipment outfit Butterfly Labs settles with FTC, gets a slap on the wrist

Apple eats humble pie, apologizes over Error 53 and issues a fix

Report: Facebook Messenger to get advertising in Q2

Hollywood hospital coughs up Bitcoin to end ransomware attack

Protests planned as Government demands iPhone backdoor from Apple

Dead in the water: Leaked numbers show Yahoo’s core sites are bleeding traffic

New report finds most businesses ill-equipped to defend against email-based cyberattacks

Google Ideas think tank now Jigsaw, spun off as a standalone entity under Alphabet

Oops: Samsung Indonesia posts Galaxy S7 video confirming waterproofing, wireless/rapid charging

Animated GIF search engine Giphy raises $55m Series C on $300m valuation

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