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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It’s official: Uber files to go public on a valuation of $90-100B

After years of speculation, it’s finally official: Uber Technologies Inc. is going public as the ride-hailing giant filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. In what will be one of the biggest initial public offerings of all time, Uber said it’s seeking to sell about $10 billion in stock on a valuation of ...

Little-known blockchain-based livestreaming service signs PewDiePie

A little-known blockchain-based livestreaming service has received a massive boost, signing YouTube star PewDiePie in an exclusive streaming partnership. The company, DLive Inc., comes from the same people behind Lino, which raised $20 million in February 2018 and not surprisingly operates on Lino’s own custom blockchain. Pitched as empowering “creators and viewers through a revolutionary ...

Newly discovered ‘TajMahal’ hacking framework includes 80 malicious modules

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new and sophisticated advanced persistent threat framework that was likely developed by a nation-state. Dubbed “TajMahal,” the APT framework contains 80 malicious modules that can be used to attack and steal data from an intended victim. Described by Kaspersky researchers today as one of the most complex ...

New malware attack causes real-world damage

Security researchers have uncovered a new attempted hack using Triton malware, which targets industrial equipment in an effort to cause physical damage to its targets. Triton was first detected in 2017 when it was used to target the operations of a critical-infrastructure organization in the Middle East. A later report, which attributed Triton to Russia, noted ...

Research finds two-thirds of hotel websites leak guest booking details

New research from Symantec Corp. has found that two out of every three hotel websites leak guest booking details to third-party sites. The research, which looked at more than 1,500 hotel websites in 54 countries covering a full range of hotel types found that the hotel websites leaking data in multiple ways, including via third-party ...

Google announces a raft of new products to enhance cloud security

Google LLC today announced a wide range of new cloud security services aimed at delivering increased trust in Google Cloud. The new services, introduced at Google’s annual Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, are said to deliver increased visibility into cloud environments by allowing users to detect threats, speed response and remediation, mitigate data exfiltration ...

China proposes to ban bitcoin mining on environmental grounds

A Chinese government state agency has proposed that bitcoin mining be banned in the Middle Kingdom, a move that if approved may seriously impact the cryptocurrency. The proposal comes from China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which published a revised list Monday of industries it wants to encourage, restrict or eliminate. China, ostensibly capitalist, is still a ...

Yahoo proposes $117.5M in compensation to settle data breach case

Yahoo, currently a division of Verizon Communications Inc., may be close to putting to bed its long-running saga over the biggest hack of all time via a revised $117.5 million data breach settlement. The class-action settlement was disclosed publicly on Tuesday and was reported to address criticisms from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who had previously ...

Report: Uber to go public in May on $90-100B valuation

Uber Technologies Inc.’s long-awaited initial public offering is now slated for May as an unconfirmed report suggested that the ride-hailing giant will try to sell $10 billion in stock. Reuters, quoting people familiar with the matter, said the company will float at a valuation of between $90 billion and $100 billion, making it one of ...

Zoom sets shares at $28-32 ahead of its initial public offering

Videoconferencing firm Zoom Video Communications Inc. has priced its shares for its initial public offering next week on the Nasdaq exchange. The company, which filed to go public in March, today priced its shares at between $28 and $32 each, which would raise $348.1 million at the high end from the sale of 10.9 million ...