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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Google says criminals used AI to build a working zero-day exploit for the first time

Criminal hackers have used artificial intelligence to develop a working zero-day exploit, the first confirmed case of its kind, according to a report released today by Google LLC’s Google Threat Intelligence Group. The GTIG AI Threat Tracker report details how a criminal group used AI to build a Python-based exploit targeting a two-factor authentication bypass ...

Akamai shares surge 26% on $1.8B AI infrastructure deal as earnings meet estimates

Shares in Akamai Technologies Inc. surged more than 26% in late trading today after the cybersecurity and cloud computing company reported in-line first-quarter results and disclosed a $1.8 billion, seven-year commitment from a leading U.S.-based frontier model provider for its cloud infrastructure services. For its fiscal 2026 first quarter that ended on March 31, Akamai ...

Block raises 2026 outlook after first-quarter earnings beat, accelerating gross profit growth

Shares of Block Inc. rose more than 8% in late trading today after the financial services company beat earnings expectations, accelerated gross profit growth and raised its full-year outlook on the back of a deepening artificial intelligence push inside the business. For its fiscal 2026 first quarter that ended on March 31, Block reported adjusted ...

Cloudflare beats on earnings, but 20% AI-driven layoffs and weak guidance send shares down

Shares in Cloudflare Inc. plunged more than 16% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company beat fiscal 2026 first-quarter estimates but issued second-quarter revenue guidance that fell short of expectations. It also announced plans to cut about 20% of its workforce in a restructuring tied to what it called an ...

‘Infrahub’ maker OpsMill raises $14M to give AI agents a single view of enterprise infrastructure

Infrastructure data management startup OpsMill SAS announced today that it has raised $14 million in new funding to expand its infrastructure data management platform aimed at making enterprise information technology environments ready for artificial intelligence-driven automation. Founded in 2023, OpsMill develops software that gives enterprise infrastructure and network teams a unified, structured view of their ...

Corgi raises $160M at $1.3B valuation to expand AI-native insurance platform

Corgi Insurance Inc., an artificial intelligence-native insurance carrier built for startups, revealed today that it has raised $160 million in new funding at a $1.3 billion valuation to expand its startup insurance products, develop its technology further and move into new verticals. Founded in 2024 and a graduate of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch, Corgi ...

Amplitude shares slide after revenue beat, earnings miss and softer profit outlook

Shares of Amplitude Inc. dropped sharply in late trading today after the analytics company reported a mixed fiscal 2026 first quarter that beat on revenue but missed slightly on adjusted earnings, even as it raised its full-year revenue outlook. For the quarter that ended on March 31, Amplitude reported an adjusted earnings per share loss ...

Fortinet shares surge on first-quarter earnings beat and raised outlook

Shares of Fortinet Inc. surged more than 15% in late trading today after the cybersecurity company reported strong beats in revenue and earnings in its fiscal 2026 first quarter and lifted its full-year outlook. For the quarter that ended on March 31, Fortinet reported adjusted earnings per share of 82 cents, up from 58 cents ...

Atlassian opens Teamwork Graph and pushes Rovo into agentic execution at Team ’26

Atlassian Corp. today unveiled a sweeping set of artificial intelligence updates at its annual Team ’26 conference, headlined by the broad opening of its Teamwork Graph and the evolution of its Rovo AI assistant from a helper into an agent that can plan and execute multistep work autonomously. The company said the Teamwork Graph, which ...

Tanium and ServiceNow launch joint solution to automate endpoint patching and remediation

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced a new partnership with ServiceNow Inc. to deliver a joint autonomous information technology solution, ITOM AI Prime powered by Tanium. The joint offering integrates the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform with ServiceNow IT Operations Management AI Prime into a single solution to move from reactive operations to autonomous, outcome-based IT, where ...