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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IPO parade marches on: SurveyMonkey shares soar at opening today

Updated: Cloud-based online survey and questionnaire firm SurveyMonkey Inc. today upped its initial public offering share price ahead of its debut on the Nasdaq exchange Wednesday. SurveyMonkey is listing at $12 per share, above the $9 to $11 it had previously been seeking, seeing to raise $180 million, up from about $150 million. Update: Shares ...

Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger quit, citing possible plans for new startup

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are leaving Facebook Inc., according to a report from the New York Times Monday. Although neither gave an overt reason for leaving in their resignation letters, Chief Executive Systrom said in a statement that he and Chief Technology Officer Krieger (pictured) were “planning on taking some time off to ...

Malicious apps with hidden cryptomining script found in Google Play – again

Despite numerous promises from Google LLC and occasional crackdowns, cryptojacking apps — apps that hijack a mobile device to mine cryptocurrencies — have once again been discovered in the Google Play store. A week after a report from the Cyber Threat Alliance found that cryptomining detections spiked 459 percent this year, securities researcher at Sophos Ltd. Monday said they’ve discovered ...

SiriusXM enters agreement to acquire Pandora Media for $3.5B

SiriusXM Holdings Inc. today announced a deal to acquire internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. for $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal. The offer may not be final. CNBC reported that the acquisition agreement includes a “go-shop” clause that allows Pandora to solicit and potentially enter into negotiations with parties that may be interested in acquiring the company ...

Apple’s MacOS Mojave released but with a major security vulnerability

Apple Inc. today released macOS 10.14 Mojave to the general public, but in a bad sign for the company, it has a major security vulnerability. Mojave was announced in June 4 with a beta release being made available later that month. Finder and Quick Look have been upgraded with support added to the sidebar for full metadata ...

Now used by 329,000 organizations, Microsoft Teams gets a raft of new features

Microsoft Corp. today released a number of new features for its Teams workplace collaboration service as it continues to grow in popularity against rival Slack Technologies Inc. The announcement started with an update on Teams growth numbers. Microsoft Teams is claimed to be the fastest-growing app in Microsoft history and now boasts of having 329,000 organizations ...

Apple reportedly censors shows for its unlaunched streaming service to avoid upsetting people

Apple Inc.’s on-again, off-again plans to launch a paid streaming video service to compete with Netflix Inc. is apparently on again but with a twist: It’s already censoring content before launching to avoid upsetting people. First reported Saturday by The Wall Street Journal, Apple is alleged to have killed “Vital Signs,” a series from hip-hop star and ...

Twitter bug exposed private messages to outside developers

Twitter Inc. has patched a vulnerability in one of its application programming interfaces that gave third parties access to direct messages and protected tweets. The so-called bug was discovered in Twitter’s Account Activity API, where it was introduced in May 2017. It allows registered developers to build tools that assist businesses in communicating with customers, ...

Updated: Prominent ‘stablecoin’ PAX has a backdoor that allows tokens to be seized

Updated with Paxos comment: Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies tied to tangible assets such as fiat currency, have been gaining more attention recently after two were recently given regulatory approval. Now the security of one is being questioned after a security “backdoor” opening was discovered in its code. The stablecoin in question is the Paxos Trust Co. LLC’s Paxos ...

$59.5M stolen in hack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif is the latest to be hacked, reporting that 6.7 billion yen ($59.5 million) in crypto had been stolen from its service, including 5,966 bitcoins. The hack occurred on Sept. 14 over a two-hour period but was not detected until Sept. 17, when the exchange started to experience server problems. In a media ...