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

Latest from Duncan Riley

SpaceX applies to launch 4,425 satellites for global Internet coverage

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, has filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a staggering 4,425 satellites into space. The satellites, first announced in January 2015, would be launched into low earth orbit and will …

Grant puts $1.2 million on table for bitcoin protocol development

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A group of bitcoin companies has joined together to launch the Bitcoin Development Grant, a $1.2 million grant fund for bitcoin protocol development. The fund will be used to support teams working on bitcoin protocol development, foster greater diversity of innovation and, according …

Google security engineer slams antivirus software, cites better security methods

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. senior security engineer Darren Bilby isn’t a fan of antivirus software, telling a conference in New Zealand that more time should be spent on more meaningful defenses such as whitelisting applications. Speaking at the Kiwicon hacking conference, Bilby said that …

Watch Australian eagles attack and take down $10,000 drones

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

There has been talk about training eagles to take down drones on purpose, but in at least one place, eagles are taking down drones all of their own volition. Near Kambalda, a remote gold mining town in Western Australia, gold miner Gold Fields Ltd. …

PoisonTap’s $5 device can hijack locked computers in a minute

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

How easy is it to break into a sleeping personal computer? All you need is a tiny $5 Raspberry Pi computer and freely available software, according to a disclosure from hacker Samy Kamkar. Called PoisonTap, the hack works by tricking a locked …

Samsung acquires Rich Communication Services for chat technology

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Fresh from its acquisition of audio and connected car device maker Harman International Industries Inc. for $8 billion, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has made another acquisition in the form of NewNet Communication Technologies (Canada) Inc., a division of NewNet Communication Technologies BV that …

Report: Snap has filed the paperwork for its IPO

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Snap Inc. has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to a report published Tuesday. Reuters quotes sources familiar with the situation as saying that along with the confidential IPO filing, Snap could go public as soon as March on a …

Cloud project management firm Mavenlink raises $39m

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Project management Software as a Service company Mavenlink Inc. has raised $39 million in a Series D round led by Goldman Sachs. Founded in 2008, Mavenlink offers software and services for advanced project management, task collaboration, resource allocation, work management and professional …

Samsung snaps up audio and connected car firm Harman for $8 billion

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has acquired car audio and electronics maker Harman International Industries Inc. for $8 billion. Founded in 1980, Harman is best known as a maker of car radio and music players. Over the last few years, it has shifted …

Report: Apple weighs expansion into augmented reality glasses

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. could be the next company to field an augmented reality device, according to one report Monday. Bloomberg claims that the tech giant is weighing an expansion into digital glasses. Although Apple is said to be still in an exploration phase, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

SpaceX applies to launch 4,425 satellites for global Internet coverage

Grant puts $1.2 million on table for bitcoin protocol development

Google security engineer slams antivirus software, cites better security methods

Watch Australian eagles attack and take down $10,000 drones

PoisonTap’s $5 device can hijack locked computers in a minute

Samsung acquires Rich Communication Services for chat technology

Report: Snap has filed the paperwork for its IPO

Cloud project management firm Mavenlink raises $39m

Samsung snaps up audio and connected car firm Harman for $8 billion

Report: Apple weighs expansion into augmented reality glasses

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