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

World’s first commercial drone service delivers blood to remote hospitals in Rwanda

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The world’s first commercial drone delivery service has begun, but it’s probably the last place you’d think it would be: the landlocked African country of Rwanda. In a partnership between San Francisco-based drone startup Zipline Inc. and the Government of Rwanda, with …

Palantir: Suit claiming discrimination against Asians based on faulty data

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. has responded to allegations that it discriminates against Asians in its hiring process by claiming the methodology used by the U.S. Department of Labor is incorrect, among other things. The company was accused in September …

Twitter signs up to stream Melbourne Cup, Presidential election night coverage

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. is expanding its every growing stable of live, primarily sports coverage with two new initiatives, its first foray outside of the United States and a livestream of the forthcoming U.S. Presidential election-night coverage. On the sports side, Twitter has signed …

Details of 33 million accounts stolen in Evony gaming hack

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Online game company Evony LLC has been hacked as the records of over 33 million customers were exposed online. Hacking source site LeakedSource made the discovery, finding account records for 33,407,472 users of Evony’s main game. They are believed to have been …

Yahoo deal in jeopardy as Verizon General Counsel publicly discusses exit clause

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Verizon Communications Inc.’s takeover of Yahoo Inc. may be in jeopardy, with a lawyer for the company confirming Thursday that the Yahoo hack may have put the $4.83 billion deal at risk. Verizon’s General Counsel Craig Silliman is said to have told reporters …

Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain.info walks through its DNS hijack hack

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Transparency is important in the event of being hacked, and although some companies (like Yahoo) fail miserably when the worst occurs, others now understand how important it is to communicate with their customers in a time of crisis. Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain.info is …

SaaS optimization platform provider Zylo raises $3.3 million seed round

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Software as a service optimization platform provider Zylo Inc. has raised $3.3 million in seed funding from investors including High Alpha Capital, GGV Capital, SV Angel Don Brown, Peter McCormick and Mark Hill. Founded in 2015, Zylo offers a SaaS optimization platform …

Intel enters the commercial drone business with the Falcon 8+

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

No longer interested in sitting in the background in the drone business, Intel Corp. has revealed its first company-branded drone. Called the Falcon 8+, the commercial drone weighs only six pounds and, according to Recode, it flies faster than most hobby drones on …

New Odinaff trojan targets financial institutions including the SWIFT network

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new group is believed to be attacking international financial institutions with a weaponized trojan that may be targeting transfers over the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication network. According to new research published by Symantec Corp., the group behind the trojan, …

Google adds group plan to Project Fi mobile network service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google’s virtual mobile network Project Fi keeps getting better with the tech giant announcing Tuesday that it is adding a group plan. The new group plan allows Fi users to have up to six people on the one plan. New members can …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

World’s first commercial drone service delivers blood to remote hospitals in Rwanda

Palantir: Suit claiming discrimination against Asians based on faulty data

Twitter signs up to stream Melbourne Cup, Presidential election night coverage

Details of 33 million accounts stolen in Evony gaming hack

Yahoo deal in jeopardy as Verizon General Counsel publicly discusses exit clause

Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain.info walks through its DNS hijack hack

SaaS optimization platform provider Zylo raises $3.3 million seed round

Intel enters the commercial drone business with the Falcon 8+

New Odinaff trojan targets financial institutions including the SWIFT network

Google adds group plan to Project Fi mobile network service

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