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

Technology-driven real estate platform startup Compass raises $75m on $1b+ valuation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Technology-driven real estate platform startup Compass (Urban Compass, Inc.) has raised $75 million Series C in a round led by Wellington Management Company LLP that included existing investors IVP, Thrive Capital, 406 Ventures and Founders Fund. According to reports, the round was raised …

Dropbox hack, far bigger than thought, may be a cloud security wakeup call

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A hack of online storage provider Dropbox Inc. in 2012 has been revealed to be much larger that previously disclosed, with the details of some 68 million account holders finding their way online. Motherboard obtained a selection of files that were being …

Political site Infowars hacked, account details offered for sale on the dark web

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The website of political news outlet Infowars has been hacked, with details of account holders being offered for sale on the dark web. The hacked data being offered up is said to have come directly from Prison Planet TV, a service offered …

Report: Google to expand its Waze Rider carpooling service to Bay area in Fall

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google is set to compete with Uber Technologies, Inc. in the carpooling space, with the company said to expand its carpooling service to people in the San Francisco Bay area. According to The Wall Street Journal Google plans to open the program …

EU slogs Apple with $14.5b in taxes, pushes case for #Irexit

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a severe blow to the sovereignty of the Republic of Ireland, the European Union (EU) has ordered that Apple pay €13 billion ($14.5 billion) in allegedly “unpaid” taxes after it ruled that Ireland’s tax treatment of the tech giant was illegal …

Op-ed: Internet erupts in faux outrage after conservative site appears in Facebook Trending list

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Trending Adjective “widely mentioned or discussed on the Internet, especially on social media websites.”(Dictionary.com) Facebook’s decision to fire its biased Trending news team and replace it with algorithms has caused a backlash online, after a trending story (see definition above) that is alleged …

Apple sued in class action lawsuit over iPhone 6 touch disease

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A class action lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for Northern California is accusing Apple of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied warranty, unjust enrichment, and breaking the Magnuson-Moss and Song-Beverly Warranty Acts due to faults in the company’s iPhone 6 …

Oopsy: FBI alert reveals election systems in two states have been hacked

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Could the forthcoming Presidential election on November 8 be hacked? While the answer to that question remains, news has emerged that voting systems in two states have actually been hacked, including one instance of voting registration data being stolen. The Federal Bureau …

GoDaddy account holders targeted by two new phishing scams

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Users of domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy, Inc. are being targeted by two new phishing scams that are attempting to gain access to their accounts. The main phishing scam is one where users are sent details that their domains have …

Son of Russian lawmaker convicted on 38 counts related to credit card hacking

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The son of a Russian lawmaker was convicted Thursday on 38 counts related to his hacking of point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers on the dark net. Thirty two-year-old Roman Valerevich Seleznev, the son of Valery Seleznev, a member …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Technology-driven real estate platform startup Compass raises $75m on $1b+ valuation

Dropbox hack, far bigger than thought, may be a cloud security wakeup call

Political site Infowars hacked, account details offered for sale on the dark web

Report: Google to expand its Waze Rider carpooling service to Bay area in Fall

EU slogs Apple with $14.5b in taxes, pushes case for #Irexit

Apple sued in class action lawsuit over iPhone 6 touch disease

Oopsy: FBI alert reveals election systems in two states have been hacked

GoDaddy account holders targeted by two new phishing scams

Son of Russian lawmaker convicted on 38 counts related to credit card hacking

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