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

Report claims Apple is in talks to buy music streaming rival Tidal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a surprising move Apple, Inc. is said to be in talks to acquire rival music streaming service Tidal (Aspiro AB). The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple is exploring the idea of acquiring Tidal to bolster its Apple Music service due …

NHTSA investigating fatal crash where Tesla driver was using autopilot

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Tesla Motors, Inc. following the death of a driver who was using the company’s autopilot feature. Joshua Brown, a 40-year-old man from Ohio, died when a tractor-trailer drove across a highway …

HTC spins off its Vive VR business into a separate company, announces new $10b VC VR fund

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Troubled mobile phone manufacturer HTC Corporation has made one of their best calls in years and has spun off their virtual reality (VR) division into a separate company. HTC Vive Tech Corporation, a fully owned division of HTC, will now be home …

Amazon now offering discounted Android phones with their own ads and apps

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Do you like Amazon? Do you want a cheap phone? If the answer to those two questions is in the affirmative, Amazon.com, Inc. has a deal for you with the e-commerce giant now offering Prime members discounted Android phones with one small …

Google’s Project Zero exposes massive security issues in Symantec software

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a withering takedown of one of the most popular enterprise security applications firms, a researcher from Google, Inc.’s Project Zero security team has exposed critical flaws across a range of products from Symantec, Inc., including Norton Anti-Virus. The exposure of the …

Proposed law in China would extend consumer protections to Bitcoin, viritual goods

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new law proposed in China would extend consumer protections usually associated with physical assets to virtual properties, including Bitcoin for the first time. The draft law, a proposed new Civil Code General Provision, is said to have been created to keep …

Kraken has acquired Dutch Bitcoin exchange CleverCoin

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

San Francisco-based Bitcoin exchange Kraken (Payward, Inc.) has acquired Dutch Bitcoin exchange CleverCoin B.V. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Founded in 2013, CleverCoin aimed to help fintech companies in Europe by providing Bitcoin services via a platform “that makes …

Cool: AI chatbot lawyer slays 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Proving that chatbots can actually be useful in real life, an automated lawyer chatbot has successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York. DoNotPay uses artificial intelligence to discuss the circumstances of the parking ticket with those who have received …

Report: Airbnb looking for raise more money 2 weeks after it took $1b in debt financing

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Online accommodation marketplace Airbnb, Inc. is reported to be looking to raise even more money less than 2 weeks after it took $1 billion in debt financing. According to The New York Times quoting people familiar with the matter, the new round …

Big Brother is DDoSing you: Botnet running on 25,000+ CCTV cameras discovered

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

What if you were to discover that the face of Big Brother in 2016, CCTV cameras, were under the control of hackers and were being used to bring down websites in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks? That Orwellian nightmare is actually …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Report claims Apple is in talks to buy music streaming rival Tidal

NHTSA investigating fatal crash where Tesla driver was using autopilot

HTC spins off its Vive VR business into a separate company, announces new $10b VC VR fund

Amazon now offering discounted Android phones with their own ads and apps

Google’s Project Zero exposes massive security issues in Symantec software

Proposed law in China would extend consumer protections to Bitcoin, viritual goods

Kraken has acquired Dutch Bitcoin exchange CleverCoin

Cool: AI chatbot lawyer slays 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York

Report: Airbnb looking for raise more money 2 weeks after it took $1b in debt financing

Big Brother is DDoSing you: Botnet running on 25,000+ CCTV cameras discovered

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