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

IBM and The Weather Company to use Watson AI platform to power smart advertisements

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In an interesting new adaption of its leading artificial intelligence (AI) solution, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has announced that its Watson AI platform will now power smart advertisements that interact with consumers. The first use of the new application is being …

FBI warns hacked LinkedIn, MySpace and Tumblr users are being targeted in Bitcoin extortion scam

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Scammers are using data from the recent high profile hacks of MySpace, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and others sites in a new form of extortion scam, according to a warning issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center …

Raining money: Uber raises an additional $3.5b taking total funding to $14.11b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Ridesharing startup Uber, Inc. has raised a staggering new private equity round of $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. According to The New York Times the new round was raised at a valuation of $62.5 billion. As part of the …

Huge: Microsoft opens up its Windows Holographic platform to third parties

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In what could be a defining moment in the nascent augment reality and virtual reality spaces, Microsoft Corp. has opened up its Windows Holographic platform, the platform that drives its Hololens augmented reality glasses, to third parties. The announcement was made at …

Trigger warning: 65.5m hacked Tumblr records hit the dark web

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The social justice warriors and “other kin” who use the Yahoo, Inc.-owned blogging site Tumblr have been pwned with a hacker releasing stolen records, including usernames and passwords, on the dark web. News of a potential hack of Tumblr first emerged in mid …

Atari signs deal with SIGFOX to manufacture branded IoT devices

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Would you like to play Asteroids on your smart, internet-connected bedside lamp? That may not be happening anytime soon, but you may well see the Atari brand on a range of products in the coming years with the legendary console maker announcing …

Report: 419 million people now use ad blockers on their smartphones

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The rising popularity of ad blocking is not limited to traditional computers with a new study finding that increasingly large numbers of people are now using the technology on their smartphones. According to a report from PageFair Ltd. at least 419 million …

Microsoft launches new venture arm focused on cloud startups who use their products

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. wants a slice of the early stage cloud startup pie and announced Monday a new venture arm that will do exactly that. Called Microsoft Ventures, the formalized initiative will be focused on early stage startups that are developing products and services …

Defense claims Bitcoin is not money in Miami laundering case

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A University professor testified Friday at a money laundering trial in Miami, Florida, that Bitcoin could not be considered money under Florida law and was more akin to poker chips. Barry University associate economics professor Charles Evans made the claim during the trial …

Darkode hacker given jail time for running a botnet, stealing Bitcoin

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A man arrested following the raid of the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail for his activities on the site. Rory Stephen Guidry, 29, of Opelousas, Louisiana, was sentenced on one count of …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

IBM and The Weather Company to use Watson AI platform to power smart advertisements

FBI warns hacked LinkedIn, MySpace and Tumblr users are being targeted in Bitcoin extortion scam

Raining money: Uber raises an additional $3.5b taking total funding to $14.11b

Huge: Microsoft opens up its Windows Holographic platform to third parties

Trigger warning: 65.5m hacked Tumblr records hit the dark web

Atari signs deal with SIGFOX to manufacture branded IoT devices

Report: 419 million people now use ad blockers on their smartphones

Microsoft launches new venture arm focused on cloud startups who use their products

Defense claims Bitcoin is not money in Miami laundering case

Darkode hacker given jail time for running a botnet, stealing Bitcoin

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