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

Mitt Romney tax records extortionist convicted on multiple charges, facing 25 years in jail

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The man behind the attempted extortion of 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been found guilty on multiple charges relating to his failed shakedown. Michael Mancil Brown, 37, of Franklin, Tenn., was convicted of six counts of wire fraud and six …

Cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin hacked, $2m in Bitcoin and Ethereum stolen

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hong Kong-based Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin Ltd. has revealed that it was hacked last week, with the loss of some 15 percent of total crypto-asset deposits they held. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aurélien Menant explained in a notice on the …

Google-owned Waze launching trial carpooling service in Bay Area

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google-owned, community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is branching out into carpooling in the United States and has launched a test service in the Bay Area. The initial service will connect employees at select companies via a new app, Waze Rider, and will …

Report: Twitter to stop counting photos, links in 140 character limit

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Twitter, Inc. is set to undertake its biggest shakeup in years, by no longer counting pictures and links as part of its 140 character count, according to a report published Monday. Quoting “a person familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg says the decision …

Report: Chinese ridesharing startup Didi Chuxing may go public in 2017

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Chinese ridesharing startup Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi) is planning on going public as soon as next year, according to a report Sunday. According to “people familiar with the matter” spoken to by Blooberg, Didi is looking at an initial public offering …

Survey: 45% of households refrain from certain activities online due to security and privacy concerns

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The risks of security and privacy breaches are deterring Americans from using certain internet services, a new survey has found. According to the survey of 41,000 people undertaken by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), 45 percent of online households refrain …

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway named as backer of bid to acquire Yahoo

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is supporting a consortium that has bid to acquire the core assets of Yahoo, Inc., a report claimed at the weekend. According to sources quoted by The New York Times, the Berkshire Hathaway backed consortium is being led …

Swift money transfer network successfully attacked by malware for a second time

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) revealed Friday that their international money transfer platform had been successfully targeted by hackers again, although provided no further details other than it involved a “commercial bank.” According to The Wall Street Journal, a …

LOL: Zuckerberg responds to trending topics scandal by claiming Facebook doesn’t censor different views

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has spoken publicly for the first time about the scandal surrounding a report that the social networking site’s Trending Topics list was being manipulated with a liberal bias. Zuckerberg naturally took to Facebook itself …

Apple unexpectedly invests $1b in Chinese ridesharing service Didi Chuxing

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In an unexpected move, tech giant Apple, Inc. has invested $1 billion in Chinese ridesharing service and Uber, Inc. rival Didi Chuxing (formerly Didi Kuaidi). Apple said they had made the investment in part to better understand how business works in China. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Mitt Romney tax records extortionist convicted on multiple charges, facing 25 years in jail

Cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin hacked, $2m in Bitcoin and Ethereum stolen

Google-owned Waze launching trial carpooling service in Bay Area

Report: Twitter to stop counting photos, links in 140 character limit

Report: Chinese ridesharing startup Didi Chuxing may go public in 2017

Survey: 45% of households refrain from certain activities online due to security and privacy concerns

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway named as backer of bid to acquire Yahoo

Swift money transfer network successfully attacked by malware for a second time

LOL: Zuckerberg responds to trending topics scandal by claiming Facebook doesn’t censor different views

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