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

Liberty Reserve founder gets 20 years jail and $500k fine for money laundering

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Arthur Budovsky, the founder of the now defunct notorious cryptocurrency service Liberty Reserve, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined $500,000 for his involvement in the site. Budovsky, aged 42, pleaded guilty in January to one charge of conspiring …

FTC & FCC investigate mobile device security update practices of telcos and smartphone makers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have launched a parallel inquiry into mobile device security updates. As part of the investigation, the FTC has sent please explain requests to eight mobile device manufacturers asking them …

Spotify has announced 12 original television like series

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Music streaming service Spotify AB has furthered its push into online video with the announcement of not one, but twelve original television-like series. Each episode of the new shows, which naturally have a focus on music, will be a maximum of 15 …

Palantir Co-founder Joe Londsdale slams Buzzfeed, claims as bad journalism

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Co-founder of Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, Inc. has slammed an alleged exposé published by Buzzfeed that claimed the company was losing major clients, and was struggling with staff and revenue. Buzzfeed’s report, which relied on allegedly confidential internal documentation …

Live Nation and NextVR sign deal to stream live concerts in virtual reality

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Live virtual reality broadcasting startup NextVR, Inc. has signed a deal with live events firm Live Nation, Inc. to stream concerts live in virtual reality. Under the deal, NextVR will broadcast “hundreds of live, cutting-edge performances in virtual reality to music fans …

The future is coming: GM/Lyft to trial self-driving electric taxis in 2017

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The future is coming and in this case it’s via General Motors Co. and Lyft, Inc. who will begin testing self-driving electric taxis on public roads starting in 2017. According to The Wall Street Journal who broke the story, the details for the trial …

Windows 10 passes 300m users, will no longer be free as of July 29

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. announced that its Windows 10 operating system had been installed on 300 million machines Thursday, an achievement that surpassed the install rate of Windows 7 by six months. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella made the announcement at Microsoft’s Build 2016 …

Netwrix IT Risks Report finds most IT professionals are not confident in their ability to beat cyber risks

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

IT auditing firm Netwrix Corporation has released the results of their 2016 IT Risks Report, and it makes for sobering reading with only a small number of organizations being confident in their own abilities to ward off cyber attacks. The survey polled …

YouTube, Hulu both building live subscription television products

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Alphabet Inc.-owned YouTube and on-demand streaming video provider Hulu LLC look set to beat Apple Inc. to market, with both planning to launch live subscription television products. Hulu Chief Executive Office Mike Hopkins confirmed the company’s plans Wednesday, saying that the site …

Report: Apple Music to get radical overhaul following lackluster reviews and stagnant growth

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple, Inc. is said to be preparing a radical overhaul of the interface of its music streaming service following lackluster reviews and stagnant growth, two reports claimed Wednesday. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, describes the changes as “sweeping” with an emphasis …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Liberty Reserve founder gets 20 years jail and $500k fine for money laundering

FTC & FCC investigate mobile device security update practices of telcos and smartphone makers

Spotify has announced 12 original television like series

Palantir Co-founder Joe Londsdale slams Buzzfeed, claims as bad journalism

Live Nation and NextVR sign deal to stream live concerts in virtual reality

The future is coming: GM/Lyft to trial self-driving electric taxis in 2017

Windows 10 passes 300m users, will no longer be free as of July 29

Netwrix IT Risks Report finds most IT professionals are not confident in their ability to beat cyber risks

YouTube, Hulu both building live subscription television products

Report: Apple Music to get radical overhaul following lackluster reviews and stagnant growth

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