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

Bad start: Oculus Rift blames component shortages for shipping delays, offers refunds

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

All is not well at the Facebook, Inc. owned virtual reality headset making company Oculus Rift with the company forced to refund shipping fees to users who had pre-ordered the device due to shipping delays, which perhaps worse still are being blamed …

FBI confirms it can crack other iPhones, offers services to State and Local law enforcement

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed in a memo Friday that its method to crack an iPhone in the San Bernadino terrorism case was applicable to other phones, and they we’re willing to help State and Local law enforcement agencies in …

Poor diddums: Jay Z sues previous Tidal owners because he didn’t do his due diligence properly

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Jay Z appears to be a very unhappy musician with reports Thursday that he was taking legal action against the people he purchased streaming music service Tidal from over allegedly inflated subscriber numbers. The legal action itself is being taken Project Panther …

Reddit discloses National Security request by killing its warrant canary

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

How can you confirm something that has happened when by law you legally can’t? The answer is a warrant canary, a phrase or paragraph that is purposely omitted, and that’s exactly what popular forum Reddit, Inc. did Thursday when it published its …

Altcoin Syscoin debuts final 2.0 beta, releases a range of new decentralized functions

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Altcoin provider Syscoin has released its final 2.0 beta version in a final step toward the release of its main net release in April. Syscoin bills itself as a “revolutionary cryptocurrency” that allows low-cost financial transactions, like Bitcoin, while additionally providing an …

FBI asks security experts for help in tackling MSIL/Samas malware targeted at hospitals

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking businesses and software security experts for emergency assistance in its investigation into a new strain of ransomware called MSIL/Samas. A confidential advisory was released Friday to security companies (obtained via Reuters) and describes MSIL/Samas are …

Report: AOL’s Tim Armstrong wants Verizon to acquire Yahoo to build an ad powerhouse

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

AOL, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong has grand plans to turn parent company Verizon, Inc. into an ad powerhouse, and acquiring Yahoo, Inc. may be a part of that plan, according to a new report Wednesday. According to The Wall Street …

IBM acquires Salesforce consulting firm Bluewolf for $200m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

International Business Machines Corp. has acquired Salesforce consulting firm Bluewolf Consulting LLC. Terms of the deal were not officially disclosed but the price is reported by Re/Code to be $200 million. Founded in 2000 and providing services to Salesforce since 2002, Bluewolf …

Ubuntu Bash support coming to Windows 10

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft, Corp. and Canonical Ltd have announced a new partnership that will see the Ubuntu Linux command-line tool Bash come to Windows 10. The new support comes not via running a virtual machine or emulator (which has been possible previously), but through …

Digital Asset Holdings signs Depository Trust & Clearing Corp deal for Blockchain repos trial

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, LLC has signed a new deal with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. to trial the company’s Blockchain technology at the firm. Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., a post-trade clearing manager, will trial Digital Asset’s Blockchain derived …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bad start: Oculus Rift blames component shortages for shipping delays, offers refunds

FBI confirms it can crack other iPhones, offers services to State and Local law enforcement

Poor diddums: Jay Z sues previous Tidal owners because he didn’t do his due diligence properly

Reddit discloses National Security request by killing its warrant canary

Altcoin Syscoin debuts final 2.0 beta, releases a range of new decentralized functions

FBI asks security experts for help in tackling MSIL/Samas malware targeted at hospitals

Report: AOL’s Tim Armstrong wants Verizon to acquire Yahoo to build an ad powerhouse

IBM acquires Salesforce consulting firm Bluewolf for $200m

Ubuntu Bash support coming to Windows 10

Digital Asset Holdings signs Depository Trust & Clearing Corp deal for Blockchain repos trial

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