Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Bitcoin Blockchain investment firm Coinsilium to raise $4.6m through August IPO

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2015

Bitcoin Blockchain investment company Coinsilium Ltd. is going public, with the company announcing an initial public offering scheduled for August. Founded in 2014 by the founders of Bitcoin and Blockchain incubator Seedcoin, Coinsilium describes…

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Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode shut following global law enforcement raids

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2015

Global law enforcement agencies have shut down the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode after a prolonged investigation into its members. Reports are conflicting on how many people have been arrested in relation to the site,…

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Oopsy: FireEye intern arrested, turns out he created the Dendroid Android malware

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2015

Cybersecurity firm FireEye, Inc. would be feeling rather embarrassed today with news that they had employed an intern who turned out to be one of the world’s top Android hackers. 20-year-old Morgan Culbertson, according…

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Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 Plus, S6 Edge Plus coming August 12, on sale August 21

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s latest Android-powered smartphones may be not far off, with an unconfirmed report Tuesday suggesting that they’ll be announced in August. According to Samsung dedicated site Sammobile, Samsung will announce the…

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Hacking Team found a way to track and trace Bitcoin transactions, and the software is now in the wild

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

Notorious spyware vendor Hacking Team may have set the cat among the pigeons in the Bitcoin space with news that it has found a way to track Bitcoin transactions. According to Ars Technica, among…

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Back from the dead, computer brand Commodore lives once more, in the form of a smartphone

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

Legendary computer brand Commodore is back from the dead, of sorts, at least in name, in the form of an Android-powered smartphone. The Commodore-branded phone is reported to come from a pair of Italian…

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The original web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish just got snapped up for $575m

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

The ultimate (back in the day) fan-boi Web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish, Inc. just went the same way as some of the sites did from that period (in a positive sense, most went tits…

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Real estate investing site Realty Mogul raises $35m Series B

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

Real estate investing site Realty Mogul Co. has raised a $35 million Series B in a round led by Sorenson Capital that also included previous investor Canaan Partners. Founded in 2013, Realty Mogul is…

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Coding contests and recruitment site HackerRank raises a $7.5m strategic investment

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

Coding contests and recruitment site HackerRank (Interviewstreet, Inc.) has raised $7.5 million in “strategic investment” from Recruit Holdings’ HR Technology Fund. A Y Combinator graduate founded in 2012 by Vivek Ravisankar and Harishankaran Karunanidhi,…

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Where and when to watch the New Horizons Pluto flyby live online

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2015

“To go where no man has gone before” may be a line from the mission of the Enterprise of Star Trek fame, but come Tuesday morning a man-made machine at least will be going…

Duncan Riley

Bitcoin Blockchain investment firm Coinsilium to raise $4.6m through August IPO

Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode shut following global law enforcement raids

Oopsy: FireEye intern arrested, turns out he created the Dendroid Android malware

Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 Plus, S6 Edge Plus coming August 12, on sale August 21

Hacking Team found a way to track and trace Bitcoin transactions, and the software is now in the wild

Back from the dead, computer brand Commodore lives once more, in the form of a smartphone

The original web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish just got snapped up for $575m

Real estate investing site Realty Mogul raises $35m Series B

Coding contests and recruitment site HackerRank raises a $7.5m strategic investment

Where and when to watch the New Horizons Pluto flyby live online

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