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

Self-driving truck company TuSimple lays off 25% of staff days before Christmas

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

It won’t be a Merry Christmas for many employees of self-driving truck company TuSimple Holdings Inc. this year, as the company announced Wednesday that it’s laying off 25% of its staff in a restructuring plan. The move affects about 350 employees, with 80% of the company’s …

LastPass reveals hacker copied encrypted customer password vaults

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Password manager LastPass US LP today revealed that a hacker who gained access to their systems last month copied data from a backup that contained customer account information. LastPass revealed the attack on Dec. 1, saying at the time that a hacker had gained …

The Guardian newspaper hacked in suspected ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Guardian News & Media Ltd., the publisher of the U.K. newspaper The Guardian, has been struck by a suspected ransomware attack. Details of the suspected ransomware attack were fittingly published today by The Guardian, which said that the “incident” began late Tuesday night …

‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone raise $20M for their deepfake company

AI By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Deep Voodoo, an artificial intelligence entertainment startup founded by “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, revealed today that it has raised $20 million in funding to accelerate its development of deepfake technology, cost-effective visual effects services and synthetic media projects. Connect …

German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp targeted in cyberattack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

German multinational industrial engineering and steel production company ThyssenKrupp AG said today that it’s fending off a cyberattack against its Materials Services division and corporate headquarters. The form of attack was not disclosed. A spokesperson told Agence France Presse only that “Thyssenkrupp is …

Despite earnings beat, BlackBerry shares drop slightly in late trading

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Shares in BlackBerry Ltd. dropped slightly in after-hours trading today despite the company beating analyst’ expectations for its latest quarterly earnings. For the third quarter that ended Nov. 30, BlackBerry reported a net loss of $4 million, or a penny per share, …

PlainID Technology Network offers secure authorization and access control

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Identity and access control startup PlainID Inc. today launched a new network designed to deliver technology that helps organizations securely transform their authorization and access control. The PlainID Technology Network, developed with PlainID partners, offers identity-aware security across all segments of the enterprise technology …

Twitter Blue for Business allows businesses to verify and distinguish themselves

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. today announced Twitter Blue for Business, a new verification service that allows businesses and their affiliates to verify and distinguish themselves on the service. Twitter Blue initially launched in the U.S. in November 2021 as a $ 2.99-per-month service that offered …

New Linux Foundation dataset aids in food traceability, carbon tracking and crop production

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The Linux Foundation has today announced that its AgStack project will host a new open-source code base and computation engine that offers a data dataset of registry data for agricultural fields to aid in food traceability, carbon tracking, crop production and other field-level …

PitchBook: Investments in startups will fall in 2023 but it’s not all bad news

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Venture capital invested into startups in 2023 is expected to fall, but it’s not all bad news, according to the 2023 U.S. Venture Capital Outlook published today by PitchBook Data Inc. In 2023, PitchBook analysts predict, venture growth deal value will fall …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Self-driving truck company TuSimple lays off 25% of staff days before Christmas

LastPass reveals hacker copied encrypted customer password vaults

The Guardian newspaper hacked in suspected ransomware attack

‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone raise $20M for their deepfake company

German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp targeted in cyberattack

Despite earnings beat, BlackBerry shares drop slightly in late trading

PlainID Technology Network offers secure authorization and access control

Twitter Blue for Business allows businesses to verify and distinguish themselves

PitchBook: Investments in startups will fall in 2023 but it’s not all bad news

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