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

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OpenSea raises $300M on $13.3B valuation and reportedly looks to acquire Dharma Labs

Updated: Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea today said it has raised $300 million in new funding and, according to a separate report, it’s also in talks to acquire digital wallet provider Dharma Labs Inc. Paradigm and Coatue led the Series C round, according to the New York Times on a valuation of $13.3 billion. A previous ...

Following FAA request, AT&T and Verizon agree to delay 5G rollout

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have agreed to delay their 5G expansion plans a day after both rejected a U.S. government request to do so. The request for both to delay their 5G rollouts came from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson ...

Israeli media outlets hacked on anniversary of death of Iranian general

Two Israeli media outlets have been hacked with a threatening message left in relation to the killing of an Iranian general two years ago. The two targets were Jerusalem Post, an English language newspaper, and the Twitter Inc. account of the Hebrew language news site Maarvi. The hackers posted a picture of a fist firing ...

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four fraud charges

Former Theranos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty today on four of the 11 counts she was being tried on, putting an end to one of the most sordid and downright strange tales of venture capital-funded tech startups to date. The tale of Theranos is a long one. Founded in Palo Alto in ...

Portuguese media group Impresa knocked offline in ransomware attack

Portuguese media group Impresa has been struck by a ransomware attack over the New Year’s holiday, taking its websites and online streaming services offline.  Impresa Sociedade Gstr D Prtcps Socsl SA, Portugal’s largest media company, is the owner of the SIC television channels and the Expresso weekly newspaper. First reported today by The Record, the attack is ...

Apple 2022 predictions: new AirPods, Macs and iPhones with hole-punch displays

Apple Inc. will release a range of new products in the year ahead, including updated AirPod earphones, Macs and iPhones with hole-punch displays, according to some of the best-known Apple watchers. Leading the pack is famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. His first prediction of the year is the latest AirPods release. Kuo predicts that Apple ...

Microsoft addresses Exchange bug that blocked emails starting on New Year’s Day

Microsoft Corp. has released an emergency fix for a bug that prevented on-premises Exchange servers from sending emails. According to a blog post from the Exchange team, the bug struck on Jan. 1 and related to a date-check feature with the change to the year. The team emphasized that it was not a failure of the ...

Vice Society hacks Norwegian newspaper, takes credit for Spar attack

The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.K. Spar wholesaler earlier this month and is being linked to an attack on a Norwegian newspaper this week. The first attack targeted Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co. on Dec. 6, resulting in Spar stores being unable to take card payments at ...

Tesla issues recall notice over faulty trunk latches and rear-view cameras

Shares of Tesla Inc. dropped today after the company issued a voluntary recall for hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles. The recall affects 356,309 2017-220 Model 3s and 110,009 2014-2021 Model S vehicles. The issues involve faulty latching of the vehicle’s hood and and the rear-view camera failing to display. With the Model S, the ...

Substandard living conditions prompt shutdown of iPhone plant in India

An iPhone manufacturing plant in India run by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, has been temporarily shut down following complaints of substandard living and working conditions. The workers at the factory in Tamil Nadu went on strike on Dec. 17 after 250 of the workers were sickened by what they ...