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

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $40M to scale up its platform during pandemic

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Virtual events platform startup Hopin Ltd. said today it has raised $40 million in new funding to scale up its platform to meet soaring demand driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Series A round was led by IVP and included Salesforce Ventures, Accel, …

Akamai mitigates new record high packet-per-second DDoS attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

As computing power continues to grow at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, it allows hackers and other bad actors to reach new records when it comes to cyberattacks. Last week, Amazon Web Services Inc. detailed how it …

Data stolen from Silicon Valley consulting firm offered for sale on hacker forum

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan Inc. has suffered a data breach and data stolen from the firm appeared for sale on a hacker forum. The Mountain View, California-based company has a global presence with 40 offices across six continents. It offers …

Amazon launches counterfeit crime unit to take on counterfeit product sellers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. has established a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit to investigate sellers who sell fake products on its platform. The unit, which includes former federal prosecutors, experienced investigators and data analysts, has as its primary goal preventing counterfeit products from being listed on …

Mobile enterprise collaboration startup Librestream raises $24M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Mobile enterprise collaboration startup Librestream Technologies Inc. announced today it has raised $24 million in new funding to accelerate customer acquisition, hire more people and expand its global reach. The Series D round was led by the Canadian Business Growth Fund and included Pender …

Open-source conversational artificial intelligence startup Rasa raises $26M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Open-source conversational artificial intelligence startup Rasa Technologies Inc. has raised $26 million in new funding to invest in continuing growth, AI research and developer and community education. The Series B round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included the Cultural Leadership Fund, Accel, …

Twitter apologizes after exposing business customer information

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. apologized today after it discovered that billing information from business customers had been potentially exposed because of the way the site caches data. Described as a “data security incident” by Twitter, the exposure affects customers of Twitter Ads and Analytics …

Trump changes spur concerns for anti-censorship Open Technology Fund

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Concern has been raised about the future of the Open Technology Fund, a U.S.-government funded nonprofit corporation that develops internet freedom tools after a possible shift in its focus driven by the Trump administration. Founded in 2012 and funded as an independent …

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $12M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay Ltd. announced today it has raised $12 million in new funding to expand its business in the U.K. The Series A round was led by Coatue and included Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund and Felicis Ventures, the latter having invested in …

Facebook discontinues low-end Oculus Go virtual reality headset

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. today announced it’s discontinuing the development and sale of its Oculus Go virtual reality headset just two years after it launched. Announced in October 2017, Oculus Go was Facebook’s first standalone VR headset — standalone in that it didn’t need …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $40M to scale up its platform during pandemic

Akamai mitigates new record high packet-per-second DDoS attack

Data stolen from Silicon Valley consulting firm offered for sale on hacker forum

Amazon launches counterfeit crime unit to take on counterfeit product sellers

Mobile enterprise collaboration startup Librestream raises $24M

Open-source conversational artificial intelligence startup Rasa raises $26M

Twitter apologizes after exposing business customer information

Trump changes spur concerns for anti-censorship Open Technology Fund

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $12M

Facebook discontinues low-end Oculus Go virtual reality headset

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