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

Americans skeptical of COVID-19 tracking apps as researchers raise security concerns

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

A new poll has found that more than half of Americans are either unwilling or unable to use COVID-19 illness tracing applications as researchers warn that the apps present a security risk. A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll released today found that of …

Augmented reality startup Mojo Vision raises $51M to develop its smart contact lens

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Augmented reality startup Mojo Vision Inc. revealed today that it has raised $51 million in new funding to develop its smart contact lens. The Series B-1 round was led by New Enterprise Associates and included Gradient Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures, Struck …

TikTok passes 2B downloads amid surging use during COVID-19 pandemic

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Social video app TikTok has continues to go from strength to strength, as an estimate was released today that its app has been downloaded 2 billion times. The number comes today from analytics firm Sensor Tower Inc. and includes downloads from both Google …

Google Meet now available for free to all amid coronavirus pandemic

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Updated: Google LLC early today made its Google Meet video conferencing service free for all users amid a global surge in use during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Google Meet, previously called Google Hangouts, was available only as part of G Suite. Available …

Rapid7 acquires cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud for $145M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Security operations firm Rapid7 Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud Corp. for $145 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2013, DivvyCloud offers a cybersecurity automation platform for the protection of cloud and container environments. The company’s platform …

Uber reportedly cutting 20% of its workforce as CTO Thuan Pham resigns

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. is reportedly cutting as much as 20% of its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic as it loses a key executive: Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham. The Information reported today that the job cuts have been discussed by Uber executives and, though …

Data stolen from outsourcing group ExecuPharm published after ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Data stolen in a ransomware attack in March from ExecuPharm, an outsourcing company servicing the pharmaceutical industry, has been published online. The published stolen employee data is said to include Social Security numbers, taxpayer I.D.s, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, bank account …

Starbucks partners with Sequoia Capital to make investments in mainland China

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Starbucks Corp. has struck up a partnership with Sequoia Capital’s China investment arm to make strategic investments in mainland China. A company best known for its American coffee teaming up with the most famous venture capital firm in Silicon Valley is arguably …

Bitcoin returns to form with solid price growth amid the coronavirus pandemic

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

After a tumultuous two months during the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of bitcoin is starting to return to form as the cryptocurrency sees its highest prices since the second week of March. During the pandemic and related financial turmoil, bitcoin has been on …

Facebook claims NSO Group used US servers when hacking WhatsApp accounts

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has alleged that Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. hacked about 1,400 WhatsApp users using U.S. servers. The claim came in a court filing Friday made in response to an attempt by NSO Group and its affiliate Q Cyber Technologies Ltd. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Americans skeptical of COVID-19 tracking apps as researchers raise security concerns

Augmented reality startup Mojo Vision raises $51M to develop its smart contact lens

TikTok passes 2B downloads amid surging use during COVID-19 pandemic

Google Meet now available for free to all amid coronavirus pandemic

Rapid7 acquires cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud for $145M

Uber reportedly cutting 20% of its workforce as CTO Thuan Pham resigns

Data stolen from outsourcing group ExecuPharm published after ransomware attack

Starbucks partners with Sequoia Capital to make investments in mainland China

Bitcoin returns to form with solid price growth amid the coronavirus pandemic

Facebook claims NSO Group used US servers when hacking WhatsApp accounts

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