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

Nvidia technology powers Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng’s new model

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Chinese auto manufacturer Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology Co. Ltd., better known as Xpeng, today announced its latest model, a competitor to Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 that’s powered by Nvidia Corp. technology, will roll out April 27. The Xpeng P7 uses the Nvidia DRIVE AGX Xavier platform with …

Business monitoring startup Anodot raises $35M to expand into new verticals

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Business monitoring startup Anodot Ltd. said today it has raised $35 million in new funding to hire more people, expand into new industries and build personalized business packages. The Series C round was led by Intel Capital and included SoftBank Ventures Asia, Samsung NEXT, La …

Stripe raises an additional $600M to grow its product suite

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Payment technology company Stripe Inc. announced today that it has raised an additional $600 million in new funding as an extension of its Series G round from September to accelerate its international expansion, grow its product suite and extend its enterprise capabilities. The extension on …

Facebook’s Libra abandons original plan in favor of currency-backed stablecoins

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The Libra Association, the group set up to manage Facebook Inc.’s proposed cryptocurrency today announced that its original proposal for Libra is no more. Instead, it plans to launch a number of currency-backed stablecoins. Such plans were first reported March 3, but Facebook …

Report: Robinhood close to raising $250M on an $8B valuation

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Free stock-trading app maker Robinhood Market Inc. is close to raising $250 million in new funding on an $8 billion valuation, according to sources reported today by Bloomberg. The new round, which would be the company’s Series E, is said to be being led …

Australian fintech startup Airwallex raises $160M to accelerate growth

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Australian financial technology company Airwallex Pty Ltd. has raised $160 million in new funding to accelerate worldwide growth in Europe, the U.S. and new markets as well as to expand its product lineup and make acquisitions. The Series D round was led by ANZi …

Houseparty adds 50 million new sign-ups during coronavirus pandemic

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Videoconferencing service Houseparty is claiming it has gotten 50 million sign-ups in the past month thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and is also claiming to be the No. 1 app in 82 countries. Owned by Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. through subsidiary …

Slack Incoming Webhooks can be used to phish users

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Security researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have uncovered a vulnerability in Slack Inc. that can be used to phish users. The discovery, announced today, involves exploiting Slack Incoming Webhooks. Designed as a simple way to post messages from apps into Slack, Incoming …

COVID-19-themed cyberattacks continue to proliferate

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Despite reports in March that those in the hacking community were encouraging others to not take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cyberattacks has continued to rise, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42. The researchers …

Microsoft patches critical vulnerabilities that were being exploited by hackers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today announced it has patched a range of vulnerabilities in its monthly security release, including two critical vulnerabilities discovered March 23 that were being exploited by hackers. The two remote code execution vulnerabilities are found in the Adobe Type Manager …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Nvidia technology powers Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng’s new model

Business monitoring startup Anodot raises $35M to expand into new verticals

Stripe raises an additional $600M to grow its product suite

Facebook’s Libra abandons original plan in favor of currency-backed stablecoins

Report: Robinhood close to raising $250M on an $8B valuation

Australian fintech startup Airwallex raises $160M to accelerate growth

Houseparty adds 50 million new sign-ups during coronavirus pandemic

Slack Incoming Webhooks can be used to phish users

COVID-19-themed cyberattacks continue to proliferate

Microsoft patches critical vulnerabilities that were being exploited by hackers

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