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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

Apple is now producing face shields for medical workers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is stepping up to the plate in supporting coronavirus medical relief by designing and producing face shields for those working in the medical field. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took to Twitter to share the news, noting that along with …

More security and privacy concerns dog Zoom

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has seen an unprecedented switch to remote working and online working and video apps have seen a massive boom — most of all for Zoom Video Communications Inc., which has surged to the top of app charts. …

SoftBank terminates offer to acquire $3B in WeWork shares

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

In a stunning turn of events in what is already tech’s biggest soap opera, SoftBank Group Corp. has terminated an offer to acquire $3 billion in WeWork shares as part of its $8 billion bailout of the troubled workspace provider announced in October. SoftBank …

Binance acquires cryptocurrency market tracking service CoinMarketCap

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today said it has acquired CoinMarketCap, a service that tracks cryptocurrency prices and exchange trading volume. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, it’s reported to be up to $400 million. Founded in …

Microsoft SQL servers targeted in newly discovered ‘Vollgar’ hacking campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly reported hacking campaign that’s believed to date back to 2018 is targeting Microsoft-SQL servers with data-stealing malware and Monero cryptomining code. Discovered and publicized Wednesday by security researchers at Guardicore Labs, the hacking campaign, dubbed “Vollgar,” involves hackers using brute force password hacking …

Report: YouTube is planning to launch a rival to TikTok

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC-owned YouTube is planning to launch a rival service to wildly popular short-form video app TikTok, according to a report today from The Information. YouTube’s rival, reportedly called Shorts, will be featured inside its existing mobile app. Shorts will include a feed …

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