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

Coronavirus pandemic will hit the tech startup ecosystem hard but there is hope

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome today released a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the startup ecosystem — and though the short-term impact is unsurprisingly not good, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. …

5.2M customer records stolen in latest hack targeting Marriott hotel group

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Marriott International Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, this one involving the theft of personal information on 5.2 million guests. The new data breach was discovered in late February after those behind the data breach gained access to data from mid-January. The …

Huawei’s profit growth slows in 2019 amid US trade bans

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. today reported that its profit rose in 2019, but the smartphone maker said its growth rate came in lower than in previous years amid trade bans from the U.S. For the calendar year 2019, Huawei booked revenue of RMB …

Houseparty offers $1M bounty for information on hacking smear campaign

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Videoconference service Houseparty has offered a $1 million bounty to anyone who can provide details of what it says is a smear campaign claiming it has been hacked. In one of the more strange alleged hacking stories during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports started appearing …

Airbnb sets up $250M fund to compensate hosts for canceled bookings

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Airbnb Inc. has finally stepped up to the plate, offering financial support to hosts for missed and canceled bookings. The company has set aside $250 million to pay hosts for missed stays, according to a letter sent to Airbnb providers, CNBC reported today. Airbnb …

WeWork sells Meetup to investor group led by AlleyCorp

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Troubled workplace provider WeWork has sold community meeting platform provider Meetup to a consortium of investors led by AlleyCorp. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Fortune reported today that Meetup sold for a fraction of the $156 million that WeWork paid …

Researchers see sharp rise in fake Zoom domains as hackers target remote workers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Security researchers at Check Point Software Technology Ltd. said today they’ve observed a sharp rise in the number of fake “Zoom” domains registered in the last week as more and more people switch to remote working during the global coronavirus pandemic. The researchers …

Ryuk ransomware targets more hospitals during coronavirus pandemic

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Ryuk ransomware is continuing to target hospitals and other medical providers during the global coronavirus pandemic despite some cybercriminals encouraging others to refrain from doing so. According to data released March 26 by Bleeping Computer, Ryuk in the last month has targeted …

Coronavirus pandemic drives huge demand for Google Classroom app

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google Classroom, a service that offers online learning tools via the web and an app, surged in popularity in March as schools and universities have closed in reponse to the coronavirus pandemic. The service, which launched in 2014 followed by the app in …

US authorities use mobile ad data to track users during coronavirus pandemic

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

U.S. authorities are using mobile advertising location data from millions of cellphones to get a better understanding of the movement of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic, according to sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal. The data is being analyzed by the Centers for …

1
…
598
599
600
601
602
…
1076

Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Coronavirus pandemic will hit the tech startup ecosystem hard but there is hope

5.2M customer records stolen in latest hack targeting Marriott hotel group

Huawei’s profit growth slows in 2019 amid US trade bans

Houseparty offers $1M bounty for information on hacking smear campaign

Airbnb sets up $250M fund to compensate hosts for canceled bookings

WeWork sells Meetup to investor group led by AlleyCorp

Researchers see sharp rise in fake Zoom domains as hackers target remote workers

Ryuk ransomware targets more hospitals during coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic drives huge demand for Google Classroom app

US authorities use mobile ad data to track users during coronavirus pandemic

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

Infor Velocity Week 2026

Dell AI Data Platform Event: From Ambition to AI at Scale 2026

Fully Connected 2026

NetApp INSIGHT 2026

Oktane 2026

SIGN IN

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry