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

Data belonging to 538M Weibo users found for sale on the dark web

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Data belonging to 538 million users of Chinese microblogging site Weibo has been found for sale of the dark web for a surprisingly low price. Discovered by Chinese blockchain news outlet Jinse March 19, the data was found listed for sale for …

Coronavirus pandemic prompts Twitter to withdraw earnings guidance

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has become the latest company to withdraw its earnings guidance in light of the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic. The company said today that it was withdrawing its revenue and operating income guidance for the first quarter as well as its outlook for expenses, …

Windows vulnerabilities targeted by hackers and no patch is available

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today revealed that hackers are exploiting two previously unknown vulnerabilities that are found in all supported versions of Windows and that a patch is not yet unavailable. The remote code execution vulnerabilities are found in the Adobe Type Manager Library (atmfd.dll) that …

Hackers leak data from medical company set to carry out COVID-19 vaccine trials

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Data from a medical research company that is set to carry out trials of a possible vaccine for COVID-19 has been published online after the company refused to pay up following a ransomware attack. Hammersmith Medicines Research Ltd. was targeted by the …

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The Tezos Foundation, the group behind the troubled $233 million initial coin offering of Tezos tokens in 2017, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by investors for $25 million. The lawsuit alleged that the Tezos ICO breached U.S. securities laws by offering an …

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has updated its Siri voice assistant to provide coronavirus advice to users including a test to see whether they have caught COVID-19. The virtual assistant now responds to questions such as “do I have coronavirus” with a series of questions …

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin bucked market trends and surged Thursday as investors flooded back into cryptocurrency markets. Recovering all of its losses in the last week, bitcoin surged to a high of $6,342.03 at 2 p.m. EDT before softening slightly to $6,197.58 …

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

While news of hackers targeting hospitals with ransomware and others with COVID-19 phishing scams continues to make headlines, a new study has found that there is some honor among thieves in the darkest recesses of the internet. Alex Guirakhoo, strategy and research …

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Starsky Robotics Inc. is no more. The self-driving truck startup announced today that it’s closing down after failing to secure additional funding. Founded in 2015, Starsky Robotics had been developing driverless truck technology that involved a combination of self-driving technology and remote control, …

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. surged 38% today after Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company has plenty of cash to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking at delivering medicine and other vital supplies. “We are very fortunate to have …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Data belonging to 538M Weibo users found for sale on the dark web

Coronavirus pandemic prompts Twitter to withdraw earnings guidance

Windows vulnerabilities targeted by hackers and no patch is available

Hackers leak data from medical company set to carry out COVID-19 vaccine trials

Tezos Foundation settles lawsuit with investors for $25M

Apple updates Siri to provide coronavirus advice to users

Bitcoin bucks trend and surges amid coronavirus-driven market chaos

Honor among thieves? Cybercriminals urge others not to take advantage of pandemic

Self-driving truck startup Starsky Robotics shuts down after failing to get more funding

Uber stock surges 38% after CEO says it’s prepared to weather COVID-19 pandemic

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