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

Uber gets CA autonomous vehicle testing permit 2 years after pedestrian killed in AZ

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Nearly two years after an Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona, the riding-hailing giant has once again obtained a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California. The 2018 accident, which was first blamed on the pedestrian, revealed …

Supply chain issues loom as Foxconn halts production in China on coronavirus fears

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Serious supply chain issues could be ahead for major technology companies. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, today was forced to halt almost all production in its mainland Chinese factories until Feb. 10, a ban that, if extended, will disrupt supplies …

Snap shares plunge as company misses predictions in quarterly earnings

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Shares in Snap Inc. plunged in after-hours trading today after the company missed analysts’ predictions on revenue in its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Snap reported revenue of $561 million versus the $563 million expected by analysts. The …

Report: Instagram brought in $20B in advertising revenue in 2019

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Instagram continues to go from strength to strength for parent company Facebook Inc. as a report today said the photo-sharing app brought in $20 billion in advertising revenue in 2019 — more than a quarter of Facebook’s overall revenue for the year. …

What caused the Iowa Democratic Caucus app debacle? Too little software testing

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The Democratic Party primary in Iowa is making headlines for all the wrong reasons after an app designed to tally delegates failed, delaying results for the first primary of the 2020 Presidential primary season by nearly 24 hours. The app in question, called …

B2B gift sending platform provider Sendoso raises $40M

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Business-to-business gift sending platform provider Sendoso today said it has raised $40 million in new funding for continued product innovation, market expansion and new hiring. The Series B round was led by Oak HC/FT and included Craft Ventures, Signia Venture Partners, Storm Ventures, Struck Capital, …

Project management startup Asana files to go public via direct listing

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Project management startup Asana Inc. is finally set to go public. The company late today filed its S-1 paperwork confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, But in a sign of the times, it’s taking the direct listing route rather than a traditional …

Nintendo hacker pleads guilty to computer hacking, child porn charges

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A California man who hacked into the servers of Nintendo Co. Ltd. and stole proprietary information Friday pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to hacking as well as possession of child pornography. Ryan S. Hernandez, 21, was arrested in June in relation …

Five years on, Ashley Madison hack victims targeted in new wave of extortion scams

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Five years after the infamous hack of extramarital affairs hookup site Ashley Madison, the 32 million affected users of the site at the time are once again being targeted in a fresh wave of extortion scams. The new “sextortion” attacks were detected and publicized Friday by …

Transport company Toll Group crippled in suspected ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Australian transport company Toll Group has suffered a “security incident” that made customers unable to send, receive or track their shipments. The company, with operations across the globe, including mainland China, offers transportation and logistics services. Its delivery service is seemingly the hardest-hit. “As …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Uber gets CA autonomous vehicle testing permit 2 years after pedestrian killed in AZ

Supply chain issues loom as Foxconn halts production in China on coronavirus fears

Snap shares plunge as company misses predictions in quarterly earnings

Report: Instagram brought in $20B in advertising revenue in 2019

What caused the Iowa Democratic Caucus app debacle? Too little software testing

B2B gift sending platform provider Sendoso raises $40M

Project management startup Asana files to go public via direct listing

Nintendo hacker pleads guilty to computer hacking, child porn charges

Five years on, Ashley Madison hack victims targeted in new wave of extortion scams

Transport company Toll Group crippled in suspected ransomware attack

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