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

Report: Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi prince

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The hacking of Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018 is now being attributed to a Saudi prince, according to sources quoted by The Guardian. The report claims that Bezos’ phone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message sent from the …

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach that compromised business relationships

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. today disclosed a data breach that involved the theft of highly sensitive data, including correspondence and information on government agencies and business partners. Although the Mitsubishi name may be best known in the West for its cars, Mitsubishi Electric …

LastPass quietly admits it suffered an outage it first denied

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Password manager LastPass Inc. has suffered an outage that kept some users from accessing their accounts and hence their passwords. Reports of LastPass users being unable to access their account first emerged over the weekend on social media. Exactly what was involved with the …

Soft Robotics raises $23M to build out its automation solutions

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Robotics technology startup Soft Robotics Inc. said today it has raised $23 million in new funding to further build out its growth strategy along with further technological development. The Series B round was co-led by Calibrate Ventures and Material Impact and included FANUC …

Amazon reportedly developing hand-scanning payment technology

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. is reported to be developing point of sale terminals that would accept a scan of a user’s hand to make a payment, according to The Wall Street Journal. The POS terminals would be placed in brick-and-mortar stores and would negate the need …

Internet Explorer vulnerability under attack, but a fix is weeks away

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A new vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer is being exploited in the wild, but though Microsoft Corp. is promising a fix, it may be weeks away. The vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft Friday and was thought serious enough that it gained the attention …

Instagram removes access button for poorly performing IGTV video service

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc.- owned Instagram may be slowly backing away from its IGTV video service, removing the main access button for the service from the Instagram app. Launched in June 2018, IGTV initially differentiated itself from YouTube by only offering vertical videos, a format considered awful by …

Andreessen Horowitz leads $30M round into strategy management startup WorkBoard

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Strategy management startup WorkBoard Inc. today said it has raised $30 million in new funding to boost marketing efforts, partnerships and development of core technology in areas such as data visualization and machine learning. The Series C round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included GGV Capital, …

FBI announces new policy to notify election officials of cyber intrusions

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced a new policy in which they will now notify state and local officials of cyber intrusions that affect election infrastructure. By infrastructure, the FBI means electronic voting machines, various electronic devices used in various …

Bitcoin rises as cryptocurrency has its best January since 2012

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has continued its strong form this month, teasing $9,000 briefly in its best January since 2012, despite an apparent easing of Middle East tensions that were previously attributed to its increasing price. Bitcoin is up 21% since the beginning of the year, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Report: Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi prince

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach that compromised business relationships

LastPass quietly admits it suffered an outage it first denied

Soft Robotics raises $23M to build out its automation solutions

Amazon reportedly developing hand-scanning payment technology

Internet Explorer vulnerability under attack, but a fix is weeks away

Instagram removes access button for poorly performing IGTV video service

FBI announces new policy to notify election officials of cyber intrusions

Bitcoin rises as cryptocurrency has its best January since 2012

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