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

Skyryse raises $13M for its semi-autonomous helicopter technology

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Skyryse Inc., a Hawthorn, California-based startup building technology for semi-autonomous helicopters, said today it has raised a new $13 million round. The round included previous investors along with Ford Motor Co. Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. Founded in 2016, Skyryse is developing technology that retrofits …

Amazon makes (a little) money from Alexa premium content as smart assistant matures

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. is starting to make money offering premium content via Alexa as the e-commerce giant’s smart assistant shifts from its “Alexa Everywhere” phase to a maturing product. According to The Information, Amazon is considering a variety of options going forward for …

Israeli AI-assisted software development firm Codota acquires TabNine

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Israeli artificial intelligence-assisted software development firm Codota Dot Com Ltd. Monday said it has acquired code prediction tool TabNine for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2018 and based in Canada, TabNine uses deep learning to assist in AI-driven code completion for coders, with support …

Google pulls Chrome update for Android after data loss issue

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC has pulled the distribution of the latest version of its Chrome browser for Android after users reported that the update deleted some user data on third-party apps. Chrome 79 was launched last week with a focus on beefed-up security features. …

Instagram rolls out new features to combat bullying and fake news

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc.-owned Instagram is rolling out new features in an attempt to combat bullying and fake news. The photo-sharing app is tackling alleged online bullying using artificial intelligence to warn users before they post “potentially offensive” captions. An extension on a feature …

Visa warns cybercrime gangs are targeting gas stations with malware

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Visa Inc. is warning that gas stations and gas pumps in the U.S. are being targeted by point-of-sale malware designed to steal credit card credentials. The targeting of gas stations was first detected in the summer when the Visa Payment Fraud Disruption team identified several attacks …

Report: Uber close to exiting food delivery business in India

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. is in advanced talks to sell its Uber Eats business in India to Zomato Media Pvt. Ltd., according to a report by TechCrunch today. The deal, first reported in November, would see Uber exit the food delivery business on …

New Orleans fights off apparent cyberattack by declaring a state of emergency

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

New Orleans was forced to take computers offline on Friday in an apparent cyberattack, but as more details have emerged, either the attack wasn’t as bad as first seemed or the city stopped its spread. Suspicious activity was first detected on the …

New phishing campaign targets government departments worldwide

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered phishing campaign is targeting government departments worldwide in what may be an attempt to gain information on government procurement services. Detailed today by security researchers at Anomali Inc., the campaign uses phishing emails specifically customized to target specific departments using information related …

Lyft launches car rental service in San Francisco and Los Angeles

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. is cruising into the car rental business. Lyft Rentals will enable users to rent cars through the company’s app starting in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, the company announced today. The new service is competitively …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Skyryse raises $13M for its semi-autonomous helicopter technology

Amazon makes (a little) money from Alexa premium content as smart assistant matures

Israeli AI-assisted software development firm Codota acquires TabNine

Google pulls Chrome update for Android after data loss issue

Instagram rolls out new features to combat bullying and fake news

Visa warns cybercrime gangs are targeting gas stations with malware

Report: Uber close to exiting food delivery business in India

New Orleans fights off apparent cyberattack by declaring a state of emergency

New phishing campaign targets government departments worldwide

Lyft launches car rental service in San Francisco and Los Angeles

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