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

NTSB report into fatal Uber crash lays blame with safety driver and policies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A final report by the National Transportation Safety Board into the fatal crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle in Tempe, Arizona, in March 2018 has found that the safety driver was primarily at fault but also criticized other aspects of the …

Credit card details stolen as Macy’s becomes the latest Magecart victim

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Macy’s Inc. is the latest company to be hacked in an apparent “Magecart” attack resulting in customer credit card details stolen from its website. The hack was first detected on Oct. 15, though it’s believed to have taken place Oct. 7 when …

Business email compromise startup Abnormal Security raises $24M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Business email compromise cybersecurity startup Abnormal Security Corp. launched its services today with a Series A funding round of $24 million led by Greylock Partners. Founded in 2018 by Evan Reiser and Sanjay Jeyakumar, both previously employees of Twitter Inc., Abnormal Security has built a …

Slack’s shares plunge as Microsoft Teams passes 20M daily active users

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Teams online collaboration service has now passed 20 million daily active users, causing stock in rival Slack Inc. to plunge Tuesday. An increase of just over 50% on the 13 million users Teams had in July, …

Android flaw allows malicious apps to take photos and videos without permission

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly revealed flaw in camera apps used by Android devices allows other apps to spy on users. Even though both Google LLC and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released patches to fix the issue, the vulnerability may also exist in devices made …

At Dreamforce, Salesforce doubles down on voice and customer tracking

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Salesforce.com Inc. today announced a variety of new features and services at its Dreamforce conference in San Francisco aimed at helping companies improve interactions with customers. Leading the announcements are new declarative tools that are designed to allow any developer or administrator …

Criminals are using Bluetooth to target vehicles containing valuables

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Criminals in the San Francisco Bay Area are using Bluetooth to identify valuables in cars. Wired reported today that criminals are using Bluetooth scanners to identify vehicles with phones, laptops and other devices with Bluetooth turned on. Having detected those devices, the criminals then …

Thousands of Disney+ accounts hacked a week after launch

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A week after launching, Disney+, the online subscription streaming service from the Walt Disney Company has been hacked and thousands of users found their account details compromised. The compromised accounts are being sold for between $3 and $11 each on the dark …

Apple announces unexpected December event to honor apps and games – and more?

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today announced a press event for Dec. 2 in New York City “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019” at which it could reveal a new product. Or not. The best guess at this stage — and guessing is where the …

Some Fitbit users are ditching their devices over Google data privacy concerns

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s acquisition of smart watch maker Fitbit Inc. for $2.1 billion Nov. 1 has not been received well by all FitBit fans, as some claim to be ditching their devices over data privacy concerns. For a story published today, CNBC interviewed several …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

NTSB report into fatal Uber crash lays blame with safety driver and policies

Credit card details stolen as Macy’s becomes the latest Magecart victim

Business email compromise startup Abnormal Security raises $24M

Slack’s shares plunge as Microsoft Teams passes 20M daily active users

Android flaw allows malicious apps to take photos and videos without permission

At Dreamforce, Salesforce doubles down on voice and customer tracking

Criminals are using Bluetooth to target vehicles containing valuables

Thousands of Disney+ accounts hacked a week after launch

Apple announces unexpected December event to honor apps and games – and more?

Some Fitbit users are ditching their devices over Google data privacy concerns

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