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

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Bitcoin recovers slightly after price hits nearly two-year low

Bitcoin has plunged to its lowest level in nearly two years, before recovering somewhat today as cryptocurrency markets continue to bounce around. The price of bitcoin has continued to fall after reaching nearly $20,000 in December. But the latest bear run started around the middle of this month after bitcoin had settled at around $6,000 ...

Rapper Drake becomes the latest victim of a Fortnite hack

As the most popular online game of all time, Fortnite continues to attract hackers — the latest case involving the takeover of the rapper Drake’s account. Aubrey Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper best known as Drake is, arguably, one of the most popular rappers of the 2010s and he’s also known to do good deeds for ...

Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments

Ohio has become the first state in the United States to accept bitcoin for the payment of taxes. Starting Monday, businesses residing in the state will be able to sign up to pay their taxes in bitcoin via ohiocrypto.com, according to The Wall Street Journal. Payments will not be processed directly by the state but instead ...

Crypto crash spreads: Mining firms shut down as bitcoin continues to plummet

The impacts of a massive drop in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is spreading, as crypto mining companies began shutting down operations and declaring bankruptcy Thursday. Cryptocurrency mining is a process that involves using computing power to process transactions on a blockchain in return for the issue of a given cryptocurrency. In the case ...

Adult website for furries hacked and member data leaked online

High Tail Hall, an adult website for furries, has been hacked, leaking member data online. Furries, for those unfamiliar with the term, are people who like to dress up and pretend to be animals. High Tail Hall pitches itself as an interactive puzzle game for furries “where you can have erotic encounters with the surrounding characters.” The hack was ...

As crypto circus plays on, both forked versions of Bitcoin Cash run into problems

Just when the damaging infighting between rival Bitcoin Cash factions couldn’t get any worse, both forked versions of the bitcoin spinoff have suffered from various technical issues. The first act in what is starting to appear like a poorly planned out circus came from Bitcoin Cash SV, now regularly abbreviated to BSV. That’s the fork supported ...

BMW to launch China ride-hailing business in December

German auto manufacturer BMW AG is expanding its nascent ride-hailing business to China with plans to start offering services in the Middle Kingdom from December. The first global automaker to obtain a ride-hailing license in China, BMW, through its BMW Mobility Service Ltd. division, will start operating in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. Along with the launch of ...

USPS exposes 60M customer records via a leaky API

The U.S. Postal Service has patched a security vulnerability that exposed the data of some 60 million customers to anyone who was logged into the USPS.com website. Made public Sunday by security researcher Brian Krebs, the vulnerability related to an authentication weakness in an application programming interface being used on the USPS website. The API in ...

Amazon blames ‘technical issue’ for exposing customer names and email addresses

Amazon.com Inc. has exposed customer names and email addresses in a data breach they are describing as a “technical error.” The e-commerce giant started emailing customers affected on Tuesday, saying only that the issue has been fixed and that the affected customers did not need to change their passwords. Amazon confirmed the “technical error” in ...

Bitcoin dives again as the Justice Department is reported to be probing Tether

The price of bitcoin continues to fall as a report claimed that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into Tether, the so-called “stablecoin” from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex that’s primarily used to buy and sell bitcoin. Fraud allegations regarding Tether are not new. In January it was reported that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...