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

Proposed law would require minimum security standards for IoT devices

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A bill presented to the U.S. Congress on Monday would enforce minimum security standards for “internet of things” devices purchased by the U.S. government. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019 was introduced in the Senate by a bipartisan group …

As eero acquisition closes, Amazon commits to maintaining Wi-Fi privacy

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. today promised to maintain the privacy of eero Inc. users as it closed the deal to acquire the mesh router company first announced Feb. 11. The acquisition, which sees Amazon’s list of owned consumer items expand, drew the ire of …

Exposed Chinese database of 1.8M women includes a ‘BreedReady’ status

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A mysterious Chinese database has been found online with details of 1.8 million women that includes a field that reads as “BreedReady.” Discovered by security researcher Victor Gevers and revealed over the weekend, the database, which has since been taken offline, also …

Report: Alphabet’s self-driving car startup Waymo is seeking outside investors

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car startup Waymo LLC is seeking outside investors, according to an unconfirmed report published Monday. The Information, referencing a person with direct knowledge of the situation, claimed the startup is seeking financing from European automakers such as Volkswagen AG. The …

Corporate data stored on Box exposed by employees sharing public links

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Security researchers have discovered terabytes of data from over 90 companies exposed by employees sharing publicly available links to Box Inc.’s cloud storage platform. In an issue detailed today by cybersecurity firm Adversis LLC, the data and documents had all been uploaded to Box Enterprise …

Apple may debut streaming video and news subscription services at March 25 event

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has sent out invitations for an event March 25 where it’s expected to debut a new streaming video and television service along with a news subscription service. All but confirming that the streaming product is coming, Apple promoted the event with a …

Researchers find some smart car alarms can be easily hacked

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

So-called smart car alarms are supposed to make vehicles more difficult to steal, but newly published research has found that alarms made by two companies actually make stealing a car easier. The research, released Friday, comes via Pen Test partners, which studied …

Appen acquires machine learning data startup Figure Eight for up to $300M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Australia search and language data services firm Appen Ltd. today said it has acquired rival Figure Eight Inc. for $175 million upfront with an additional earn-out payment of up to $125 million in 2020 based on performance. To fund the deal, Appen has announced …

Iranian hackers believed behind big data breach at Citrix

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Citrix Systems Inc. informed customers on Friday that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told the company that hackers gained access to its systems and stole data. While not providing much in the way of details, Citrix said that it had taken …

Facebook sues Ukrainian app developers for scraping user data

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. filed a lawsuit Friday against two Ukrainian developers who allegedly created Facebook apps and browser extensions that scrapped user data and injected third-party ads. The accused, Gleb Sluchevsky and Andrey Gorbachov, are claimed to have promoted quizzes on Facebook, but when …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Proposed law would require minimum security standards for IoT devices

As eero acquisition closes, Amazon commits to maintaining Wi-Fi privacy

Exposed Chinese database of 1.8M women includes a ‘BreedReady’ status

Report: Alphabet’s self-driving car startup Waymo is seeking outside investors

Corporate data stored on Box exposed by employees sharing public links

Apple may debut streaming video and news subscription services at March 25 event

Researchers find some smart car alarms can be easily hacked

Appen acquires machine learning data startup Figure Eight for up to $300M

Iranian hackers believed behind big data breach at Citrix

Facebook sues Ukrainian app developers for scraping user data

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