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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

Amazon stops selling press-to-order Dash buttons

IOT By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it no longer will sell Dash buttons, the single-item press-to-order devices they first launched in 2015. The physical Amazon Dash buttons were roughly the size of a packet of gum and allowed users simply to press the …

Blockchain home equity loan startup Figure raises $65M

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Figure Technologies Inc., a home equity financial technology startup that uses blockchain tech to facilitate loans, today said it has raised $65 million in new funding to bolster its product offering and  growth. The Series B round was led by RPM Ventures …

Apple lays off 190 staff from its self-driving car project

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is laying off 190 staff members who were working on its “Project Titan” self-driving car development project, confirming reports first published Jan. 24. The exact number of layoffs came via a filing Apple lodged today with the California Employment Development Department. The …

Cybercriminals make $3.25B+ a year using social media

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

As bad as content such as anti-vaccine material on Facebook Inc. or alleged suicide instruction videos on YouTube look, a new report out today details an even more nefarious use of social media: the promotion of cybercrime tools. The report, “Social Media Platforms …

Vulnerabilities leave devices supporting Thunderbolt open to hacking

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Devices offering support to Thunderbolt peripheral and charging connectors are vulnerable to hacking, according to newly published research. Thunderbolt is a peripheral standard developed by Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. that was first seen on Apple computers with Thunderbolt 1 and 2 and …

SoFi to offer customers cryptocurrency trading via deal with Coinbase

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Online personal finance provider Social Finance Inc. today added support for cryptocurrency trading through a new partnership with Coinbase Inc. The deal will allow customers of the startup to check prices and buy certain cryptocurrencies, although exactly which cryptocurrencies was not specified. …

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