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

Audi and Disney team up for in-car virtual reality experiences

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Car maker Audi AG has spun off its virtual reality division into a new company that has partnered with The Walt Disney Co. to provide in-car VR experiences. Called Holoride GmbH, the company is offering an immersive VR experience synced to the …

Following attack, Coinbase and Kraken suspend Ethereum Classic trading

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Coinbase Inc. and Kraken have suspended trading of the Ethereum Classic after a “51 percent” attack caused dual transactions to appear on the cryptocurrency’s blockchain. A 51 percent attack is an attack by a group of miners controlling more than 50 percent …

HTC debuts two new virtual reality headsets at CES

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Despite waning interest and declining sales, HTC Corp. is pushing ahead with its virtual reality products, debuting two new headsets at this week’s annual CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Leading the list was the Vive Cosmo, a new consumer-friendly headset …

Report: 2018 was the biggest year for venture capital funding since 2000

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

2018 saw the highest level of venture capital funding since 2000, the last year of the dot-com bubble, according to the latest PwC/CB Insights MoneyTree Report released early Monday. For the year, $207 billion was invested in 14,247 deals across the global, a …

Kraken cryptocurrency exchange says more disclosure requests are a burden

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

San Francisco-based Bitcoin exchange Kraken today released statistics showing that it’s increasingly burdened by disclosure requests, particularly from U.S. law enforcement and regulators. For 2018, Kraken, formally known as Payward Inc., said it had received 475 law enforcement inquiries from global government agencies, with 315 …

iSurrender: Apple partners with rival Samsung to bring iTunes to smart TVs

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In a surprise move, Apple Inc. has partnered with rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to have the South Korean electronics giant offer support for iTunes on its smart televisions. Marking the first time support for the Apple ecosystem has been offered outside of …

Blur password manager exposes 2.4M users on misconfigured AWS cloud instance

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Abine Inc., the company behind the Blue password manager and DeleteMe privacy-protection service, has admitted that it accidentally exposed data relating to 2.4 million users on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. instance. The company made the announcement on Dec. 31, making it …

Former NSA contractor offers to plead guilty to data theft

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has offered to plead guilty to one charge of stealing a classified document in an apparent attempt to have multiple other charges dropped. Harold T. Martin III was arrested in August 2016 and was found in …

One year on, Vuzix finally starts taking preorders for its Blade smart glasses

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Vuzix Corp. has started taking preorders for a pair of smart glasses it first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2018. Called the Vuzix Blade, the glasses are the company’s first entry into the consumer smart glasses market. They’re also …

BitTorrent announces cryptocurrency that can be used to speed up downloads

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

BitTorrent Inc. is gaining support for cryptocurrencies as the firm today announced a new token that can be used to speed up downloads. Called the BitTorrent Token, the token runs on the TRON protocol. That’s a blockchain platform designed by the TRON Foundation …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Audi and Disney team up for in-car virtual reality experiences

Following attack, Coinbase and Kraken suspend Ethereum Classic trading

HTC debuts two new virtual reality headsets at CES

Report: 2018 was the biggest year for venture capital funding since 2000

Kraken cryptocurrency exchange says more disclosure requests are a burden

iSurrender: Apple partners with rival Samsung to bring iTunes to smart TVs

Blur password manager exposes 2.4M users on misconfigured AWS cloud instance

Former NSA contractor offers to plead guilty to data theft

One year on, Vuzix finally starts taking preorders for its Blade smart glasses

BitTorrent announces cryptocurrency that can be used to speed up downloads

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