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

Bank statements show Tether did hold adequate US dollar reserves

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Controversial stablecoin Tether may be partially in the clear after bank statements obtained by Bloomberg and published today show that the company did hold adequate U.S. dollar reserves against its value for a critical period in 2017 and early 2018. Tether, which is …

Uber given green light to resume testing of self-driving vehicles in Pennsylvania

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Self-driving vehicles from Uber Technologies Inc. have been given permission to return to Pennsylvania roads nine months after one of the company’s cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The accident, in March, which was found to be due to an issue with …

Former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski returns with new self-driving truck startup

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Former Uber Technologies Inc. chief engineer Anthony Levandowski is back in the autonomous vehicle market with a new startup that is building technology for self-driving trucks. Called Pronto.ai, the company has designed a camera-based advanced driver assist system called Co-Pilot aimed at the …

In a crypto ‘Santa Claus rally,’ bitcoin price surges

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has hit its highest price since Dec. 7 in what some are suggesting is a “Santa Claus rally” in the lead up to Christmas. The hope for a seasonal bounce for bitcoin was proposed by some in late November but instead, …

Wall Street Journal, printers hacked in latest fan effort to promote YouTuber PewDiePie

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

More printers have been targeted and the Wall Street Journal hacked in the latest attempt by supporters to gain more followers for YouTuber star PewDiePie in his battle against Bollywood music channel T-Series. The first round of printer attacks occurred early this month, …

Audit finds serious problems with cybersecurity at ballistic missile installations

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A report from April that was published for the first time by the U.S. Department of Defense last week has found that cybersecurity at ballistic missile installations varied from lax to outright bad. The report, first detailed by ZDNet today, said the DoD Inspector …

Twitter fixes vulnerability that exposed country code details of targeted users

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has fixed a strange vulnerability on a support forum that allowed hackers to obtain the country code of accounts, which had an associated phone number as well as information on whether the account was locked. The vulnerability was discovered by …

Vine and HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll found dead at 34

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Vine co-founder and HQ Trivia Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Colin Kroll has been found dead of a suspected drug overdose at the age of 34. According to TMZ, Kroll was found dead surrounded by “drug paraphernalia.” Drugs found at the scene included …

Spam emails threaten to explode bomb unless bitcoin is paid

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A spam campaign with a difference is causing widespread alarm across the western world with a threat to detonate a bomb if the recipient doesn’t make a bitcoin payment. The campaign involves a number of messages in English with a common theme: …

New version of infamous Shamoon malware targets oil and gas industry

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new version of Shamoon, a form of malware that infamously caused damage to Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s largest oil producer in 2012, has been used in new attacks in the Middle East. The new Shamoon attack was reported Thursday to have been …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bank statements show Tether did hold adequate US dollar reserves

Uber given green light to resume testing of self-driving vehicles in Pennsylvania

Former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski returns with new self-driving truck startup

In a crypto ‘Santa Claus rally,’ bitcoin price surges

Wall Street Journal, printers hacked in latest fan effort to promote YouTuber PewDiePie

Audit finds serious problems with cybersecurity at ballistic missile installations

Twitter fixes vulnerability that exposed country code details of targeted users

Vine and HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll found dead at 34

Spam emails threaten to explode bomb unless bitcoin is paid

New version of infamous Shamoon malware targets oil and gas industry

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