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

SiriusXM enters agreement to acquire Pandora Media for $3.5B

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

SiriusXM Holdings Inc. today announced a deal to acquire internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. for $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal. The offer may not be final. CNBC reported that the acquisition agreement includes a “go-shop” clause that allows Pandora to solicit and potentially …

Apple’s MacOS Mojave released but with a major security vulnerability

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today released macOS 10.14 Mojave to the general public, but in a bad sign for the company, it has a major security vulnerability. Mojave was announced in June 4 with a beta release being made available later that month. Finder and …

Now used by 329,000 organizations, Microsoft Teams gets a raft of new features

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today released a number of new features for its Teams workplace collaboration service as it continues to grow in popularity against rival Slack Technologies Inc. The announcement started with an update on Teams growth numbers. Microsoft Teams is claimed to be …

Apple reportedly censors shows for its unlaunched streaming service to avoid upsetting people

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc.’s on-again, off-again plans to launch a paid streaming video service to compete with Netflix Inc. is apparently on again but with a twist: It’s already censoring content before launching to avoid upsetting people. First reported Saturday by The Wall Street Journal, …

Twitter bug exposed private messages to outside developers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has patched a vulnerability in one of its application programming interfaces that gave third parties access to direct messages and protected tweets. The so-called bug was discovered in Twitter’s Account Activity API, where it was introduced in May 2017. It …

Updated: Prominent ‘stablecoin’ PAX has a backdoor that allows tokens to be seized

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Updated with Paxos comment: Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies tied to tangible assets such as fiat currency, have been gaining more attention recently after two were recently given regulatory approval. Now the security of one is being questioned after a security “backdoor” opening was discovered …

$59.5M stolen in hack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif is the latest to be hacked, reporting that 6.7 billion yen ($59.5 million) in crypto had been stolen from its service, including 5,966 bitcoins. The hack occurred on Sept. 14 over a two-hour period but was not detected until …

Report: Uber in talks to acquire rival food delivery service Deliveroo

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. is in talks to acquire Roofoods Ltd., the U.K.-based food delivery startup better known by its trading name of Deliveroo. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the plans, claimed the talks between the two companies are only in an early stage …

Adobe acquires marketing automation software firm Marketo for $4.75B

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Adobe Systems Inc. today said it has acquired San Francisco-based marketing automation software firm Marketo Inc. for $4.75 billion, a week after rumors emerged the companies were in talks about a potential deal. Founded in 2006, Marketo offers a cloud-based marketing automation software solution …

Government payment provider exposes 14M customer records online

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Government Payment Service Inc., a company that offers a service called GovPayNow used by U.S. state and local governments, exposed 14 million records online. Discovered by security researcher Brian Krebs and revealed Tuesday, the breach included names, addresses, phone numbers and the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

SiriusXM enters agreement to acquire Pandora Media for $3.5B

Apple’s MacOS Mojave released but with a major security vulnerability

Now used by 329,000 organizations, Microsoft Teams gets a raft of new features

Apple reportedly censors shows for its unlaunched streaming service to avoid upsetting people

Twitter bug exposed private messages to outside developers

Updated: Prominent ‘stablecoin’ PAX has a backdoor that allows tokens to be seized

$59.5M stolen in hack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif

Report: Uber in talks to acquire rival food delivery service Deliveroo

Government payment provider exposes 14M customer records online

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