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

Cloud data management firm Veeam exposes 200GB of data on AWS instance

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cloud data management company Veeam Software Inc. is the latest of many companies to expose customer data via a misconfigured cloud instance, with 200 gigabytes of data relating to more than 440 million customer records found online. Detailed by security researcher Bob Diachenko, …

British Airways hack linked to the same group that hit Ticketmaster

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The hack of U.K. carrier British Airways last week that affected 380,000 customers has been linked to a notorious hacking gang that was also behind the hack of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., according to a new report. The claim Tuesday came from security firm RiskIQ …

Leading crypto companies establish Blockchain Association to lobby lawmakers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Several leading bitcoin and blockchain companies have gotten together to take their message to Washington D.C. in a newly created lobby group called the Blockchain Association. The new group comes as cryptocurrencies are in a swoon, with prices down overall about 80 …

Judge rules securities law covers fraudulent initial coin offerings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A federal court judge in New York today ruled that fraudulent initial coin offerings are covered by securities law, the first ruling of its kind and one that opens the door to mass prosecutions of scam ICOs. The ruling, from District Judge …

5G data networks start to get real as AT&T and Verizon announce rollout plans

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The next generation of mobile data networks is coming to the U.S. as both AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. today announced plans to launch services later this year. Earlier in the year, AT&T had announced plans to bring 5G to a …

NewSQL database startup PingCAP raises $50M to expand its ecosystem

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

PingCAP Inc., the company behind the cloud-native NewSQL database TiDB, today said it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand the TiDB ecosystem globally, build cross-cloud product offerings and further develop its core technology. The Series C round was led by FOSUN and …

Report: Citigroup is working on a new way to invest in cryptocurrencies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

After a string of bad news around financial products and institutional support for cryptocurrencies, there’s finally some good news: a new financial product reportedly being designed by Citigroup Inc. that allows people to invest in cryptocurrencies without owning them. According to Business …

Fintech blockchain startup Chain acquired by Lightyear for $500M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cryptographic ledger systems startup Chain Inc. has been acquired by Lightyear Corp., the commercial arm of the Stellar Development Foundation, the organization behind the Lumens cryptocurrency. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed, Forbes claimed Monday that it was the equivalent of $500 …

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 aims to take Android watches to the next level

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Qualcomm Inc. wants a larger slice of the wearables market with a new chip designed to take Android watches to the next level. The Snapdragon Wear 3100, a successor to the 2100 model released in February 2016, brings to market a new …

New York gives approval to two new U.S. dollar-linked stablecoins

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The New York Department of Financial Services has approved two new stablecoins as the market to become the blockchain-based transfer token of choice heats up. Leading the announcements was the Gemini Dollar from the Gemini Trust Co. LLC digital asset exchange founded …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

British Airways hack linked to the same group that hit Ticketmaster

Leading crypto companies establish Blockchain Association to lobby lawmakers

Judge rules securities law covers fraudulent initial coin offerings

5G data networks start to get real as AT&T and Verizon announce rollout plans

NewSQL database startup PingCAP raises $50M to expand its ecosystem

Report: Citigroup is working on a new way to invest in cryptocurrencies

Fintech blockchain startup Chain acquired by Lightyear for $500M

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 aims to take Android watches to the next level

New York gives approval to two new U.S. dollar-linked stablecoins

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