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

Hip to be crypto: Square books profit from bitcoin trading business

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

It turns out that supporting bitcoin is a profitable endeavor after all, at least for some companies: Payments startup Square Inc. booked $36.5 million in additional revenue thanks to its support for the cryptocurrency in its second quarter. The number comes from …

Transportation management startup rideOS raises $25M from Siemens’ Next47

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cloud transportation management and mapping platform startup rideOS Inc. has raised $25 million in new funding to expand its services to global transportation markets. The Series B round was led by Next47, the venture capital arm of German industrial manufacturing conglomerate Siemens …

Sonos shares jump 33% on high-volume initial public offering

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Smart speaker and audio tech products maker Sonos Inc. hit the Nasdaq running Thursday morning as its stock jumped 33 percent from its initial public offering list price of $15 per share. The 16-year-old Santa Barbara, California-based company came into its IPO …

Three’s not so charming: Fashion Nexus, UnityPoint and Yale reveal data breaches

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Three’s no charm today for customers using sites developed by U.K. web developer Fashion Nexus Ltd., patients at UnityPoint Health and students at Yale University — all affected by data breaches. Starting with Fashion Nexus, which operates sites such as Elle Belle …

Justice Department indicts FIN7 hacking group members, jails AlphaBay employee

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Justice has been busy with its war on hacking. Today it released details about three Ukrainian men who are alleged to be behind the notorious Fin7 credit card hacking gang. Also, a judge sentenced a key member of …

Reddit hack reveals limitations of two-factor authentication security

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A hacker has managed to steal historical account data from Reddit Inc. by intercepting SMS text messages, used by employees for two-factor authentication, to gain access to some backend systems. The hack, revealed today, took place between June 14 and 18. It …

Google planning to return to China with censorship-compliant search and news apps

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Google LLC is set to return to mainland China eight years after leaving, as leaked internal documents today show it’s building a version of its Android search app that will comply with the Middle Kingdom’s censorship regime. The documents, provided by an unnamed …

Vietnamese cryptomining CEO flees with $35M in investor money

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The chief executive of a Vietnamese cryptocurrency mining startup that managed to raise $35 million from investors is reported to have disappeared with all of the funds raised. Le Minh Tam, the founder and CEO of Sky Mining disappeared on July 26, according …

Homeland Security announces a ‘cyber hub’ to protect critical assets from hacking

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tuesday said it plans to create a new risk management center dubbed a “cyber hub” that’s intended to protect critical infrastructure from crippling cyberattacks. The National Risk Management Center is tasked with bolstering coordination between the …

Huawei overtakes Apple to become the No. 2 global smartphone provider

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. may still be delivering in terms of record financial results, but its glory days of global smartphone market share are well behind it. Two reports Tuesday showed China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. surpassing Apple as the world’s second-largest smartphone provider …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Hip to be crypto: Square books profit from bitcoin trading business

Transportation management startup rideOS raises $25M from Siemens’ Next47

Sonos shares jump 33% on high-volume initial public offering

Three’s not so charming: Fashion Nexus, UnityPoint and Yale reveal data breaches

Justice Department indicts FIN7 hacking group members, jails AlphaBay employee

Reddit hack reveals limitations of two-factor authentication security

Google planning to return to China with censorship-compliant search and news apps

Vietnamese cryptomining CEO flees with $35M in investor money

Homeland Security announces a ‘cyber hub’ to protect critical assets from hacking

Huawei overtakes Apple to become the No. 2 global smartphone provider

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