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

Alphabet’s Loon signs first commercial contract to take to the sky over Kenya

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Less than two weeks after being spun off as a standalone business, Alphabet Inc.’s internet balloon company Loon LLC has landed its first paying customer: African mobile provider Telkom Kenya. Under the deal Loon, formerly a part Alphabet’s and before that Google …

Congressional committees get mixed messages on cryptocurrency regulation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Two separate Congressional committees Wednesday got mixed messages on cryptocurrencies, hearing the full gamut of opinions ranging from banning them to embracing them with reasonable regulation. First up in the morning was a hearing of the House Committee on Agriculture on “Cryptocurrencies: …

Robocall company exposes voter records via misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Everybody hates robocalls. Now there’s a new reason to hate them, after one leading company exposed voter information online via an unprotected Amazon.com Inc. cloud storage instance. The latest entry in the cloud misconfiguration hall of shame comes via Kromtech Security’s Bob …

Report: Samsung to launch smart speaker in August, foldable phone next year

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

New reports are emerging about upcoming consumer devices from Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. ahead of the expected release of the Galaxy Note 9 in August. In addition to the new Note, the phone giant said to be preparing to launch a smart …

Justice Department seeks expedited appeal on AT&T Time Warner acquisition

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to expedite its appeal against the court ruling that approved AT&T Inc.’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc. as the opportunity to unscramble the merger becomes harder with each passing day. In a filing …

Andreessen Horowitz-backed TrustToken seeks $61M for its TrueUSD ‘stablecoin’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Asset-linked cryptocurrency startup TrustToken Inc. today announced a new $61 million token sale backed by Andreessen Horowitz for its TrueUSD token as it seeks to replace Tether as the “stablecoin” of choice on cryptocurrency exchanges. Founded in 2017, the company is creating a …

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin raises $21M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $21 million in new funding to continue development of its Security Instrumentation Platform, increase hiring across all functional areas and expand its global sales reach. The Series B round was led by …

Kentucky man pleads guilty to creating and selling the LuminosityLink virus

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to three charges relating to his development and sale of LuminosityLink, a remote access trojan virus that allowed hackers to gain access to personal computers for a variety of nefarious purposes. According to an indictment, 21-year-old …

BMW takes on Uber and Lyft with luxury ride-hailing service in Seattle

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

German auto manufacturer BMW AG is the new surprise entry to the ride-hailing market as the company launched a luxury car service in Seattle today that competes directly with Uber Black and Lyft Lux. The service, bundled as part of BMW’s ReachNow …

Slack acquires Missions app for users to automate simple routines without code

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Less than a week after Microsoft Corp. announced a free version of its Teams service, Slack Technologies Inc. today said it has acquired an app that allows its users to build tools to automate simple routines without code. The move is an …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Alphabet’s Loon signs first commercial contract to take to the sky over Kenya

Congressional committees get mixed messages on cryptocurrency regulation

Robocall company exposes voter records via misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

Report: Samsung to launch smart speaker in August, foldable phone next year

Justice Department seeks expedited appeal on AT&T Time Warner acquisition

Andreessen Horowitz-backed TrustToken seeks $61M for its TrueUSD ‘stablecoin’

Cybersecurity monitoring startup Verodin raises $21M

Kentucky man pleads guilty to creating and selling the LuminosityLink virus

BMW takes on Uber and Lyft with luxury ride-hailing service in Seattle

Slack acquires Missions app for users to automate simple routines without code

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