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

Twitter advises its 336M users to change passwords following encryption failure

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. is advising all of its 336 million users to change their passwords after the microblogging service uncovered a “hashing” bug that potentially exposed all user passwords,. There’s no evidence so far of either hacking or malicious actors stealing the data. …

IPOs keep on coming: Shares of cybersecurity firm Carbon Black jump 26%

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The growing wave of tech initial public offerings will be joined at the ringing of the bell Friday morning on the Nasdaq exchange by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. On Friday, the company’s shares shot up 30 percent from their offering price …

Notorious Russian hacking group targets LoJack anti-computer theft program

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Notorious Russian hacking group Fancy Bear is believed to be behind an attack that hijacks a function within Absolute Software Corp.’s LoJack security tool to redirect data to malicious command-and-control servers. Discovered by researchers Netscout’s Arbor Networks, the attack targets installations of LoJack, …

Goldman Sachs to launch bitcoin trading desk

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to become the first major merchant bank to embrace cryptocurrencies, announcing Wednesday that it’s planning to launch a bitcoin trading desk. First reported by The New York Times, the desk will involve the bank using its …

Google working on a social gaming startup called Arcade

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. is working on a social gaming startup looking to debut its first game as early as summer, according to a report from Bloomberg. Called simply “Arcade,” the startup is being headed by 21-year-old boy-genius Michael Sayman, best known for joining Facebook at …

Telegram cancels plan for public ICO after raising $1.7B in presales

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Encrypted-messaging startup Telegram Messenger LLC has canceled its public initial coin offering after having raised $1.7 billion from some 200 private investors, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The Telegram ICO, first reported in January, saw the company raise an initial $850 million …

Google launches .app domain names with security baked in by default

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has entered the domain name market in a big way, launching the .app extension three years after acquiring the rights to do so. It’s pitched as the first top-level domain name to come with security built in, since every .app …

Snap numbers decline as the millennial love affair nears its end

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Despite delivering a surprisingly strong fourth quarter, Snapchat app maker Snap Inc. failed to make it two in a row in the first quarter of 2018, reporting mostly declining numbers across the board. In the only positive on its spreadsheet, Snap booked $230 million …

Apple books solid financials thanks to iPhone X sales in China

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today announced a solid first quarter of the year on strong iPhone X sales in China, despite various reports that the company may be set to cease production of the model later this year. For the quarter ending March 31, …

Japan pushes exchanges to drop support for cryptocurrencies favored by cybercriminals

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In what could be a workable idea to stifle online crime, Japan is reported to be pressuring local exchanges to drop support for cryptocurrencies favored by cybercriminals. Forbes reported that Japan’s Financial Services Agency is “quietly pressuring” exchanges to give up support for Monero, Zcash, Dash …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Twitter advises its 336M users to change passwords following encryption failure

IPOs keep on coming: Shares of cybersecurity firm Carbon Black jump 26%

Notorious Russian hacking group targets LoJack anti-computer theft program

Goldman Sachs to launch bitcoin trading desk

Telegram cancels plan for public ICO after raising $1.7B in presales

Google launches .app domain names with security baked in by default

Snap numbers decline as the millennial love affair nears its end

Apple books solid financials thanks to iPhone X sales in China

Japan pushes exchanges to drop support for cryptocurrencies favored by cybercriminals

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