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

US intelligence officials point finger at Russia over Olympic hacking

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

U.S. intelligence officials are now pointing the finger at Russia for the successful hacking attacks on the Winter Olympics. The claim comes via a Washington Post report referencing anonymous intelligence officials. They said that not only was the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate …

With new Galaxy S9 models, Samsung focuses on the camera to take on Apple

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

When Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. launched its latest flash Galaxy S9 mobile phones at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona today, it had one product dead-center in its sights: Apple Inc.’s iPhone X. As expected, Samsung released two new smartphones, the 5.8-inch …

Ending February’s bull run, bitcoin drops $2,000

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin’s bull run has come to an end. Sellers drove the price of the cryptocurrency down over $2,000 in trading Thursday. Bitcoin broke $11,000 Feb. 19 as part of an upswing that started after it bottomed out at $6,363.97 on Feb. 5. It hit a peak of $11,711.03 …

AI customer service bot startup Agent IQ raises $6.3M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence-driven customer service bot startup Agent IQ Inc. has raised $6.3 million to hire more people and scale up its platform. The Series A round was led by Sierra Ventures and included CRCM Ventures and Rubicon Ventures. As part of the deal, Tim Guleri …

With plans for internet everywhere, SpaceX launches first Starlink satellites

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Elon Musk’s internet-in-space project took to the stars today, as SpaceX Corp. launched two experimental satellites that will form the base of the company’s Starlink broadband service. The two satellites, named Tintin A and Tintin B, were deployed from a SpaceX Falcon 9 …

Tezos purges president in effort to put $233M blockchain ICO back on track

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Troubled blockchain startup Tezos, which raised $233 million in an initial coin offering in July, may be partially back on track after Tezos Foundation President Johann Gevers “voluntarily stepped down” from his position. The drama at Tezos emerged in October when the founders of the …

Research finds that counterfeit security certificates are now being custom-created

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

One of the fundamentals of internet security, secure certificates, is under attack. Researchers at threat intelligence firm Recorded Future Inc. said today that they’ve found criminal groups selling both code signing certificates and domain name registrations with accompanying SSL certificates. The research notes that …

Bitcoin stock exchange founder arrested on charges including fraud

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A founder of a defunct bitcoin stock exchange has been arrested after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against him Wednesday. Jon E. Montroll, the operator of a bitcoin stock exchange called BitFunder that operated between 2012 and 2013, is …

Intel releases new software patch to address one Spectre vulnerability

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Intel Corp. has released a new software patch to address one of the Spectre vulnerabilities that have plagued the synonymous chip maker since they were revealed in early January. The patch, described technically as a “microcode update,” is being offered to original equipment manufacturers …

McAfee: Cybercrime now costs the global economy $600B

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new report from McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies claims that cybercrime now costs the global economy $600 billion, up considerably from $445 billion in 2014. The “Economic Impact of Cybercrime – No Slowing Down” report, released today, attributed …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

US intelligence officials point finger at Russia over Olympic hacking

With new Galaxy S9 models, Samsung focuses on the camera to take on Apple

Ending February’s bull run, bitcoin drops $2,000

AI customer service bot startup Agent IQ raises $6.3M

With plans for internet everywhere, SpaceX launches first Starlink satellites

Tezos purges president in effort to put $233M blockchain ICO back on track

Research finds that counterfeit security certificates are now being custom-created

Bitcoin stock exchange founder arrested on charges including fraud

Intel releases new software patch to address one Spectre vulnerability

McAfee: Cybercrime now costs the global economy $600B

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