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

Facebook bans ads for bitcoin and initial coin offerings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hoping to protect its users from scammers, social networking giant Facebook Inc. has banned all advertising related to cryptocurrencies, including anything to do with bitcoin and initial coin offerings. Facebook Product Management Director Rob Leathern said in a blog post that “misleading …

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC acquired by Hong Kong investment fund

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC Technology Ltd. has been acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong-based blockchain investment fund. The move will allow the company to expand into international markets following mainland China’s crackdown on all things cryptocurrency. Founded in 2011, BTCC was China’s oldest bitcoin …

ICO for Prodeum, a blockchain for vegetables, turns out to be rotten

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

An initial coin offering pitching an Ethereum blockchain-based token for the fruit and vegetable tracking has shut down in what appears to be another ICO scam. Called Prodeum, the company claimed that it wanted to build a new price look-up code system that would …

UK to fine essential-services companies that fail cybersecurity tests up to $24M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.K. government has announced punitive measures against essential-services companies that fail to secure their networks, including fines of up to £17 million ($24 million). The measures, announced as part of the U.K.’s implementation of the European Union network and information systems directive, …

Microsoft issues emergency Windows update to disable Spectre vulnerability patch

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of issuing an emergency Windows update to disable a previous patch issued to tackle one of the two Spectre vulnerabilities in Intel Corp. chips. The patch, known as KB4078130, for all versions of Windows from version …

Armed robbers hold up UK cryptocurrency trader in latest bitcoin heist

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Four armed robbers have held up a man and his family in the United Kingdom to steal his bitcoin holding, the second armed robbery involving bitcoin in the last week. The robbers targeted Danny Aston, reportedly a cryptocurrency trader, in the Oxfordshire village of Moulsford. …

Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange promises to refund customers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Coincheck Inc., a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked on Friday, resulting in the loss of around $400 million in NEM tokens, has promised to refund all of its affected customers. The response to what could be the largest cryptocurrency hack in …

Secret Service warns US ATMs are being targeted by ‘jackpotting’ hack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A form of automatic teller machine hacking previously seen in Europe, Asia and Mexico has made its way to the United States, prompting the Secret Service to warn financial institutions to be on the lookout. The Secret Service memo, obtained and described Saturday …

Strava app’s fitness tracking data could harm U.S. military operational security

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A fitness tracking app popular with members of the military could be a security risk from tracking data released by the company that highlights bases, including clandestine bases in the Middle East. The app, called Strava, was launched in 2011 and uses GPS data …

As Davos talks cryptobubbles, Robinhood announces no-fee cryptocurrency trading

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The debate over the future of cryptocurrencies continued Thursday with a group meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, decrying a bubble. Yet at the same time, millennial-focused stock market app Robinhood announced that it would add no-free trading support for …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Facebook bans ads for bitcoin and initial coin offerings

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC acquired by Hong Kong investment fund

ICO for Prodeum, a blockchain for vegetables, turns out to be rotten

UK to fine essential-services companies that fail cybersecurity tests up to $24M

Microsoft issues emergency Windows update to disable Spectre vulnerability patch

Armed robbers hold up UK cryptocurrency trader in latest bitcoin heist

Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange promises to refund customers

Secret Service warns US ATMs are being targeted by ‘jackpotting’ hack

Strava app’s fitness tracking data could harm U.S. military operational security

As Davos talks cryptobubbles, Robinhood announces no-fee cryptocurrency trading

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