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

Toilets at dawn: Unicode Consortium argues over frowning poo emoji

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Weeks after a farce that saw Google LLC stop using a cupcake emoji thanks to accusations by social justice warriors that its use constituted fat shaming, a new drama has emerged at the body that certifies emojis over a proposal to implement …

Waymo signs self-driving car service and maintenance deal with AutoNation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Waymo Inc. Thursday said it signed a deal with AutoNation Inc., the United States’ largest automotive dealer network, to provide support services for its self-driving car fleet. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but AutoNation’s 360 nationwide dealerships will provide maintenance and …

Tesla posts massive loss as Model 3 manufacturing stumbles

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Electric vehicle and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. is not doing so well. The company Wednesday reported a massive loss in the third quarter and disclosed production problems with its electric vehicles. By the numbers, Tesla reported a loss of $671 million in the …

New form of ransomware used to hide previous hacking campaign

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new form of ransomware detected in Japan is allegedly being used to cover up a previous hacking campaign, in a new twist on what would otherwise be just another ransomware attack story. Dubbed “ONI,” the ransomware is targeting Japanese companies for …

Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs shuts down after burning through $51M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs Inc. is history, closing its doors after running out of money when its product failed to sell. Founded in 2013, the San Francisco-based company designed an “augmented reality” pair of earbuds called Here One that included a …

Chicago Mercantile Exchange to start offering bitcoin futures trading

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

CME Group Inc., the operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, announced Tuesday that it intends to launch bitcoin futures trading by the end of the year. Pending regulatory approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the move would be a U.S. first. It would see …

Most consumers don’t trust ‘internet of things’ security

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Despite previous claims that many consumers aren’t aware of the risks presented by “internet of things” devices, a new survey has found the opposite, with 90 percent of consumers saying they don’t trust the security offered by now near omnipresent devices. The …

After raising $20M, CorpInfo switches to exclusively providing AWS services

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Information technology services company CorpInfo Inc. has raised $20 million in new funding and announced a strategic shift that includes a name change and new focus on Amazon Web Services consulting and managed services. The company has adopted the name of Onica Inc., …

Survey finds that enterprise professionals fear cyberattacks in hybrid cloud environments

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Many enterprise security and network professionals deeply fear cyberattacks and breaches in their hybrid cloud environments, according to a new survey out today. Undertaken by security management firm AlgoSec Inc., they survey found that while 32 percent of those polled plan to increase their …

Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz raises additional $8M from Samsung and SoftBank

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. has raised an additional $8 million in funding as an extension of its Series B round first announced in September. The additional funding for the round comes from Samsung Catalyst, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. early stage venture capital …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Toilets at dawn: Unicode Consortium argues over frowning poo emoji

Waymo signs self-driving car service and maintenance deal with AutoNation

Tesla posts massive loss as Model 3 manufacturing stumbles

New form of ransomware used to hide previous hacking campaign

Smart earbud startup Doppler Labs shuts down after burning through $51M

Chicago Mercantile Exchange to start offering bitcoin futures trading

Most consumers don’t trust ‘internet of things’ security

Survey finds that enterprise professionals fear cyberattacks in hybrid cloud environments

Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz raises additional $8M from Samsung and SoftBank

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