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

Resolver acquires RiskVision to expand its enterprise risk management offerings

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Enterprise risk management firm Resolver Inc. has acquired Sunnyvale, California-based risk intelligence solutions startup RiskVision Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2005, RiskVision offers an enterprise intelligence platform designed for a “real-time, big data, threat-centric world.” The platform is claimed to deliver …

Research finds that kids’ smartwatches can be easily hacked

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Smartwatches designed for kids that are often pitched to parents as safety devices are highly vulnerable to hacking. That’s according to research published Wednesday by the Norwegian Consumer Council in conjunction with security firm Mnemonic AS. They found serious security and privacy …

IPO frenzy? MongoDB shares soar 34% in today’s initial public offering

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a possible sign of strength for technology initial public offerings, New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc.’s shares jumped 34 percent in their first day of trading today to close at $32.07 a share. The company set its IPO price Wednesday evening at …

Google withdraws use of cupcake emoji as critics call it body-shaming. Really.

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a story that really should be filed in “things you can’t make up,” Google LLC has caved to pressure and withdrawn the use of an cupcake emoji after people complained that it was “triggering” them into eating the pastries and “fat …

Tech legend Regina Dugan quits Facebook for mysterious new endeavor

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency head Dr. Regina Dugan has mysteriously resigned from her role as the head of Facebook Inc.’s hardware lab “Building 8” after only 18 months to focus on “building and leading a new endeavor.” Dugan, who along …

Look out, New York City: GM will test self-driving cars in Manhattan next year

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Self-driving cars are coming to New York City as General Motors Corp. announced that it will be the first company to deploy the nascent technology on the streets of Manhattan starting next year. GM will be testing a fleet of Level 4 …

Microsoft’s bug tracker was hacked in 2013 but it didn’t tell anyone about it

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

You can say lots of things about hackers — scum of the earth, trash, evil and several other words that modesty prevents being typed, but you can’t accuse them of not being creative. It turns out they broke into Microsoft Corp.’s bug …

Digital Asset raises $40M for its blockchain-based financial platform

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Two-year-old startup Digital Asset Holdings LLC Monday said it has raised $40 million toward building blockchain platforms for financial institutions. The company aims to improve efficiency, security, compliance and settlement speed within financial systems. Its tailored business logic applications use privately permissioned networks that employ a cryptographically secure …

The KRACK Wi-Fi security vulnerability: Here’s what you need to know

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

As news of the severe KRACK vulnerability in the technology underpinning the security of Wi-Fi networks continues to make global headlines, more about its implications and what can be done to protect against it are coming to light. First, it’s important to know that this …

JP Morgan Chase announces new blockchain-based platform for cross-border transactions

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

JP Morgan Chase & Co. today followed in the footsteps of IBM Corp. in announcing a new Ethereum blockchain-based payments platform designed to facilitate cross-border financial transactions by banks. Called the Interbank Information Network, the network aims to “enhance the client experience” by …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Resolver acquires RiskVision to expand its enterprise risk management offerings

Research finds that kids’ smartwatches can be easily hacked

IPO frenzy? MongoDB shares soar 34% in today’s initial public offering

Google withdraws use of cupcake emoji as critics call it body-shaming. Really.

Tech legend Regina Dugan quits Facebook for mysterious new endeavor

Look out, New York City: GM will test self-driving cars in Manhattan next year

Microsoft’s bug tracker was hacked in 2013 but it didn’t tell anyone about it

Digital Asset raises $40M for its blockchain-based financial platform

The KRACK Wi-Fi security vulnerability: Here’s what you need to know

JP Morgan Chase announces new blockchain-based platform for cross-border transactions

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