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

In a big drop in valuation, MongoDB prices IPO at $18-20 per share

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc. is moving forward with its initial public offering, but the company set a price range that values it significantly below the level of its last venture capital round. According to its newly updated filing, MongoDB will …

Nuco raises $22M for its Aion interoperable blockchain platform

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Enterprise blockchain company Nuco Inc. has raised $22 million in an initial coin offering for its interoperable blockchain platform Aion. Described as a third-generation blockchain network, Aion is a multitier blockchain system designed to address unsolved questions of scalability, privacy and interoperability in …

Waymo launches a public education campaign to sell the benefits of self-driving cars

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Waymo Inc. is fighting back against negative public sentiment about self-driving cars with a new “public education” campaign that is intended to sell the benefits. The company, formerly known as Google LLC’s self-driving car project, has teamed with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the …

User data from hacks of Kickstarter and Bitly in 2014 is now available online

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

User data stolen from crowdfunding site Kickstarter and link shortening service Bitly Inc. has been indexed online three years after both sites were hacked. The new data, seemingly gathered from the dark web, a shady part of the internet accessible through special software, …

Australian police ran a child porn site for nearly a year to catch pedophiles

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Raising new questions about how far law enforcement should go to catch criminals, police in Queensland, Australia, ran a child pornography site on the dark web for nearly a year as a “honey trap” to capture child pornographers and those who view …

Alphabet and Tesla offer services for Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Alphabet Inc. and Tesla Inc. are both planning to provide support services to assist the people of Puerto Rico in their recovery post-Hurricane Maria. Alphabet, the parent company of Google LLC, has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy a fleet …

GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza fined $9.8M for role in scam bitcoin mining operation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In the final chapter of a long-running prosecution, Homero Joshua (Josh) Garza, the chief executive officer of fraudulent bitcoin mining operation GAW Miners, has been fined $9.18 million plus prejudgment interest of $742,774 for his role in the scam. The judgment, handed down …

Smart home devices aren’t child’s play: Mattel cancels Aristotle baby monitor

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Toy maker Mattel Inc. has canceled plans to release Aristotle, an all-in-one voice-controlled smart baby monitor come smart home hub, thanks to privacy concerns. The device, first previewed in January, included a camera and hub that in addition to being a baby monitor …

Apple issues update to patch password vulnerabilities in High Sierra operating software

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has issued a security update for macOS High Sierra that patches a severe vulnerability identified in September that allows unsigned apps to capture plain-text passwords from the Mac keychain. The High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update actually fixes two security issues, …

Russian hackers alleged to have stolen NSA data via Kaspersky antivirus software

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hackers acting on behalf of the Russian government are alleged to have stolen sensitive data, including exploits, from a contractor working for the National Security Agency, according to a report published Thursday. The Wall Street Journal claimed that the hack took place in …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

In a big drop in valuation, MongoDB prices IPO at $18-20 per share

Nuco raises $22M for its Aion interoperable blockchain platform

Waymo launches a public education campaign to sell the benefits of self-driving cars

User data from hacks of Kickstarter and Bitly in 2014 is now available online

Australian police ran a child porn site for nearly a year to catch pedophiles

Alphabet and Tesla offer services for Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort

GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza fined $9.8M for role in scam bitcoin mining operation

Smart home devices aren’t child’s play: Mattel cancels Aristotle baby monitor

Apple issues update to patch password vulnerabilities in High Sierra operating software

Russian hackers alleged to have stolen NSA data via Kaspersky antivirus software

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