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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

Japan officially licenses 11 bitcoin exchanges

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has officially licensed 11 bitcoin exchanges as part of the government’s move to bring cryptocurrency trading under supervision following its decision to legalize bitcoin as a legal payment method in April. According to reports, the licensed bitcoin exchanges will have …

FAA bans drones near national landmarks

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Drone operators can no longer fly their unmanned aerial vehicles near certain national landmarks under a new ban implemented by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The new restrictions, which take effect Oct. 5, ban drone flights within 400 feet of national monuments, including …

China blamed for Equifax consumer data theft

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hackers linked to the Chinese government are being blamed for the theft of data from consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. but strangely not for the initial hack, according to a newly published report. Bloomberg, quoting insider sources, claimed the initial hack …

SEC lays charges against operator of dubious initial coin offerings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally taken its first serious action against dubious initial coin offerings by charging an operator behind two startups promoting coins linked to diamonds and real estate. Maksim Zaslavskiy, whose location remains unclear, but according to his …

South Korea is the latest country to ban initial coin offerings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

South Korea’s financial regulator announced Friday that it would ban all initial coin offerings effective immediately. Even further, all virtual currency trading will be more tightly controlled and monitored by the government. According to local reports Friday, the decision was made after a meeting of …

Cryptomining malware now targeting older Windows servers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Fresh from reports that nearly 1,000 websites were found using JavaScript injections to hijack the computers of visitors as a means to mine for cryptocurrency, new research has uncovered malware targeting older Windows servers for exactly the same purpose. The Monero-mining malware is believed …

Whole Foods point-of-sale terminals hacked, credit card data stolen

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Just over a month since being acquired by Amazon.com Inc., Whole Foods Market disclosed Thursday that some of its point-of-sale terminals had been hacked, resulting in the theft of customer data, including credit details. How many Whole Foods outlets were affected by the hack was not …

IKEA acquires TaskRabbit to help customers assemble furniture

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Flat-pack furniture retailer IKEA Group has acquired TaskRabbit Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that provides an on-demand hiring platform often used to hire people to put together IKEA furniture. Founded in 2008, TaskRabbit offers an app from which users can hire what they …

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