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

Bitcoin Cash price surges as speculators look to invest in alternative cryptocurrencies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin spinoff Bitcoin Cash saw a massive surge in investment over the weekend as its price hit a high as $2,461.91 at one point, briefly surpassing Ethereum as the world’s second-most popular cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Bitcoin Cash or BCH for short, …

Uber finally signs $10B investment agreement with Japan’s SoftBank

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

After weeks of back-and-forth dealmaking, Uber Technologies Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp. have come to an agreement that will see the Japanese telecommunications giant invest $10 billion in the embattled ride-hailing company. The investment will include $1 billion in new shares and …

Baidu launches new operating system dedicated to conversational AI

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. today officially launched a new operating system dedicated to advancing conversational artificial intelligence capabilities, as the company aims to take on similar efforts from competitors such as Google LLC. Called the “Duer OS Prometheus Project,” the operating system is …

Wikileaks release reveals CIA impersonated Kaspersky Lab while hacking people

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Central Intelligence Agency created and used code that pretended to be from Kaspersky Lab while hacking people, a big twist on what has been an ongoing saga of allegations of Kaspersky colluding with the Russian government, according to the latest release by …

Apple promises fix for iPhone X becoming unresponsive in cold weather

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is promising to fix a problem with its recently released iPhone X after reports emerged that that phone doesn’t work in cold temperatures. Dubbed “Coldgate” by Apple fanboy sites, the problem was first reported on Reddit by a user who …

Shares in Chinese search engine Sogou rise only 4% after NYSE debut

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Shares in Chinese search engine provider Sogou Inc. didn’t pop on their debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday after the company managed to raise $540 million in its initial public offering. Sogou is a spinoff from Sohu.com Inc., the Chinese internet …

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection comes to iOS, macOS, Android and Linux

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a surprising move, users across multiple platforms will soon have access to the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service after Microsoft Corp. announced new partnerships to deliver the service to other operating systems. Microsoft is teaming up with Bitdefender s.r.o, Lookout Inc. and Ziften …

Bitcoin price drops after proposed fork gets canned for lack of support

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin dropped in trading Wednesday after a plan for a proposed fork in the cryptocurrency that would have seen investors credited with an additional bitcoin-related cyptocurrency were dropped thanks to a lack of support. Called SegWit2x, the proposed fork would …

China’s Tencent takes 12% stake in Snap – will it go all the way?

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Shares in Snap Inc. bounced somewhat in trading Wednesday after a quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission filing disclosed that Chinese investment giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. had acquired a 12 percent stake in the company. Tencent, which is best known as the owner of Chinese …

Report: Apple’s AR headset progressing toward a 2020 release

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc.’s long-rumored desire to bring an augmented reality headset to market seems to be progressing, as a new report said today that the headset now has a name, an operating system and a planned release date. Bloomberg claimed that the Apple augmented …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin Cash price surges as speculators look to invest in alternative cryptocurrencies

Uber finally signs $10B investment agreement with Japan’s SoftBank

Baidu launches new operating system dedicated to conversational AI

Wikileaks release reveals CIA impersonated Kaspersky Lab while hacking people

Apple promises fix for iPhone X becoming unresponsive in cold weather

Shares in Chinese search engine Sogou rise only 4% after NYSE debut

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection comes to iOS, macOS, Android and Linux

Bitcoin price drops after proposed fork gets canned for lack of support

China’s Tencent takes 12% stake in Snap – will it go all the way?

Report: Apple’s AR headset progressing toward a 2020 release

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