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

What should be done to prevent more credit data hacks like Equifax’s

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In the wake of the hacking last week of U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., security experts bemoaning are calling for big changes, including big penalties for the data brokers that hold so much information critical to everyone’s financial life. “For far …

China bans bitcoin exchanges as initial coin offering crackdown continues

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Expanding its recent crackdown on initial coin offerings, the Chinese central government has now decreed a ban on bitcoin exchanges. In an unexpected move, the Central Bank of China ruled that all companies dealing in cryptocurrencies, not only bitcoin, will no longer be legal. …

New law would introduce capital gains tax exemption for bitcoin purchases

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday would introduce a capital gains tax exemption for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency users who use their coins and tokens for small purchases. The Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act Of 2017, introduced to the house …

Indiegogo cracks down on crowdfunding campaigns with new disclosure rules

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Crowdfunding services operator Indiegogo Inc. is cracking down on companies seeking to raise funds with a new set of rules that are meant to provide improved product disclosure to investors. At the top of the list is a rule change that will now require …

143M consumer records stolen in massive Equifax hack: Here’s what it means

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. has been hacked, resulting in the theft of personal information of 143 million American consumers. Details of how the hack took place are not entirely clear at this stage. The company described the access, revealed Thursday, as …

Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz raises $65M in round led by Magna and Delphi

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. has raised $65 million to move its self-driving car technology into mass production. The Series B round was led by Delphi Automotive and Magna International Inc. and included existing investors Zohar Zisapel, Vertex Venture Capital, Magma Venture Partners, …

Military contractor exposes top-secret information in Amazon’s cloud

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Top-secret data on military personnel and contractors has been exposed online in another case of a company misconfiguring Amazon Web Service Inc. cloud storage service. The latest AWS bungle comes from a private military contractor from North Carolina called TigerSwan. It involves resumes and …

Security flaw in Apache Struts exposes web servers to hacking

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A critical security flaw in Apache Struts2, the open-source software framework installed on web servers to host applications written in the Java programming language, exposes web services to hacking, according to newly published research. The flaw, discovered by security firm lgtm.com, allows hackers to run code …

HPE snaps up Cloud Technology Partners to expand its consulting business

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Aiming to extend further into cloud computing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today said it has acquired Boston, Massachusetts-based cloud solutions provider Cloud Technology Partners Inc. Founded in 2010, CTP assists companies in planning, designing and building cloud solutions for applications and infrastructures that …

Now, Elon Musk is predicting artificial intelligence will start World War III

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Despite fears that missile and nuclear tests by North Korea may spark a new world war, Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk is once again warning that a new global conflict will be caused not by Kim Jong-un but instead by artificial …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

What should be done to prevent more credit data hacks like Equifax’s

China bans bitcoin exchanges as initial coin offering crackdown continues

New law would introduce capital gains tax exemption for bitcoin purchases

Indiegogo cracks down on crowdfunding campaigns with new disclosure rules

143M consumer records stolen in massive Equifax hack: Here’s what it means

Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz raises $65M in round led by Magna and Delphi

Military contractor exposes top-secret information in Amazon’s cloud

Security flaw in Apache Struts exposes web servers to hacking

Now, Elon Musk is predicting artificial intelligence will start World War III

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