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

Fintech firm raises $9M in initial coin offering to help firms run their own ICOs

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Japanese financial technology company Tech Bureau Corp. has raised $9 million in an initial coin offering for COMSA, a new service that will specialize in assisting other companies undertake ICOs. The new service’s fundraising and cross-chaining platform utilizes the NEM blockchain protocol, a custom-designed blockchain …

Socure raises $13.9M to expand its online identity verification platform

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Online identity verification startup Socure Inc. has raised $13.9 million to expand its digital identity system. Founded in 2012, Socure offers an online identity verification platform that uses predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. The company tracks online and offline data, including email, phone, …

Tesla is in talks to get testing licenses for its self-driving electric semi-trucks

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Tesla Inc.’s ambition to start testing a fleet of self-driving electric semi-trucks is getting in gear. The company has discussed obtaining testing licenses in two states, according to a report published Wednesday. Reuters claims that Tesla is discussing potential road tests with the Nevada …

Updated WWII-era technology being developed to combat ship hacking

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Fears over hacking have driven the South Korean government to develop an alternative to satellite tracking for shipping that’s based on updated World War II-era technology. The new navigation system uses technology known as eLoran that uses radio signals as navigation points as an …

Disney sued over allegations that it illegally spies on children through apps

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The house the mouse built is facing a small spot of bother with news that a California woman has lodged a class action lawsuit claiming that The Walt Disney Co., Disney Electronic Content Inc. and partners are illegally spying on children through their range …

HBO hacker dumps more files and demands ransom payment

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The person behind the high-profile hacking of Home Box Office Inc. has made a new data dump while at the same time demanding the cable network pay a ransom to prevent further disclosure. Going by the name of “Mr. Smith,” the hacker …

GM-owned Cruise hits the streets of San Francisco with self-driving taxi test

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Cruise Automation Inc., the self-driving car startup General Motors Co. acquired for “north of $1 billion” in 2016, has hit the streets of San Francisco with a beta test of a self-driving taxi service. The new service, called “Cruise Anywhere,” is initially …

Federal court rules against patent troll that claimed to invent podcasting

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed an earlier decision that invalidates a claim by a company that essentially would have given it control of podcasting, including the right to claim a fee from every person who creates a …

Fired for claiming women are less suited to tech jobs, engineer fires back at Google

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Updated Wednesday A Google Inc. software engineer who wrote a controversial polemic on the how women are not suited to technology jobs, among other things, has been fired for breaching company diversity policy. James Damore, a Harvard University graduate who according to …

Hotspot Shield VPN software accused of spying on users and injecting ads

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Popular virtual private network provider Hotspot Shield has been accused of spying on its users and injecting its own advertising into web pages, according to a newly filed Federal Trade Commission complaint. The accusations come from the Center for Democracy & Technology, which …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Fintech firm raises $9M in initial coin offering to help firms run their own ICOs

Socure raises $13.9M to expand its online identity verification platform

Tesla is in talks to get testing licenses for its self-driving electric semi-trucks

Updated WWII-era technology being developed to combat ship hacking

Disney sued over allegations that it illegally spies on children through apps

HBO hacker dumps more files and demands ransom payment

GM-owned Cruise hits the streets of San Francisco with self-driving taxi test

Federal court rules against patent troll that claimed to invent podcasting

Fired for claiming women are less suited to tech jobs, engineer fires back at Google

Hotspot Shield VPN software accused of spying on users and injecting ads

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