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

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese smartphone makers have continued their climb toward traditional market leaders Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with three separate reports showing that the gap between the top five phone makers continues to narrow. The first set of figures comes from …

HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A hack of Home Box Office Inc. first reported earlier this week is now believed to be significantly larger than first thought and could include potentially damaging internal company correspondence, according to reports published Wednesday. The hack of HBO was first revealed …

Next Windows 10 release will offer support for futuristic eye tracking

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In something out of a Philip K. Dick-inspired movie, Microsoft Corp. is adding eye tracking to the next release of its Windows 10 operating system. Designed in conjunction with Swedish startup Tobii AB, the new eye tracking feature allows people with disabilities …

New Senate bill proposes security standards for IoT devices

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A newly introduced Senate bill would impose minimum standards on Internet-of-Things device makers if they want to sell them for government business. The new bill, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, is being supported across party lines and would introduce certain …

Bitcoin price holds as alternative cryptocurrency makes its debut

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin settled in late trading Monday after the launch of Bitcoin Cash, an alternative to bitcoin supported by a small number of bitcoin traders and miners as an alternative to the new Segwit2x bitcoin implementation. Bitcoin Cash went live when …

Be afraid: Automated car washes can be hacked and turned into killing machines

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Automated car washes, of all things, can now be added to the list of things that can potentially kill you. It turns out that car washes can be hacked for nefarious purposes, according to research presented by WhiteScope LLC information technology security researchers …

Bitcoin is splitting into two currencies this week – sort of

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Despite near-universal support for an upgrade to the blockchain powering bitcoin, allowing the cryptocurrency to operate more efficiently, several recalcitrant bitcoin coders and miners have decided to “fork” bitcoin into a new currency. Called “Bitcoin Cash,” or BCC in an abbreviated version, …

Internet crackdown: China and Russia are banning virtual private networks

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

China and Russia are banning virtual private networks as both countries attempt to further control and monitor what its citizens view and access online. In the Middle Kingdom, Apple Inc. is complying with central governments decision to outright ban the use of …

Besides developing nuclear weapons, North Korea is also mining bitcoin

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In news that can only be described as out of left field, the hermit kingdom of North Korea has apparently joined the digital age and has started mining bitcoin in a serious way. The new comes via a report this week from threat …

Russian airline taps into Ethereum blockchain to sell tickets

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A Russian airline has achieved a world’s first by using the Ethereum blockchain to sell tickets. S7 Airlines, in conjunction with Russia’s Alfa-Bank, has implemented the Ethereum blockchain to simplify payments and to speed up payment settlement times between airlines and agents. The customized platform automatically …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

Next Windows 10 release will offer support for futuristic eye tracking

New Senate bill proposes security standards for IoT devices

Bitcoin price holds as alternative cryptocurrency makes its debut

Be afraid: Automated car washes can be hacked and turned into killing machines

Bitcoin is splitting into two currencies this week – sort of

Internet crackdown: China and Russia are banning virtual private networks

Besides developing nuclear weapons, North Korea is also mining bitcoin

Russian airline taps into Ethereum blockchain to sell tickets

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