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

iZettle raises $36M to develop next-generation fintech solutions

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Swedish mobile payments startup iZettle AB has raised $36 million in debt financing from the European Investment Bank in a new push to develop next-generation fintech solutions to complement its existing mobile payments platform. Founded in 2010, iZettle offers small businesses portable point-of-sale solutions …

Google set to reveal Home Mini smart speaker next month

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC is planning to step up to the plate in its battle with Amazon.com Inc. for the smart home speaker market with a new, smaller version of Google Home set to be revealed at a company event scheduled for Oct. 4. Rather unimaginatively named …

To the dismay of some, W3C approves digital rights management for Web browsers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Much to the dismay of some, the World Wide Web Consortium has approved a digital rights management standard for Hypertext Markup Language 5, the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications. The new standard, described as “Encrypted Media Extensions,” …

Bitcoin price bounces after Chinese bitcoin ban fears abate

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin surged past $4,000 in trading Monday following a market slump driven by a decision by China to ban bitcoin exchanges, as well as negative comments about the cryptocurrency from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon. The ban …

Department of Justice launches criminal probe into stock trading by Equifax executives

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In another blow for hacked consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into $1.8 million in stock sales made by three Equifax executives in the days prior to the public disclosure of its hack. …

Report: Amazon is looking to acquire cable television channels

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. is looking to acquire cable television channels to expand its Prime video service, according to a new report. Sources quoted by NBC claimed that the e-commerce giant has started talks to buy scores of small television channels in an attempt to …

The Pirate Bay caught hijacking computing power for cryptocurrency mining

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Infamous entertainment media piracy site The Pirate Bay has been caught inserting the code for cryptocurrency mining software into its pages which without warning taps the computing power of visitors. The miner, provided by a company called Coin Hive, uses Javascript on …

Terabytes of data stolen in hack of online music video site Vevo

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Vevo, the online music video service owned by the big record companies with support from Google LLC, has been hacked, with the data stolen finding its way online — at least briefly. The Ourmine hacking group took responsibility for the hack and …

‘They took our jerbs’: New ‘South Park’ episode lampoons rise of smart home devices

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Spoilers ahead: In a return to form after a dismal 20th season, the television show ‘South Park’ returned to screens Wednesday with an episode that parodied home renovation shows, racism and, most importantly, the rise of smart home devices. The episode, titled …

FTC launches probe into Equifax hack as expert predicts doom for the firm

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the hack of consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. as an expert has predicted that the company itself may not survive the fallout. The investigation was confirmed by the agency in what …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

iZettle raises $36M to develop next-generation fintech solutions

Google set to reveal Home Mini smart speaker next month

To the dismay of some, W3C approves digital rights management for Web browsers

Bitcoin price bounces after Chinese bitcoin ban fears abate

Department of Justice launches criminal probe into stock trading by Equifax executives

Report: Amazon is looking to acquire cable television channels

The Pirate Bay caught hijacking computing power for cryptocurrency mining

Terabytes of data stolen in hack of online music video site Vevo

‘They took our jerbs’: New ‘South Park’ episode lampoons rise of smart home devices

FTC launches probe into Equifax hack as expert predicts doom for the firm

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