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

$7M stolen in hacking of CoinDash’s initial coin offering

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A startup attempting to raise money through an initial coin offering has been hacked, and about $7 million worth of Ethereum tokens invested by customers has been stolen in the process. CoinDash, a company that was aiming to build a “blockchain asset …

Leap Motion raises $50M to advance its VR/AR hand tracking technology

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hoping to jumpstart commercial and enterprise use of its hand tracking technology, high-profile startup Leap Motion Inc. has raised $50 million in a later-stage round. Founded in 2010, Leap Motion is developing hand tracking for use in virtual and augmented reality worlds, allowing …

Google will push users to abandon SMS two-step verification to avoid security risks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. is pushing users to switch from messaging-based two-step login verification to a phone-based service instead as a way to bypass the security risks of Simple Messaging Service authentication services. Beginning this week, Google will invite users of its existing so-called SMS 2-SV …

Report: Amazon is working on a new messaging app called Anytime

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. wants a slice of the consumer messaging market, at least according to a report published late last week. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant apparently is developing an app that would take on services provided by Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. …

Google wins ruling on employee data request in wage discrimination investigation

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. got a win Friday in its ongoing dispute with the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs over data on pay gaps between men and women at the company. A judge ruled that a data request by the office …

Australia wants to force tech companies to crack encrypted messages

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Australian government is preparing to introduce legislation that would attempt to force tech companies to crack encrypted messages sent by suspected terrorists, traffickers and child sex offenders. Proposed at a press conference Friday by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (pictured, right, with President Donald Trump), …

Tricky ticker: Pacemaker data ruled admissible in criminal trial

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Since their invention in 1958, pacemakers have saved many lives, but in 2017 its benefits are more complicated. Not only do the devices face the risk of being hacked, their data can also be used in criminal trials. An Ohio judge this …

AlphaBay shutdown mystery solved: Alleged co-owner commits suicide after arrest

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The mystery behind the disappearance of darknet marketplace AlphaBay may have been solved, though not happily. Reports claim that the service, which allowed the sale of drugs, hacking tools and other illegal items, was shut down following a global law enforcement operation that …

New hacking tool that targets websites uses an easy smartphone interface

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new hacking tool operated via a smartphone to hijack websites is being praised on forums on a shady part of the Internet for its ease of use and ongoing support. It’s called the “Katyusha Scanner,” after the Russian rocket launcher of the …

Swiss private bank achieves world first in offering bitcoin trading services

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

As the price and interest in bitcoin continues to rise, it was only a matter of time until mainstream financial institutions wanted a slice of the action. That’s exactly what has happened in Switzerland as a private bank is now offering bitcoin …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

$7M stolen in hacking of CoinDash’s initial coin offering

Leap Motion raises $50M to advance its VR/AR hand tracking technology

Google will push users to abandon SMS two-step verification to avoid security risks

Report: Amazon is working on a new messaging app called Anytime

Google wins ruling on employee data request in wage discrimination investigation

Australia wants to force tech companies to crack encrypted messages

Tricky ticker: Pacemaker data ruled admissible in criminal trial

AlphaBay shutdown mystery solved: Alleged co-owner commits suicide after arrest

Swiss private bank achieves world first in offering bitcoin trading services

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