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

New scandal for the new CEO: Justice is investigating Uber for alleged bribery

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Fresh from getting into trouble over an ice cream giveaway, Uber Technologies Inc. has added to its nearly uninterrupted run of bad news with a new scandal that allegedly involves bribing foreign officials. It may be easy to make fun of the seemingly never–ending …

Artificial intelligence data startup Appier raises $33M from Softbank and others

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence data startup Appier Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $33 million in a Series C round that was funded by SoftBank Group, Line Corp., Naver Corp., EDBI of Singapore and AMTD Group of Hong Kong. Founded in 2012, Appier employs artificial intelligence to …

Defray ransomware targets education and healthcare

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered form of ransomware called Defray has been discovered that targets healthcare and education. Discovered by the security firm Proofpoint Inc., the ransomware uses a Microsoft Word document containing an embedded executable that causes a victim’s personal computer to be …

Trend Micro announces Deep Security support for VMware Cloud on AWS

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Trend Micro Inc. is adding its backing to VMware Inc.’s announcement of general availability for VMware Cloud on AWS by announcing that its Deep Security service will support the newly available platform. The service, previously available to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services customers, provides …

Cybersecurity super team takes down Android malware botnet

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A joint investigation by a number of high-profile companies has managed to bring down a botnet that was being used to run distributed denial of service attacks from infected Android devices. The botnet first raised its head Aug. 17 when it was …

Mark Cuban backs company developing a blockchain-based messaging platform

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Billionaire tech investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is backing a company developing an Ethereum blockchain-based platform that claims to be the future of online communications. Called the “Mercury Protocol,” the blockchain platform uses distributed record-keeping and a token system that supposedly …

Crowdfunded earbud startup Kanoa shuts down without delivering a product

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Kanoa Inc., a San Francisco-based company that promised to sell wireless earbuds that competed with Apple Inc.’s AirPods, has shut down without filling customer orders despite having raised approximately $150,000 in a crowdfunding campaign. The company, which went public with its campaign in …

Artificially intelligent drones will start patrolling for sharks in Australia

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Drones using artificial intelligence will be deployed off beaches in New South Wales, Australia, to detect sharks and warn swimmers. The new drones will patrol beaches and use artificial intelligence to detect sharks in the water. It’s not the first time drones have been …

Can new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi fix the company’s culture?

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Five weeks after Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned from the company following ongoing sexual harassment scandals, Expedia Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi has been named the ride-hailing giant’s new CEO, according to reports published Sunday. Recode, citing unnamed sources, noted that Khosrowshahi (pictured) was …

Animals are lesser than humans in proposed German self-driving car ethics law

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Animals are lesser beings than humans. That’s the biggest takeaway from a newly proposed law in Germany that defines ethical standards with self-driving cars. The new law, proposed by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, attempts to define how …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

New scandal for the new CEO: Justice is investigating Uber for alleged bribery

Artificial intelligence data startup Appier raises $33M from Softbank and others

Defray ransomware targets education and healthcare

Trend Micro announces Deep Security support for VMware Cloud on AWS

Cybersecurity super team takes down Android malware botnet

Mark Cuban backs company developing a blockchain-based messaging platform

Crowdfunded earbud startup Kanoa shuts down without delivering a product

Artificially intelligent drones will start patrolling for sharks in Australia

Can new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi fix the company’s culture?

Animals are lesser than humans in proposed German self-driving car ethics law

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