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

Petya is being sold as a ransomware as a service offering on the darknet

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Petya, the malware that is a creating headlines as it infects computers worldwide, is being offered as a ransomware as a service product. The software, also known as Petrwrap and Diskcoder.C, even comes complete with an affiliate program on the darknet, the hidden …

MIT has designed an autonomous flying car drone

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Flying cars may still be primarily the realm of science fiction despite decades of promises. But autonomous flying car drones may soon be taking to the skies thanks to a new prototype developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The unnamed self-driving/flying drone …

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube form new group to tackle terrorism

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube have come together to form a new partnership that aims to tackle terrorism. Called the “Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism,” the group will not be sending drones into the Middle East …

Look who’s trying to drive the autonomous-car business now: Hertz and Avis

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Avis Budget Group and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. want a slice of the self-driving car market. Each of the rental car companies signed separate deals with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and Apple Inc., respectively. The deal between Avis and Waymo will see the …

Apple acquires German firm that specializes in eye tracking systems

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has acquired SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, a German firm that develops computer vision technology and eye tracking systems for research and industry. The acquisition of SMI was first reported Monday by MacRumors and confirmed by a traditional “non-confirmation” from Apple received by Axios. Founded way back …

Idaho teen becomes bitcoin millionaire from $1,000 initial investment

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Everyone dreams of making it big with a small investment — even a teen from Idaho, who has done just that. Eighteen-year-old Erik Finman (pictured) began investing in bitcoin in May 2011 at the age of 12 using a $1,000 gift from his grandmother. Back …

Critical flaw in Intel’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips can cause application and data issues

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A critical flaw has been discovered in Intel Corp.’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips that could result in application and data issues, according to a newly published report. The issue is said to be the result of a microcode bug in Intel’s …

Coinbase reimburses losses from Ethereum ‘flash crash’ that sent price plunging to 10 cents

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

People who lost money when the price of Ethereum dropped from about $320 to a mere 10 cents a token after a “flash crash” will be reimbursed by concurrency exchange Coinbase Inc., the company announced over the weekend. The flash crash would …

UK Parliament cyberattack targets email accounts

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A coordinated cyberattack that targeted the email accounts of politicians crippled Britain’s parliamentary network on Saturday. The attack, which is said to have resulted in the compromise of 90 email accounts on the network, resulted in officials deciding to disable remote access to the emails …

Blockchain (the company) raises $40M to spread its bitcoin wallet further

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin startup Blockchain Luxembourg S.A. has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Lakestar. Founded in 2011, Blockchain aims to reimagine global financial transactions using software that facilitates the use of bitcoin for its customers. Having passed 10 million bitcoin wallets …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Petya is being sold as a ransomware as a service offering on the darknet

MIT has designed an autonomous flying car drone

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube form new group to tackle terrorism

Look who’s trying to drive the autonomous-car business now: Hertz and Avis

Apple acquires German firm that specializes in eye tracking systems

Idaho teen becomes bitcoin millionaire from $1,000 initial investment

Critical flaw in Intel’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips can cause application and data issues

Coinbase reimburses losses from Ethereum ‘flash crash’ that sent price plunging to 10 cents

UK Parliament cyberattack targets email accounts

Blockchain (the company) raises $40M to spread its bitcoin wallet further

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