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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

Co-working firm WeWork raises a staggering $4.4B from Softbank

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Co-working space provider WeWork Inc. has raised a staggering $4.4 billion in a venture capital round raised from Japanese telco giant the SoftBank Group and its venture capital subsidiary, the SoftBank Vision Fund. The round is split a couple of different ways. Some $3 billion of …

Study finds big companies are not protecting against phishing attacks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A study of top companies in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia has found a majority have not yet implemented basic protections designed to protect against phishing attacks. More specifically, they haven’t embraced Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, or DMARC, which can …

Network operations monitoring startup Forward Networks raises $16M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Network operations monitoring startup Forward Networks Inc. has raised $16 million in a Series B round led by DFJ, along with investment from Andreessen Horowitz and A.Capital Ventures. Founded in 2013, the company offers a platform that provides network visibility, policy verification and change modeling. …

Despite ongoing drama, Uber books record revenue and riders

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Despite a seemingly never–ending stream of negative publicity, Uber Technologies Inc. continues to speed down the ride-hailing road in both revenue and number of riders. For the second quarter ended June 30, Uber reported that the number of riders rose 17 percent over …

Threat detection startup Versive raises $12.7M in new round

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Threat protection startup Versive Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $12.7 million in a new funding round from a number of undisclosed investors. Founded in 2012, Versive offers a platform called the “Versive Security Engine” that utilizes artificial intelligence and human expertise to deliver …

AccuWeather app caught sharing data even when users opt out

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Weather forecasting company AccuWeather Inc. has allegedly been caught spying on users. A report published Tuesday detailed how its iPhone app sends data back to the company and an advertising partner even when users don’t give it permission. First spotted by security researcher Will Strafach, …

USS John S. McCain accident raises concerns about GPS spoofing

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

An accident involving a Liberian-registered ship and the USS John S. McCain has resulted in speculation that the Global Positioning System guiding the guided-missile destroyer may have been spoofed. The accident, the fourth involving a ship from the U.S. Seventh Fleet this year, occurred …

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