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

Report: Tesla is in talks to launch a music streaming service

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

When most people think of Elon Musk (pictured), they might think electric cars, spaceships, trains that run in tubes, solar panels and even telepathy. But in an unexpected twist, you can now add Spotify AB competitor to that list with news Thursday …

Malware based on NSA exploit hijacks computers to mine for cryptocurrency

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new form of malware based on exploits developed by the National Security Agency that was exposed in April is running wild, but with a twist: It hijacks computers to use their processing power to mine for a cryptocurrency called Monero. The …

Divine intervention: Red light and speeding cameras in Australia infected by ransomware

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Proving that there may be such a thing as divine intervention, speeding and red light cameras in the Australian state of Victoria have been infected in a ransomware attack. Some 55 government revenue-raising devices were infected across metro-Melbourne and the state, but …

Mozilla’s private Firefox Focus browser is now available on Android

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Mozilla Foundation’s private Firefox Focus browser has made its way to Android after initially being made first available for iOS users in November. The Android browser, like its Apple cousin, comes with an ad-blocker included and turned on by default, but …

WannyCry ransomware takes Honda car manufacturing plant offline

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

WannaCry, the ransomware that made global headlines in May, is back. Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. Ltd. was forced to shut down a manufacturing plant briefly after the systems running the plant were infected. Honda’s Sayama plant on the outskirts of Tokyo, which manufactures …

Textio, a company that uses machine learning to write job ads, raises $20M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Textio Inc., a Seattle-based startup that uses machine learning to provide “augmented writing” for companies advertising for new staff, has raised $20 million in a new funding round. The Series B round was led by Scale Venture Partners and included previous investors Emergence …

Adobe buys virtual reality software plugin SkyBox

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Adobe Systems Inc. said Wednesday it has acquired SkyBox, a software plugin that connects Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets to various Adobe products. As part of the deal, Chris Bobotis, co-founder of SkyBox creator Mettle Inc., is joining Adobe as …

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns following shareholder revolt

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned late Tuesday as chief executive officer of the ride-hailing giant following a shareholder revolt over his troubled tenure. First reported by The New York Times and not confirmed officially by Uber as of midnight PDT Tuesday, …

Microsoft admits disabling outside antivirus software as antitrust case looms

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a surprising twist to a possible forthcoming antitrust trial, Microsoft Corp. has admitted that it does disable some third-party antivirus software, but only because of compatibility issues. The admission comes following a complaint Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab filed with the European Commission and …

Skype suffers serious outage after possible denial-of-service attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.-owned messaging service Skype suffered a serious outage Tuesday that affected users across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia. The cause of the outage has not been officially revealed. Skype said only that it was aware “of an incident …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Report: Tesla is in talks to launch a music streaming service

Malware based on NSA exploit hijacks computers to mine for cryptocurrency

Divine intervention: Red light and speeding cameras in Australia infected by ransomware

Mozilla’s private Firefox Focus browser is now available on Android

WannyCry ransomware takes Honda car manufacturing plant offline

Textio, a company that uses machine learning to write job ads, raises $20M

Adobe buys virtual reality software plugin SkyBox

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns following shareholder revolt

Microsoft admits disabling outside antivirus software as antitrust case looms

Skype suffers serious outage after possible denial-of-service attack

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