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

Google Home gets support for making phone calls – and jokes

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

“What is a sea monster’s favorite snack? Ships and dip.” That’s one of the jokes Google Inc. claims Google Home users will have at their beck and call as the company added jokes and phone calls to their smart home device Wednesday. …

Shipping giant Maesrk says NotPetya attack cost it up to $300M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The damage costs of the infamous NotPetya malware attack that crippled computer systems worldwide in June may never be fully known, but one victim of the attack has reported how much it cost it — and the number is staggering. In its interim second-quarter …

Google acquires artificial intelligence and selfie app startup AIMatter

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. today confirmed it has acquired AIMatter OOO, a Belarus startup that makes Fabby, an app that uses artificial intelligence to provide photo editing of selfie photos. Not a huge amount is known about the company. It seemingly has only a Facebook …

Qualcomm announces next-generation Spectra camera technology

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Tuesday announced new Spectra camera technology that delivers advanced image signal processors and improved depth-sensing capabilities in camera phones. The capability could put Android phones on par by next year relative to features such as facial recognition and iris scanning for identification …

Bitcoin rocketing to space – no, really – with the launch of Blockstream Satellite

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin traders are fond of referring to the cryptocurrency as going “to the moon” when its price jumps. Now, a new service from blockchain firm Blockstream Inc. will actually take bitcoin partway to the celestial body, via a satellite. Called Blockstream Satellite, …

Amazon Web Services takes the fight to Microsoft Azure with Macie cloud security service

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. is taking the good fight on personal information security to competitors with a new security service that provides personal data monitoring to enterprise users in the cloud. Called “Macie” and based on technology Amazon acquired with the purchase of Harvest.ai Inc. in …

Famed security researcher pleads not guilty to involvement with Kronos malware

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who was arrested earlier this month on allegations that he was involved in the creation and distribution of Kronos malware, Monday pleaded not guilty at his first formal court hearing. Known online as “MalwareTech,” 23-year-old British national Hutchins, …

Russian hackers use NSA exploits to target high-profile hotel guests

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Russian hacking group believed to be involved in hacking attempts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now alleged to be using National Security Agency exploits to target “high-profile” hotel guests in Europe and the Middle East. Security experts say the group, …

Soundcloud saved from bankruptcy by new $169.5M investment

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Embattled cloud audio distribution service Soundcloud Ltd. has gotten a reprieve from bankruptcy by managing to raise $169.5 million from Raine Group and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek. As part of the Series F round, Chief Executive Officer Alex Ljung is being replaced …

Bitcoin surges through $4,000 as tensions over North Korea rise

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin surged through $4,000 for the first time over the weekend thanks to increased demand stemming from tensions on the Korean peninsula. Bitcoin hit $4,224.80 in trading early Sunday morning as demand surged from Japan, along with South Korea …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Google Home gets support for making phone calls – and jokes

Shipping giant Maesrk says NotPetya attack cost it up to $300M

Google acquires artificial intelligence and selfie app startup AIMatter

Qualcomm announces next-generation Spectra camera technology

Bitcoin rocketing to space – no, really – with the launch of Blockstream Satellite

Amazon Web Services takes the fight to Microsoft Azure with Macie cloud security service

Famed security researcher pleads not guilty to involvement with Kronos malware

Russian hackers use NSA exploits to target high-profile hotel guests

Bitcoin surges through $4,000 as tensions over North Korea rise

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