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 Microsoft service uses artificial intelligence for software security testing

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has launched a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to track down bugs in software. Previously known by the name of “Project Springfield,” the new tool introduced Friday uses a process called “fuzz testing.” It’s designed to find vulnerabilities in software …

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship will launch next year

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship is planned to be launched in 2018, as a company in Norway said Saturday that it has committed to build and deploy one. Two companies, Yara International ASA and Kongsberg Gruppen, have joined forces to build the “Yara …

‘White hat’ hackers claim they stole $85M in Ethereum tokens for safekeeping

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

There’s a strange new twist to the Parity Ethereum wallet hacking story Wednesday in which 150,000 ETH tokens ($31 million) was stolen from three companies that had recently raised funds through an initial coin offering. Now, so-called “white hat” hackers are claiming …

Pro tip: If you run an illegal marketplace, don’t link it to your personal Hotmail account

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The disappearance of darknet marketplace AlphaBay was first thought to be an exit scam, then was linked to the alleged suicide of one of its owners before credit was claimed by the Department of Justice. Whatever the reason for its demise, it turns out …

Graphcore raises $30M to develop its dedicated machine learning chips

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

British machine learning startup Graphcore Ltd. Thursday said it has raised $30 million to push its vision of making chips for machine learning. The Series B round was led by Atomico and included existing investors Amadeus Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, C4 Ventures, Dell Technologies …

Drone operators will be able to get instant approval to fly in restricted airspaces

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Federal Aviation Administration will allow drone operators to apply for and gain instant approval to operate in restricted airspaces as part of its development of new Air Traffic Control and registration guidelines for unmanned aerial vehicles. The proposed authorization method, which is …

Russian man sentenced to five years in prison over Citadel malware role

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A Russian man who was involved in the distribution and maintenance of the Citadel malware that ran rampant in 2013 has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mark Vartanyan (pictured), also known as “Kolypto,” was arrested by Norway in October 2014 and served …

$31M stolen in hack that targeted initial coin offering companies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Ethereum wallets linked to at least three companies that have raised funds through initial coin offerings have been hacked, with about 150,000 ETH tokens ($31 million) being stolen. The hack exploited a vulnerability in wallets provided by Parity Technologies Ltd. and used …

Apple launches a blog dedicated to sharing machine learning research

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Expanding on its efforts to engage with the academic and research communities, Apple Inc. has launched the “Apple Machine Learning Journal,” a blog dedicated to publishing scholarly research papers on the growing field of teaching computers to learn on their own. “Here, you …

Vulnerable systems could allow ships to be hacked at sea

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Nothing is sacred when it comes to potential targets for hackers. A newly identified security risk takes potential hacking quite literally out to sea in the form of ships. Detailed by a security researcher by the name of “x0rz” on Twitter, the configuration …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

New Microsoft service uses artificial intelligence for software security testing

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship will launch next year

‘White hat’ hackers claim they stole $85M in Ethereum tokens for safekeeping

Pro tip: If you run an illegal marketplace, don’t link it to your personal Hotmail account

Graphcore raises $30M to develop its dedicated machine learning chips

Drone operators will be able to get instant approval to fly in restricted airspaces

Russian man sentenced to five years in prison over Citadel malware role

$31M stolen in hack that targeted initial coin offering companies

Apple launches a blog dedicated to sharing machine learning research

Vulnerable systems could allow ships to be hacked at sea

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