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

Supreme Court rules patent trolls can no longer ‘shop’ for favorable venues

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The United States Supreme Court has just dealt a big blow to “patent trolls” that buy up patents to license them or sue companies for infringing on them. The high court ruled on Monday that cases related to patents can only be …

DJI announces it will cripple its popular drones unless users register them

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a controversial move, Chinese drone maker DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations Science and Technology Co. Ltd.) has announced that customers who purchase their drones will be required to register the drone online with them otherwise the drones will not work as advertised. Coming …

Pittsburgh joins the list of people and places that don’t like Uber

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Pittsburgh can now be added to the list of people and places that don’t like ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. as multiple reports Monday claimed the city and the people who reside there are not very happy with the company’s local presence. According …

Qualcomm steps into the footwear market with Internet of Shoes patent

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a surprising step, as it were, wireless and semiconductor maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has filed for a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for what it describes as the “Internet of Shoes.” The patent describes a “connected shoe apparatus, comprising: a …

Bitcoin heads to the moon as price surges past $2,000 for the first time

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin traders where screaming, “To the moon!” over the weekend as the price of the popular cryptocurrency surged through $2,000 for the first time, up nearly 50 percent from its price of $1,400 reached only three weeks ago. The price rise was …

Free to fly: Court strikes down FAA rules for noncommercial drone registration

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Noncommercial drone operators will no longer have to register with the Federal Aviation Administration after a court ruled on Friday that its imposition of registration in December 2015 was in breach of existing laws. The case, brought by model aircraft enthusiast John …

Indian digital payments startup Paytm raises a massive $1.4B from Softbank

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Indian digital payments startup Paytm has raised a massive $1.4 billion round funded exclusively by Japanese giant Softbank Group Corp. The deal includes Softbank purchasing $400 million in shares from SAIF Partners, an early investor in the company, along with shares from company founder Vijay …

17 million emails and passwords stolen from food delivery service Zomato

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Food delivery and restaurant booking service Zomato Media Pvt Ltd. is the latest company to be hacked as the company disclosed early Thursday that the details of 17 million users worldwide have been compromised. The company said in a blog post that hackers had …

Uber wants a slice of the trucking market with new freight shipping service

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has expanded its business with the launch Thursday of a new service that really is “Uber for Trucks,” unlike a couple of others that claimed the nickname. Called Uber Freight, the new service connects those wishing to have something shipped with a truck …

It’s time for Daydream believing as Google announces new standalone VR headsets

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. wants a bigger slice of the burgeoning virtual reality market. To that end, the search giant announced at its I/O Conference Wednesday that it is working on standalone VR headsets with HTC Corp. and Lenovo Group Ltd. The headsets, to be based …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Supreme Court rules patent trolls can no longer ‘shop’ for favorable venues

DJI announces it will cripple its popular drones unless users register them

Pittsburgh joins the list of people and places that don’t like Uber

Qualcomm steps into the footwear market with Internet of Shoes patent

Bitcoin heads to the moon as price surges past $2,000 for the first time

Free to fly: Court strikes down FAA rules for noncommercial drone registration

Indian digital payments startup Paytm raises a massive $1.4B from Softbank

17 million emails and passwords stolen from food delivery service Zomato

Uber wants a slice of the trucking market with new freight shipping service

It’s time for Daydream believing as Google announces new standalone VR headsets

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