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

Australian banks and IBM use blockchain technology to process bank guarantees

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Two of Australia’s leading banks have teamed with IBM Corp. to prove blockchain technology can process bank guarantees on commercial property leasing. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and Westpac Banking Corp. used IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric platform to replace the traditional …

CryptoMove signs deal with feds to secure data on drones and data centers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Data protection startup CryptoMove Inc., which launched after five years in stealth in January, has landed a contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection Agency to secure data on drones and end-to-end data centers. The San Mateo, California-based company …

In epic security fail, researcher manages to take control of .io domain nameservers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A security researcher has managed to take control of the .io top-level domain name registry thanks to an epic security fail by the company that runs that domain. Researcher Matthew Bryant discovered that a number of the .io nameservers were available to register and …

Get ready for the real Matrix: DARPA commits $65M to research brain-computer interfaces

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Computer interfaces that allow human brains to control devices or provide direct data input to a user from a computer have long been a staple of science fiction. Now, new research suggests it may not be all that far off. Funded by …

Hard Rock and Loews Hotel customer details stolen following booking system hack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Credit card numbers and personal details have been stolen by hackers who successfully infiltrated the booking system used by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino chain and Loews Hotels. The hack related to Sabre Corp.’s Hospitality Solutions SynXis Central Reservation System used by both chains. …

Smart home device calls 911 during domestic dispute

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A smart home device has saved a woman involved in a violent domestic dispute in Tijeras, New Mexico, by calling authorities to the scene of the dispute. The dispute is alleged to have involved Eduardo Barros, who was house-sitting with his girlfriend and her daughter when …

DJI updates drone software to prevent flight restriction hacking

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese drone maker Dà-Jiāng Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd., better known as DJI, has updated the software in its machines to prevent them from being hacked by anyone; but in particular, by those pesky Russians. The drone software update is meant …

Trump proposes joint cybersecurity unit with Russia, then backtracks as critics squawk

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Only hours after Donald Trump said he had discussed working with Russian President Vladimir Putin on forming a joint cybersecurity unit, the President Sunday backtracked amid a hailstorm of criticism of the idea. Exactly what form the multilateral unit would take or …

Ad revenue-stealing ‘CopyCat’ malware discovered on 14M+ Android devices

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A recently discovered form of malware has infected more than 14 million Android devices worldwide and is believed to have earned the hackers behind the campaign about $1.5 million in fake-ad revenues over the last two months. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., …

Following in the steps of Waymo, Alphabet spins off geothermal energy research as ‘Dandelion’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

One of Alphabet Inc.’s X-Lab moonshot efforts that is seeking to deliver cutting-edge geothermal energy technology is following in the path of Waymo before it, spinning off as its own company. Called Dandelion Inc., the company, based on research initially started under the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Australian banks and IBM use blockchain technology to process bank guarantees

CryptoMove signs deal with feds to secure data on drones and data centers

In epic security fail, researcher manages to take control of .io domain nameservers

Get ready for the real Matrix: DARPA commits $65M to research brain-computer interfaces

Hard Rock and Loews Hotel customer details stolen following booking system hack

Smart home device calls 911 during domestic dispute

DJI updates drone software to prevent flight restriction hacking

Trump proposes joint cybersecurity unit with Russia, then backtracks as critics squawk

Ad revenue-stealing ‘CopyCat’ malware discovered on 14M+ Android devices

Following in the steps of Waymo, Alphabet spins off geothermal energy research as ‘Dandelion’

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