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

Idaho teen becomes bitcoin millionaire from $1,000 initial investment

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Everyone dreams of making it big with a small investment — even a teen from Idaho, who has done just that. Eighteen-year-old Erik Finman (pictured) began investing in bitcoin in May 2011 at the age of 12 using a $1,000 gift from his grandmother. Back …

Critical flaw in Intel’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips can cause application and data issues

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A critical flaw has been discovered in Intel Corp.’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips that could result in application and data issues, according to a newly published report. The issue is said to be the result of a microcode bug in Intel’s …

Coinbase reimburses losses from Ethereum ‘flash crash’ that sent price plunging to 10 cents

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

People who lost money when the price of Ethereum dropped from about $320 to a mere 10 cents a token after a “flash crash” will be reimbursed by concurrency exchange Coinbase Inc., the company announced over the weekend. The flash crash would …

UK Parliament cyberattack targets email accounts

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A coordinated cyberattack that targeted the email accounts of politicians crippled Britain’s parliamentary network on Saturday. The attack, which is said to have resulted in the compromise of 90 email accounts on the network, resulted in officials deciding to disable remote access to the emails …

Blockchain (the company) raises $40M to spread its bitcoin wallet further

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin startup Blockchain Luxembourg S.A. has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Lakestar. Founded in 2011, Blockchain aims to reimagine global financial transactions using software that facilitates the use of bitcoin for its customers. Having passed 10 million bitcoin wallets …

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 …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Idaho teen becomes bitcoin millionaire from $1,000 initial investment

Critical flaw in Intel’s Skylake and Kaby Lake chips can cause application and data issues

Coinbase reimburses losses from Ethereum ‘flash crash’ that sent price plunging to 10 cents

UK Parliament cyberattack targets email accounts

Blockchain (the company) raises $40M to spread its bitcoin wallet further

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

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