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

Rising Uber competitor Gett snaps up rival Juno for $200M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Upcoming Uber Technologies Inc. competitor Gett (GT Forge Inc.) today said it has acquired rival firm Juno USA LP for $200 million. Founded in 2015, Juno pitched itself as a “socially responsible way to ride.” The company employed its drivers and provided them with …

Amazon’s latest Echo includes a camera and app that provides style advice

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. has released a new version of its Echo smart speaker with a twist: The new model includes a camera that can take pictures and video and even provide styling advice. Called the Amazon Echo Look, the new unit features a depth-sensing …

Joint INTERPOL operation brings down thousands of Southeast Asian malware sites

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

An INTERPOL joint operation in Southeast Asia has resulted in the discovery and shutdown of 8,880 command-and-control servers and 270 compromised websites. The investigation exposed threats including malware attacks against banks and other institutions, ransomware, distribute denial of service attacks and spam campaigns. It included authorities from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, …

Drunk man attacks defenseless security robot in the heart of Silicon Valley

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

While there’s much discussion about how robots will one day replace humans in many different types of jobs, that day may still be a long time in coming, at least in the security field, following an incident between a security robot and …

Palantir settles lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against Asian job applicants

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. has taken the easy road and decided to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor that alleged it discriminated against Asian job applicants. The suit, filed in September, alleged that Palantir systematically rejected …

Waymo offers free rides in Arizona as its self-driving cars move into beta testing

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Waymo Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, has opened up a new testing program in Phoenix to the general public. Starting as of today, anyone in the Phoenix metropolitan area, including Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa and Chandler, can apply to join the “Early …

Webroot antivirus update identifies Windows system files as malware

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Webroot Inc. antivirus software users are not having a great day. A malware signature update pushed out by the company resulted in the software identifying key Windows system files as being malware. News of the problem emerged on Twitter Monday afternoon when users …

Atlassian’s HipChat hacked with user data and content stolen

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

HipChat, Atlassian Corp. PLC’s group chat platform, was hacked over the weekend and the hackers got a significant amount of data, including group chat logs. The notification of the hack came from HipChat Chief Security Officer Ganesh Krishnan, who in a blog post …

Report: Amazon now has a self-driving vehicle team

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. has established an in-house team to consider ways the e-commerce giant can make use of self-driving vehicle technology, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. The team, said to consist of around a dozen employees, was established …

Vigilante bot takes the good fight to Mirai by securing vulnerable IoT devices

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A mysterious Internet of Things bot first identified in October is now believed to be the work of a vigilante hacker who is attempting to block infections from nefarious bots such as the notorious Mirai. According to Waylon Grange at Symantec Corp., …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Rising Uber competitor Gett snaps up rival Juno for $200M

Amazon’s latest Echo includes a camera and app that provides style advice

Joint INTERPOL operation brings down thousands of Southeast Asian malware sites

Drunk man attacks defenseless security robot in the heart of Silicon Valley

Palantir settles lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against Asian job applicants

Waymo offers free rides in Arizona as its self-driving cars move into beta testing

Webroot antivirus update identifies Windows system files as malware

Atlassian’s HipChat hacked with user data and content stolen

Report: Amazon now has a self-driving vehicle team

Vigilante bot takes the good fight to Mirai by securing vulnerable IoT devices

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