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

After Japan legalizes bitcoin, hundreds of thousands of retailers may soon accept it

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Following a move by the Japanese government to recognize bitcoin as a legal payment method, hundreds of thousands of retail outlets in the country look set to allow the use of the cryptocurrency as a payment option. Two major Japanese retailers have signed …

At bail hearing, Yahoo hacker revealed to own a Lamborghini and other luxury cars

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A Canadian man accused of being part of a Russian group that infamously hacked Yahoo Inc. in 2014 has made his first appearance in court to apply for bail prior to his extradition hearing. Karim Baratov, 22, was one of four people indicted …

Study finds some Android apps secretly collude with others to steal data

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A study released this week by researchers at Virginia Tech has found that not only do Android apps leak data but they also mine smartphone users’ data by secretly colluding with each other. The study, described as the “first ever large-scale and systematic study of …

Facebook takes the fight to Slack with a free version of its Workplace collaboration service

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is upping its efforts to challenge Slack Technologies Inc. in team collaboration by launching a new free version of its Workplace service. Workplace originally launched in October, offering an intra-office communication platform that mixes some of Facebook’s most popular social features with tools …

IBM to power cloud deep learning with latest Nvidia graphics chip

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. has upped the ante for its cloud hosting services, announcing that it is the first major cloud provider to make Nvidia Corp.’s Tesla P100 graphics processing unit available globally. The rollout of the Tesla P100 GPUs brings Nvidia’s acceleration technology …

VMware exits hybrid cloud hosting business with sale of vCloud Air to OVH

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

VMware is exiting the hybrid cloud hosting business as the company sells its long-struggling vCloud Air division to French hosting company OVH for an undisclosed price. Introduced at the VMworld conference in Las Vegas in 2008 with the hybrid service following in …

Exscudo sets crowdfunding offer to build a wide range of cryptocurrency services

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Exscudo, a new company that’s aiming to build a bridge between traditional financial systems and cryptocurrency markets, is set to launch an initial crowdfunding offer. Founded in 2016, Exscudo is attempting to build a single gateway to the cryptocurrency market by offering a …

New remote-access malware uses legitimate sites such as Twitter for attacks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered remote-access tool that targets users of a Korean language word processor uses legitimate sites to target victims. Dubbed ROKRAT by Cisco System Inc.’s Talos security arm, the RAT uses a phishing campaign to target users of the Korean language Microsoft Word …

Osterhout aims new smart glasses at hazardous locations

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

When some people think of smart glasses, they might think of video blogger Robert Scoble wearing Google Glass in the shower. But a new set of augmented reality glasses from Osterhout Design Group Inc. is designed to be used in more hazardous locations than Scoble’s …

Performance support software platform startup Whatfix raises $3.5M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Performance support software platform startup Whatfix today said it has raised $3.5 million round of funding. The Series A round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners and included existing investors Helion Venture Partners, Powerhouse Ventures and Marquee Angels. As part of the deal, Stellaris’ Alok Goyal will …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

After Japan legalizes bitcoin, hundreds of thousands of retailers may soon accept it

At bail hearing, Yahoo hacker revealed to own a Lamborghini and other luxury cars

Study finds some Android apps secretly collude with others to steal data

Facebook takes the fight to Slack with a free version of its Workplace collaboration service

Exscudo sets crowdfunding offer to build a wide range of cryptocurrency services

New remote-access malware uses legitimate sites such as Twitter for attacks

Osterhout aims new smart glasses at hazardous locations

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