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

With $17M in new funding, Lighthouse debuts its AI smart camera

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Artificially intelligent smart camera maker Lighthouse AI Inc. has come out of stealth with the launch of its first product. The three-year-0ld Palo Alto, California-based company also announced it has raised $17 million in a round led by Eclipse Ventures and including Playground …

President Trump signs executive order on cybersecurity and cloud services

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that launches sweeping reviews of the U.S. government’s digital vulnerabilities. The order directs agencies to adopt the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, a policy developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that is meant …

Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises a whopping $502M in new funding

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Simulated worlds startup Improbable Ltd. has raised a whopping $502 million in a Series B round of financing. According to reports, the round was raised on a $1 billion valuation. It was led by Softbank and also included previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Horizon …

New variants of SLocker Android malware target corporate data

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A form of ransomware that ran riot across Android apps in 2016 has returned, with more than 400 new versions found in the wild. SLocker is a form of ransomware that targets employee and corporate data. It was notable when it was discovered …

OPAQ acquires Drawbridge Networks to expand its Security as a Service platform

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Security as a service startup OPAQ Networks Inc. announced today that it has acquired security focused network micro-segmentation provider Drawbridge Networks Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, Drawbridge offers a service called PathProtect that allows organizations to learn, detect and automatically …

Blockchain-focused investment firm Cofound.it launches initial coin offering

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Cofound.it, a startup that is aiming to facilitate investments and related services in blockchain-focused startups is offering investors a slice of the service through an initial coin offering. Backed by ICO investment firm ICONOMI, Cofound.it is looking to establish a service that will …

Cockroach Labs raises $27M and launches enterprise version

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The former Googlers at open-source cloud database startup Cockroach Labs Inc. have raised $27 million in a Series B round that included Redpoint Ventures, GV, Benchmark, Index Ventures and FirstMark Capital. Founded in 2015 by former Google Inc. engineers Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis …

Google acquires Owlchemy Labs, maker of VR game Job Simulator

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has acquired Owlchemy Labs Inc., the maker of the award-winning virtual reality games Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011 originally as a standard gaming studio, Owlchemy shifted to VR development in 2013 …

Zuora snaps up Leeyo for added next-gen cloud accounting support

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Subscription commerce and billing startup Zuora Inc. has acquired Leeyo Software Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based enterprise revenue recognition automation and management startup, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2009, Leeyo offers next-generation revenue recognition software, a type of software that tracks company accounts to …

New Persirai botnet uses exploit to infect 120,000+ connected cameras

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Another day, another Internet of Things botnet. This time, a new botnet discovered in the wild is believed to have infected over 120,000 Internet-connected cameras. Dubbed Persirai by researchers at Trend Micro Inc., the botnet is targeting more 1,000 Internet Protocol camera models …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

With $17M in new funding, Lighthouse debuts its AI smart camera

Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises a whopping $502M in new funding

New variants of SLocker Android malware target corporate data

OPAQ acquires Drawbridge Networks to expand its Security as a Service platform

Blockchain-focused investment firm Cofound.it launches initial coin offering

Cockroach Labs raises $27M and launches enterprise version

Google acquires Owlchemy Labs, maker of VR game Job Simulator

Zuora snaps up Leeyo for added next-gen cloud accounting support

New Persirai botnet uses exploit to infect 120,000+ connected cameras

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