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

Be very afraid: Wikileaks reveals CIA is hacking Android, iOS and even smart TVs

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new release by Wikileaks of thousands of top-secret documents from the Central Intelligence Agency has revealed for the first time that the agency is actively hacking a wide variety of smart devices, even smart televisions. The “Year Zero” release, the first …

Check Point adds Google Cloud support to vSec security platform

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Israeli security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has extended support in its vSEC security platform to provide coverage for Google Cloud for the first time. VSEC for Google Cloud Platform delivers advanced security built for agile and scalable cloud environments that …

Qapital raises $12M in bid to reinvent financial services for millennials

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Finance application startup Qapital Inc. has raised $12 million in a new early-stage round of funding for its goal of reinventing financial services. Founded in 2012, Qapital offers a money management application that allows users to organize their finances in a single place …

CA Technologies snaps up application security firm Veracode for $614M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

CA Technologies Inc. has acquired application security firm Veracode Inc. for $614 million in cash. Founded in 2006, Veracode offers cloud-based application intelligence and security verification services that it claims improve the security of internally developed, purchased or outsourced software applications and third-party …

In a test for enterprise software IPOs, MuleSoft set to go public next week

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Application network platform provider MuleSoft Inc. is set to go public soon at a nearly $2 billion valuation in the latest test of investors’ appetite for big tech company initial public offerings. Founded in 2006, MuleSoft offers a software-as-a-service platform that provides a way …

Amazon acquires Thinkbox, which renders computer imagery in Hollywood blockbusters

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. has acquired Thinkbox Software Inc., a firm that produces software for managing media rendering workloads, for an undisclosed sum. The news was revealed today in a terse post on Thinkbox’s website. Founded in 2012, Thinkbox makes software that is used by media …

HackerOne offers free bug bounty service for open-source projects

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bug bounty startup HackerOne Inc. is giving back to the open-source community with a new program that provides its professional suite for free to qualifying projects. Dubbed the HackerOne Community Program, the program is open to open-source projects that are licensed under an …

Difficult-to-detect new malware hides in memory

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Researchers at Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos threat research group have published a report on a scary new form of malware that’s difficult to detect. Dubbed DNSMessenger, the malware uses Microsoft PowerShell scripts to hide itself and connect directly with a server using a victim’s Domain …

Google uses machine learning to detect breast cancer better than pathologists

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. is taking the good fight to battling cancer, revealing that its machine learning platform has delivered better breast cancer diagnosis rates than pathologists. Detailing the results in a new research paper, Google explained how it applied machine learning, predictive analytics and pattern …

In a reversal, Uber will apply for a permit to test its self-driving cars in California

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. has conceded defeat in its battle against the state of California, applying for a permit to test its self-driving vehicles on the streets of San Francisco despite previously arguing that it didn’t require one. Uber first deployed …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Be very afraid: Wikileaks reveals CIA is hacking Android, iOS and even smart TVs

Check Point adds Google Cloud support to vSec security platform

Qapital raises $12M in bid to reinvent financial services for millennials

CA Technologies snaps up application security firm Veracode for $614M

In a test for enterprise software IPOs, MuleSoft set to go public next week

Amazon acquires Thinkbox, which renders computer imagery in Hollywood blockbusters

HackerOne offers free bug bounty service for open-source projects

Difficult-to-detect new malware hides in memory

Google uses machine learning to detect breast cancer better than pathologists

In a reversal, Uber will apply for a permit to test its self-driving cars in California

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