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

Apple’s first self-driving car spotted on the road in Silicon Valley

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc.’s on-again, off-again self-driving car project has finally hit the ground running. A test vehicle from the iPhone maker was spotted on a Silicon Valley road earlier this week. The vehicle, a white Lexus RX450h SUV, emerged from an Apple facility this week and was …

Report: Apple is building a person-to-person payments service like Venmo

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. wants a slice of a peer-to-peer money transfer market and is currently working on a Venmo-like money transfer service, according to a report published Thursday. Recode, referencing “multiple sources familiar with the talks,” claims that the iPhone maker has recently held discussions with …

Bitcoin nears record high after SEC agrees to review Winklevoss fund application

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin prices surged to near record highs Wednesday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it was reviewing its decision to reject an application for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposed by the Winklevoss twins. The SEC rejected the initial application for the Bitcoin Trust …

Neural network startup Neurala receives patent for AI ‘whole brain’ system

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Deep learning neural network software startup Neurala Inc. has announced it has received a patent for its “whole brain” system for autonomous robotic control. The Neurala Brain is a deep learning platform that allows artificial intelligence to function more like a human brain by integrating …

Fresh from its E. coli outbreak, Chipotle catches new infection: credit card-stealing malware

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. can’t catch a break. Infamous for selling E. coli bacteria-infected food to customers in 2016, the restaurant chain has now caught a new infection in the form of credit card-stealing malware on its retail network. The company disclosed Wednesday that it had recently …

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 …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Apple’s first self-driving car spotted on the road in Silicon Valley

Report: Apple is building a person-to-person payments service like Venmo

Bitcoin nears record high after SEC agrees to review Winklevoss fund application

Neural network startup Neurala receives patent for AI ‘whole brain’ system

Fresh from its E. coli outbreak, Chipotle catches new infection: credit card-stealing malware

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

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