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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

Danish police nab drug buyers using bitcoin tracking toolkit

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Police in Denmark are claiming to have achieved a world first, hunting down Internet drug traffickers by analyzing bitcoin transactions. According to local media, The Danish National Police Cyber Crime Center, or NC3, has developed a new toolkit that has now been …

Research finds that connected car apps are a security nightmare

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The now famous proof-of-concept hack in 2015 where hackers were able to hijack a Jeep Cherokee while it was being driven shown a spotlight on potential security problems with connected cars. Since then, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued warnings, and best …

Report: Apple acquires Israeli facial recognition startup RealFace

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has acquired facial recognition startup RealFace, according to a story Sunday in the Israeli newspaper Calcacist. The deal was estimated at “several million dollars.” The Tel Aviv-based company had raised $1 million prior to its acquisition. Founded in 2014, RealFace is said …

Fintech app platform maker OpenFin raises $15M

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Financial technology startup OpenFin Inc. has raised $15 million in a round led by J.P. Morgan, Euclid Opportunities and Bain Capital. Founded in 2010, OpenFin describes its technology as the “Android for capital markets.” It offers a common operating layer for the financial industry, promising …

YouTube now offers 1B videos with automatic captions

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has hit a new milestone as its YouTube video hosting service passed 1 billion videos with automatic captions. The automatic captioning service was launched in December 2009 as a way to make YouTube videos accessible for those with limited or …

Hedge funds are acquiring Mt. Gox bitcoin creditor claims

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hedge funds in the United States and Japan are reported to be buying the claims of the thousands of account holders who lost money following the collapse of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox in 2014. Described as a “daring wager” by The Financial Times, …

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