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

Online used car marketplace Carvana seeks to raise $100M in IPO

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Online used car marketplace Carvana Inc. is going public as the company Friday filed its initial public offering paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Self-described as the “Amazon of cars,” Carvana is an online platform that allows users to trade, finance, buy, and …

Microsoft to sell a customized version of Samsung’s Galaxy S8

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Windows Phone may be essentially dead, but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft Corp. is not interested in selling phones. The tech giant is returning to the market with its own version of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Galaxy 8. Unimaginatively dubbed the Samsung …

GitHub developers targeted by malware campaign spread via fake emails

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hackers are targeting open-source programmers on the popular Git version control repository and Internet hosting service GitHub with a targeted malware campaign spread via fake emails. Discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks Inc. in mid-January, the attacks consist of malicious emails …

Google wants you to get fit this spring with new fitness class booking service

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. wants you to get fit this spring with a new service that allows you to book fitness classes. Called Reserve, the service is available via the Reserve with Google website, within Google Maps and Google Search. It allows users to search …

Report: Dropbox raises a $600M line of credit as it heads to an IPO

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Dropbox Inc. is opening a $600 million line of credit as the cloud storage service heads towards its initial public offering, according to a report published Thursday. Bloomberg, quoting the usual “people familiar with the plans,” said that the line of credit came from …

Smart home light bulbs set to go mainstream as Ikea enters the market

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Smart light bulbs look set to enter the mainstream as housewares maker Ikea prepares to enter the market in April with a range of Internet-connected devices. Ikea’s new TRÅDFRI lighting range includes bulbs, LED panels and cabinet doors that can be controlled …

8 million sites still running Microsoft IIS 6.0 are vulnerable to zero-day exploit

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A recently detailed zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Information Services 6.0 has been used to attack sites since last July, according to newly published reports. The zero-day, so named because it hadn’t been identified before, was discovered …

New version of Cerber ransomware evades machine learning

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new version of the notorious Cerber ransomware has been discovered that is harder to detect than ever because it can evade machine learning. Discovered by researchers at Trend Micro Inc., the new version is said to use a new loader that is designed …

Samsung launches new Google Wifi competitor that includes a smart device hub

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Buried among the news of Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s Galaxy S8 launch Tuesday was news from the Korean tech giant of a new connected mesh router system to take on the likes of Google Wifi. Called Samsung Connect Home, the new service delivers …

Extreme Networks snaps up Brocade’s data center networking business for $55M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Extreme Networks Inc. has acquired Brocade Communications Systems Inc.’s data center switching, routing and analytics business as new owner Broadcom Ltd. spins off parts of Brocade it doesn’t need. The deal is valued at $55 million in cash, consisting of $35 million at closing …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Online used car marketplace Carvana seeks to raise $100M in IPO

Microsoft to sell a customized version of Samsung’s Galaxy S8

GitHub developers targeted by malware campaign spread via fake emails

Google wants you to get fit this spring with new fitness class booking service

Report: Dropbox raises a $600M line of credit as it heads to an IPO

Smart home light bulbs set to go mainstream as Ikea enters the market

8 million sites still running Microsoft IIS 6.0 are vulnerable to zero-day exploit

New version of Cerber ransomware evades machine learning

Samsung launches new Google Wifi competitor that includes a smart device hub

Extreme Networks snaps up Brocade’s data center networking business for $55M

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