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

Goodbye security: Hello Kitty hack confirmed as database published online

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A database from Sanrio Co. Ltd., the company behind Hello Kitty, has been published online for the first time, proving once and for all that the company was hacked. News of the hacking emerged in December 2015, when a copy of the database was …

Security automation startup Phantom raises $13.5M Series B round

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Palo Alto, California-based startup Phantom Cyber Corp. said Tuesday it has raised $13.5 million to push ahead with its community-powered security automation and orchestration platform. The Series B funding was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and included TechOperators Venture Capital, Blackstone, …

Samsung shows off new car battery that offers 310 miles on 20-minute charge

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. wants a bigger slice of the car battery market, showing off its ambitions with new cutting-edge battery cell technology Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Produced by subsidiary Samsung SDI, the new battery is …

Cyber insurance premiums surge after a year of high-profile hacks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Increasing demands for cyber insurance thanks to the growing fear of cyber attacks is hiking the costs of premiums, at least according to one U.K. insurance underwriter. CFC Underwriting Ltd. claims that the knowledge of incidents such as the Yahoo Inc. hack along …

Bitcoin exchange operator pleads guilty to multiple charges in Coin.mx case

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The operator of the now-disgraced bitcoin exchange Coin.mx has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to multiple charges in relation to running the service. Anthony Murgio, 33, of Tampa, Florida, was arrested in July 2015 on charges of breaching federal anti-money laundering laws …

Reports: Amazon has acquired data security startup Harvest.ai

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services has acquired San Diego-based data security startup Harvest.ai Inc., according to multiple reports published Monday. Although the deal wasn’t confirmed by either company, TechCrunch reported the cost of the acquisition was $19 million. Founded in 2014, Harvest.ai offers a platform that combines …

Report: Google parent Alphabet looking to sell satellite Internet business

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc. may be scaling back its efforts to provide Internet access the world over, at least via satellites. A report Monday claimed the tech giant is attempting to offload Skybox, a satellite imaging company it acquired for …

Uber has started sharing traffic data with local authorities

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a decided change of direction for a company that doesn’t usually play nice with local governments, Uber Technologies Inc. has announced its intention to share its traffic data with cities around the world. The program, dubbed “Uber Movement,” will see the …

Google’s Waymo to start testing self-driving Chrysler minivans this month

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Waymo, the company previously known as Google Inc.’s self-driving car division, is finally starting to get serious about bringing its technology to market with the deployment of a test program with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV. The two companies are planning to test about 100 …

Bitcoin price suddenly plunges as Chinese yuan strengthens in value

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

What China giveth, China taketh away. Thanks to a rise in the value of the Chinese yuan, the price of bitcoin plunged Thursday from recent near-record highs. Bitcoin breached the $1,000 mark on Jan. 1 before hitting a three-year high of $1,139.89 on …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Goodbye security: Hello Kitty hack confirmed as database published online

Security automation startup Phantom raises $13.5M Series B round

Samsung shows off new car battery that offers 310 miles on 20-minute charge

Cyber insurance premiums surge after a year of high-profile hacks

Bitcoin exchange operator pleads guilty to multiple charges in Coin.mx case

Report: Google parent Alphabet looking to sell satellite Internet business

Uber has started sharing traffic data with local authorities

Google’s Waymo to start testing self-driving Chrysler minivans this month

Bitcoin price suddenly plunges as Chinese yuan strengthens in value

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