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

Amazon acquires Thinkbox, which renders computer imagery in Hollywood blockbusters

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 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 RILEY10 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 RILEY10 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 RILEY10 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 RILEY10 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 …

Line plans Siri-like ‘Clova’ chatbot after acquiring AI firm Vinclu

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Line Corp. is moving into artificial intelligence with the acquisition Thursday of a controlling stake in the Japanese holographic AI firm Vinclu. Line, best-known in Asia for its social chat app, said at Mobile World Congress that it intends to launch a …

Marissa Mayer forgoes bonuses as Yahoo admits it messed up hacking investigation

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Outgoing Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is giving up her 2016 bonus and any stock award for this year in the wake of the disastrous hacking scandals that plagued the company in 2016. Mayer’s seemingly benevolent gesture was made at …

Popular Android password managers fail security test

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

New research from TeamSIK, a group of security professionals from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology in Germany, has found that popular Android password managers suffer from serious vulnerabilities that can expose user credentials. The research tested nine Android password managers:, My Passwords, …

Failed drone maker Lily files for bankruptcy as it struggles to refund customers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Drone company Lily Robotics Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after it ceased trading in January and promised to refund pre-orders from more than 60,000 customers. The company, founded in 2013, had promised via a crowdfunding campaign to deliver a self-flying camera drone …

Microsoft, Intel, banks and others form enterprise blockchain alliance

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Accenture PLC and others have joined forces to establish the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, a new body dedicated to developing Ethereum into an enterprise-grade blockchain platform. Backed by more than 30 firms, including Credit Suisse, UBS, Bank of …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Line plans Siri-like ‘Clova’ chatbot after acquiring AI firm Vinclu

Marissa Mayer forgoes bonuses as Yahoo admits it messed up hacking investigation

Popular Android password managers fail security test

Failed drone maker Lily files for bankruptcy as it struggles to refund customers

Microsoft, Intel, banks and others form enterprise blockchain alliance

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