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

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Ethereum Classic takes off following Ethereum hard fork

The decision to hard fork the Ethereum network last week in order to fix security issues and refund the ether lost from the raid on Ethereum Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) has split the community, with a number of miners and exchanges now backing an alternative ether currency. Called Ethereum Classic, the platform uses the original Ethereum ...

Yay! Popular photo editing app Prisma is now available on Android

Popular iOS photo editing app Prisma is now available in the Google Play store, giving Android users their first chance to find out what all the fuss is about. The app, which launched on iOS on June 11, allows users can upload or take pictures then select a variety of filters to transform the picture ...

Bitcoin Savings & Trust Ponzi scammer Trendon Shavers gets 18 months

Trendon Shavers, the mastermind behind the disgraced Bitcoin Savings & Trust Ponzi scheme, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of securities fraud. In addition, Shavers was ordered to forfeit $1.23 million and to pay restitution in the same amount to victims of his scam. Shavers, who ironically went by the ...

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase adds support to buy, sell, send and store ether

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase, Inc. has added support for Ethereum, allowing customers in 32 countries to buy, sell, send and store ether in their Coinbase accounts. The announcement follows Coinbase’s first commitment to the Ethereum network in May when it added ether support to its bitcoin trading exchange, a service since rebranded as the Global Digital ...

Celebrity hacker Andrew Helton jailed for 6 months with two years supervised release

A man who hacked into celebrity accounts and stole X-Rated pictures has been sentenced to 6 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release Andrew Helton of Astoria, Oregon, pleaded guilty to hacking 363 Apple and Gmail accounts in February. Hilton ran a phishing scheme that involved him sending emails to potential victims ...

Pandora misses Q2 financials, rejects takeover offer

Internet radio company Pandora Media, Inc. missed analyst projections in its second quarter financials Thursday as the company continued to lose listeners. Pandora reported consolidated revenue of $343 million for the quarter, up 20 percent over the same quarter of 2015, but short of analyst projections of $351.7 million and Pandora’s own guidance of $345 ...

Security experts warn hackers will target the Rio Olympics

Gold medals and the baby-deforming Zika virus won’t be the only things making headlines at the forthcoming summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with security experts warning cyber criminals will be targeting athletes, officials, tourists and even fans watching at home alike during the 16-day event. According to Symantec Corp. Senior Vice President Samir ...

Leaked pictures show 3 new iPhone models including a dual-camera Pro version

Another day, another round of iPhone 7 leaks including photos and possible confirmation that Apple, Inc. will launch three new versions of the phone come September instead of the traditional two. At the top of the list comes an alleged shot of the three models, the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and the iPhone 7 ...

Facebook Messenger hits the big 1 billion active users mark

Some 27 months after Facebook forced users to use its dedicated chat app if they wanted to chat privately with other users, Facebook’s Messenger has passed the 1 billion active users mark. Significantly, the 1 billion number is up 200 million from the 800 million users Facebook reported in January. In an announcement post, Facebook ...

Alleged KickassTorrents founder arrested, site taken offline

Popular BitTorrent site KickassTorrents (KAT) is no longer, following the arrest of its alleged founder and seizure of its domains by the United States Government. Artem Vaulin, 30, of Kharkiv, Ukraine, was arrested in Poland on behalf of U.S. authorities on one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to ...