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

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc.’s ambitions are heading to the sky, and the ride-hailing giant has hired a former U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineer to lead its push into developing flying cars. Uber has hired Mark Moore, who was with NASA for 30 years …

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Cloud infrastructure firm Stratoscale Inc. has acquired database-as-a-service startup Tesora Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Tesora, previously known as ParElastic, aims to simplify the provision and management of databases by providing OpenStack administrators tools to offer their users self-service, managed databases …

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal Inc. has raised $45 million in a late-stage funding round led by the Google Inc. venture capital arm GV. The round was raised at a valuation of $305 million, up from $100 million as of its last …

SurBitcoin ceases trading as Venezuela’s war on bitcoin continues

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Venezuela’s war on bitcoin is ramping up as the country’s largest exchange was forced to cease trading following the closure of its bank account. SurBitcoin informed its clients Feb. 3 that they should immediately withdraw their cash and cryptocurrency balances after its bank …

Hackers bring down 20 percent of the dark web after finding child porn

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hackers affiliated with the “hacktivist” collective Anonymous have brought down Freedom Hosting II, the largest hosting provider on the dark web and host to a range of illegal activities, including child pornography. The hack took down 10,613 sites, an estimated 20 percent …

Ancient SQL Slammer worm returns from the dead in mysterious new attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A computer worm that resulted in a wave of distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2003 has mysteriously returned to the Internet in a series of attempted attacks late last year. Security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. detected the worm, called SQL Slammer, between Nov. …

Washington DC camera hackers arrested in the UK

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Two people have been arrested in relation to the hacking of Washington D.C.’s closed-circuit television camera network that resulted in 70 percent of the network going offline in the week before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The two suspects, identified only as a 50-year-old …

Newly discovered malware targets wide range of cryptocurrency wallets

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new form of malware that steals bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency has been discovered by security firm Cyren Ltd. The as-yet unnamed malware is delivered via emails pretending to be notifications of online wire transfers, payment updates or swift transactions from banks …

Survey finds organizations more afraid of brand image than cyberattacks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new survey from enterprise risk intelligence firm RiskVision Inc. and the Ponemon Institute has found that organizations are more afraid of a bad brand reputation than they are of cyberattacks. The survey, which polled 641 people in charge of risk management activities …

Google telepresence drones may be flying to an office near you

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

When most people think of drones they think of the unmanned aerial vehicles dashing through the sky. But if Google Inc. gets its way, drones may soon become an office mainstay as well. In a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

SurBitcoin ceases trading as Venezuela’s war on bitcoin continues

Hackers bring down 20 percent of the dark web after finding child porn

Ancient SQL Slammer worm returns from the dead in mysterious new attack

Washington DC camera hackers arrested in the UK

Newly discovered malware targets wide range of cryptocurrency wallets

Survey finds organizations more afraid of brand image than cyberattacks

Google telepresence drones may be flying to an office near you

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