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

Yahoo under investigation over failure to disclose data breach earlier

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into whether Yahoo Inc. should have disclosed a data breach to its investors earlier. According to The Wall Street Journal quoting people familiar with the matter, the SEC opened the investigation in …

US investigators clear Tesla Autopilot in fatal Model S crash

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Tesla Motors Inc. has been cleared by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its investigation into the fatal car crash of a Tesla driver who was using the company’s autopilot feature. Joshua Brown died in May behind the wheel of his …

Flying high: Drone delivery startup Flirtey raises $16M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a sizable show of support for its drone delivery plans, startup Flirtey Inc. has raised $16 million in its initial major venture capital funding. The Series A led by Menlo Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures and included Lowercase Capital, Y Combinator and World Innovation …

Daimler acquires bitcoin-friendly digital payments company PayCash

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

German car maker Daimler AG has acquired PayCash Europe SA, a Luxembourg-based digital payments company that supports bitcoin. Founded in 2012, PayCash describes itself as an “Electronic Money Institution” that services the 28 European Union states with money transfers. Its platform includes a Mobile Payment …

Newly discovered Mac malware uses pre-OS X code

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Security researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered a new type of Mac malware that, surprisingly enough, uses antiquated code to gain access to infected Apple computers. Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware, which is believed to have been created some time ago but has only …

Robots start delivering food in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

People who order their food online in Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley may soon notice a different sort of delivery driver: a robot. The deployment of autonomous delivery robots is part of a trial involving Estonian company Starship Technologies, a startup founded by …

Oracle sued by Department of Labor for alleged employment discrimination

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday sued Oracle America Inc. over accusations that it discriminated in hiring and pay in violation of equal employment laws. The lawsuit, filed by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, alleges that Oracle pays Caucasian …

Gmail phishing scheme fools targets by pretending to be from people they know

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A phishing scam targeting Gmail users is running riot by using emails that appear to come from contacts of the person targeted. The scam, which was first spotted last year but has gathered steam in the last few weeks, involves the attacker sending …

Obama pardons retired General behind Stuxnet leaks

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In an act of clemency in his final days in office, President Barack Obama has pardoned retired General James “Hoss” Cartwright for lying to investigators over his role in leaking details of the United States’ efforts to cripple Iran’s nuclear program using …

Doubling down on AI, Baidu hires former top Microsoft exec Qi Lu as COO

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Former Microsoft Corp. executive Qi Lu on Monday joined Chinese web services giant Baidu Inc. as group president and chief operating officer. Lu, a noted software engineer and programmer, spent time at IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. before taking on the role of …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Yahoo under investigation over failure to disclose data breach earlier

US investigators clear Tesla Autopilot in fatal Model S crash

Flying high: Drone delivery startup Flirtey raises $16M

Daimler acquires bitcoin-friendly digital payments company PayCash

Newly discovered Mac malware uses pre-OS X code

Robots start delivering food in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

Oracle sued by Department of Labor for alleged employment discrimination

Gmail phishing scheme fools targets by pretending to be from people they know

Obama pardons retired General behind Stuxnet leaks

Doubling down on AI, Baidu hires former top Microsoft exec Qi Lu as COO

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