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

Optiv IPO canceled as cyber security firm gets bought by KKR instead

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity solutions company Optiv Security Inc. has canceled plans to go public and has instead opted to sell a majority stake in the company to private equity firm KKR & Co. Under the deal, current majority owner Blackstone Group LP will retain …

Google’s drone delivery marketplace delayed by crashing drones

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The grand ambitions of Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc. to start a drone delivery service have been delayed by, among other things, the small matter of preventing the machines from crashing, according to an extensive report published Tuesday. In an in-depth …

Apple to start publishing its artificial intelligence research in bid to attract talent

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple’s notoriously tight secrecy about its activities is set to change as it tries to retain and hire talent, at least in one area, according to an Apple Inc. executive. The company is going to start publishing some of their artificial intelligence work …

Docker acquires Infinit for improved software container storage

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Docker Inc. has acquired decentralized storage platform startup Infinit International Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2012, Infinit sells a decentralized storage platform that transforms commodity servers into multiple scalable, secure and fault-tolerant storage servers tailored for specific applications and more …

IBM’s Watson supercomputer to fight real-world cyber security

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Seven months after first announcing that it was teaching its Watson cognitive technology platform to fight cybercrime, IBM Corp. has launched it into the real world, at least in test mode. The Watson for Cyber Security platform has been designed to discover …

85M Dailymotion accounts hacked in the year’s latest cyberattack

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Video site Dailymotion is the latest big hacking target, as the details of 85.2 million account holders have made their way online. The hack of the Vivendi SA-owned YouTube competitor, first reported by data breach notification LeakedSource, includes unique email addresses and …

New VW spinoff to focus on ride-hailing and self-driving cars

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Volkswagen AG is moving into ride-sharing and self-driving cars with a new spinoff company. Called Moia, the new company will be based in Berlin and will focus on “new mobility solutions” that the car giant hopes will generate “a significant share” of …

Maker of intelligent assistant app Accompany raises $20M round

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Intelligent assistant app maker Accompani Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Ignition Partners with the participation of Charles River Ventures. Founded in 2013, the startup sells an app called Accompany that is marketed as an intelligent, …

Uber buys Geometric Intelligence to expand its push into AI

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has expanded its push into artificial intelligence through the acquisition of New York City-based Geometric Intelligence Inc., a company that is making an ambitious attempt to do machine learning more efficiently from less data. Under the deal, Geometric Intelligence’s …

Apple’s off-again, on-again self-driving car project may be on again

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc.’s on again, off again self-driving car project would appear to be on again. The company has disclosed in a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it’s keen to test its own self-driving vehicles. The letter, dated Nov. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Optiv IPO canceled as cyber security firm gets bought by KKR instead

Google’s drone delivery marketplace delayed by crashing drones

Apple to start publishing its artificial intelligence research in bid to attract talent

Docker acquires Infinit for improved software container storage

IBM’s Watson supercomputer to fight real-world cyber security

85M Dailymotion accounts hacked in the year’s latest cyberattack

New VW spinoff to focus on ride-hailing and self-driving cars

Maker of intelligent assistant app Accompany raises $20M round

Uber buys Geometric Intelligence to expand its push into AI

Apple’s off-again, on-again self-driving car project may be on again

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