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

Bad karma: GoPro recalls all its drones, blaming power fault

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Action camera maker GoPro Inc.’s effort to carve its own slice of the drone market has suffered a serious setback after the company was forced to recall its Karma range of drones. The recall applies to every GoPro Karma drone sold, which …

Alphabet prunes drone division after nixing Starbucks deal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google parent company Alphabet Inc.’s ambitious plans to expand into the drone space have hit stormy weather with news Tuesday that the company has canned a potential new deal and is trimming its head count. According to Bloomberg, Project Wing, the drone …

Secretive Silicon Valley self-driving vehicle startup Zoox raises $50 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Zoox Inc., a secretive Silicon Valley startup that is developing its own self-driving vehicles, has raised an additional $50 million from Composite Capital Management on a valuation of $1.55 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Founded in 2014 by Australian entrepreneur …

Google’s Android Auto now available as an app for those without a smart car

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc.’s Android Auto software no longer requires a new car or stereo, as the company Monday announced a new version that will run as a smartphone app. The software, first launched in 2014, provides a streamlined navigation and phone interface that …

Samsung Galaxy S8 will include a new artificially intelligent voice assistant

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s next flagship smartphone will include a new artificially intelligent voice assistant complete with a dedicated button, according to reports Monday. The new “Viv” AI-based voice assistant is being compared to Apple’s Siri, which is not surprising given that …

Report claims U.S. will attack Russian critical systems if it finds election interference

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

With the Presidential election only one day away, the threat of a future cyberwar between Russia and the United States is looking more likely, at least according to a report claiming that U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russian systems and will launch …

FireEye launches cloud security services for enterprise threat protection

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. has launched a range of new cloud security services that aim to improve on the company’s enterprise threat detection tools. The new Cloud MVX and MVX Smart Grid deliver the most intelligent threat detection available via public, hybrid …

Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite to proceed as shareholders bless deal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Oracle Corp.’s acquisition is of NetSuite Inc. will proceed after the company announced Saturday that more than half of eligible NetSuite shareholders had backed the $9.3 billion deal. The magic number for the deal was 50 percent approval. Some 21.8 million unaffiliated …

88 percent of smartphones shipped in Q3 run Android

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Any question that the smartphone wars are over has been put to rest again with a new report showing that nearly nine out of 10 phones shipped in the last quarter were running Google’s Android operating system. The report from Strategy Analytics …

Intel acquires live sports virtual reality firm Voke

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Intel Corp. has acquired live sports virtual reality firm Voke for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2004, Voke specializes in providing technology that allows media companies to build live and on-demand virtual reality experiences across multiple mediums, including on their own channels …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bad karma: GoPro recalls all its drones, blaming power fault

Alphabet prunes drone division after nixing Starbucks deal

Secretive Silicon Valley self-driving vehicle startup Zoox raises $50 million

Google’s Android Auto now available as an app for those without a smart car

Samsung Galaxy S8 will include a new artificially intelligent voice assistant

Report claims U.S. will attack Russian critical systems if it finds election interference

Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite to proceed as shareholders bless deal

88 percent of smartphones shipped in Q3 run Android

Intel acquires live sports virtual reality firm Voke

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