Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cool: AI chatbot lawyer slays 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York

By Duncan Riley Jun 28, 2016

Proving that chatbots can actually be useful in real life, an automated lawyer chatbot has successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York. DoNotPay uses artificial intelligence to discuss the circumstances of…

Report: Airbnb looking for raise more money 2 weeks after it took $1b in debt financing

By Duncan Riley Jun 28, 2016

Online accommodation marketplace Airbnb, Inc. is reported to be looking to raise even more money less than 2 weeks after it took $1 billion in debt financing. According to The New York Times quoting…

Big Brother is DDoSing you: Botnet running on 25,000+ CCTV cameras discovered

By Duncan Riley Jun 28, 2016

What if you were to discover that the face of Big Brother in 2016, CCTV cameras, were under the control of hackers and were being used to bring down websites in Distributed Denial of…

After being targeted successfully by hackers again, IRS shuts down e-File PIN service

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the abolition of its PIN tool due to the platform being hacked. Under the now abolished electronic filing PIN tool (e-File PIN), people dealing with…

Google updates Maps with Landsat 8 imagery for pretty, cloud-free satellite views

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

Google has updated the satellite imagery it uses in Google Maps to provide users with a more superior view of Earth from above. The new imagery comes from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, and combined…

Report: Lyft hires M&A specialist, seeks potential buyer or new investors

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

Ridesharing startup and Uber, Inc. competitor Lyft, Inc. may be looking to sell itself, with a report Monday claiming the company has hired a boutique investment bank known for helping tech companies find a…

DHS wants the power to ask visitors to the U.S. for their social media account details

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

If you’re not American and are visiting the United States soon you may need to provide more than a visa in your passport, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking the power to…

Facebook tries to placate conservatives by introducing political bias training for staff

By Duncan Riley Jun 27, 2016

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. is to begin training employees about political bias following accusations made in May that it was removing links to conservative content in its trending news section. Facebook’s Chief Operating…

New Godless Android malware running rampant, over 850,000 devices affected

By Duncan Riley Jun 24, 2016

New malware that targets Google’s Android mobile operating system and hijacks a target phone has affected over 850,000 devices worldwide. Security firm Trend Micro said the malware, dubbed Godless (ANDROIDOS_GODLESS.HRX), targets a set of…

YouTube to add live app streaming as Facebook announces masks, two people streaming

By Duncan Riley Jun 24, 2016

The battle for live streaming market supremacy has risen a notch with both the Google-owned YouTube, and Facebook, Inc. making new announcements Thursday in an effort to expand their user bases. YouTube was first,…

Duncan Riley

Cool: AI chatbot lawyer slays 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York

Report: Airbnb looking for raise more money 2 weeks after it took $1b in debt financing

Big Brother is DDoSing you: Botnet running on 25,000+ CCTV cameras discovered

After being targeted successfully by hackers again, IRS shuts down e-File PIN service

Google updates Maps with Landsat 8 imagery for pretty, cloud-free satellite views

Report: Lyft hires M&A specialist, seeks potential buyer or new investors

DHS wants the power to ask visitors to the U.S. for their social media account details

Facebook tries to placate conservatives by introducing political bias training for staff

New Godless Android malware running rampant, over 850,000 devices affected

YouTube to add live app streaming as Facebook announces masks, two people streaming

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