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

Report: Apple building video sharing app to compete with Snapchat

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple wants a slice of the social sharing market and is building a new app that would work in a similar fashion to Snapchat, according to a report published Thursday. Bloomberg claims the new app will offer video sharing and editing on iOS …

Apple releases security patch after exploit discovered that could take over iOS devices

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple has issued an urgent update to its iOS mobile operating system following the revelation that three security flaws in the system could allow potential hackers to take control of an Apple device using a zero-day exploit. The revelation that iPhone users …

No More Ransom initiative releases tool to decrypt Wildfire variant of ransomware

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a win for the good guys, a group backed by police and security companies have developed a free decryption tool for victims of the Wildfire variant of ransomware. The tool comes from the No More Ransom initiative, a collaborative project between …

Startup with links to Peter Thiel uses Big Data to fund lawsuits

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new firm with links to the hero behind Gawker Media’s demise, Peter Thiel, wants to (without irony) make it easier for people and firms to sue others by providing a litigation financing service that uses big data to make decisions. Litigation …

Report: Google planning to turn YouTube into a social network of sorts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google is preparing to turn its video streaming site YouTube into a social network of sorts, to counter growing opposition from video on Facebook and other services, according to a report published Wednesday. VentureBeat claims that YouTube is developing a service currently …

Bitfinex customers offered equity in compensation for bitcoin lost in hacking

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Customers of bitcoin exchange Bitfinex (BTXNA, Inc.) are being offered equity in the company in compensation for the losses imposed on them, following the hacking of the exchange in early August. Under the deal, customers who were issued BFX tokens following the …

Please no: Facebook testing auto-playing videos with the sound turned on

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Your news feed on Facebook may soon become a more noisy experience, with the social network giant now testing auto-playing videos with the sound turned on. First spotted by Mashable, the trial of auto-audio is currently underway in Australia with one version of …

Advertising technology platform The Trade Desk files for IPO

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Advertising technology platform The Trade Desk Inc. has filed to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “TTD.” Serving as underwriters for the initial public offering (IPO) are Citigroup, Jefferies, and RBC who will be assisting the company in raising …

Ashley Madison slapped down by Canadian, Australian regulators for lax security following 2015 hack

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Controversial cheating website Ashley Madison has been slapped down by regulators in Canada and Australia for poor security following its now infamous hacking in 2015. A joint investigation by the offices of the Australian and Canadian privacy commissioners found that that the …

Hallelujah: Google to punish sites that use interstitial pop-ups on mobile content starting January

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Search giant Google has announced that it will punish the mobile rankings of sites that use interstitial pop-ups, starting in January 2017. If you’re not familiar with the term, an interstitial is traditionally a page displayed before or after an expected content page. In …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Report: Apple building video sharing app to compete with Snapchat

Apple releases security patch after exploit discovered that could take over iOS devices

No More Ransom initiative releases tool to decrypt Wildfire variant of ransomware

Startup with links to Peter Thiel uses Big Data to fund lawsuits

Report: Google planning to turn YouTube into a social network of sorts

Bitfinex customers offered equity in compensation for bitcoin lost in hacking

Please no: Facebook testing auto-playing videos with the sound turned on

Advertising technology platform The Trade Desk files for IPO

Ashley Madison slapped down by Canadian, Australian regulators for lax security following 2015 hack

Hallelujah: Google to punish sites that use interstitial pop-ups on mobile content starting January

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