Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Facebook being investigated by Senate Committee over political manipulation of trending news list

By Duncan Riley May 11, 2016

The United States Senate Commerce Committee has issued a please explain demand to Facebook, Inc. after it was alleged that the company censored conservative news in its trending news list. A letter from the…

Enterprise flash NVMe storage startup E8 Storage raises $12m Series B

By Duncan Riley May 10, 2016

Enterprise flash NVMe storage startup E8 Storage, Inc. has raised $12 million Series B in a round led by Accel that included existing investors Magma Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures. Founded in 2014, E8…

Google is investigating an acceptable ads policy to counter the growth of adblockers

By Duncan Riley May 10, 2016

Google is said to be investigating the adoption of an acceptable ads policy as a counter to the growing popularity of ad blockers, according to a report Monday. Digiday claims the policy would require ads…

Liberty Reserve founder gets 20 years jail and $500k fine for money laundering

By Duncan Riley May 10, 2016

Arthur Budovsky, the founder of the now defunct notorious cryptocurrency service Liberty Reserve, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined $500,000 for his involvement in the site. Budovsky, aged 42, pleaded…

FTC & FCC investigate mobile device security update practices of telcos and smartphone makers

By Duncan Riley May 9, 2016

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have launched a parallel inquiry into mobile device security updates. As part of the investigation, the FTC has sent please explain…

Spotify has announced 12 original television like series

By Duncan Riley May 9, 2016

Music streaming service Spotify AB has furthered its push into online video with the announcement of not one, but twelve original television-like series. Each episode of the new shows, which naturally have a focus…

Palantir Co-founder Joe Londsdale slams Buzzfeed, claims as bad journalism

By Duncan Riley May 9, 2016

The Co-founder of Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, Inc. has slammed an alleged exposé published by Buzzfeed that claimed the company was losing major clients, and was struggling with staff and revenue. Buzzfeed’s…

Live Nation and NextVR sign deal to stream live concerts in virtual reality

By Duncan Riley May 9, 2016

Live virtual reality broadcasting startup NextVR, Inc. has signed a deal with live events firm Live Nation, Inc. to stream concerts live in virtual reality. Under the deal, NextVR will broadcast “hundreds of live,…

The future is coming: GM/Lyft to trial self-driving electric taxis in 2017

By Duncan Riley May 6, 2016

The future is coming and in this case it’s via General Motors Co. and Lyft, Inc. who will begin testing self-driving electric taxis on public roads starting in 2017. According to The Wall Street Journal who…

Windows 10 passes 300m users, will no longer be free as of July 29

By Duncan Riley May 6, 2016

Microsoft Corp. announced that its Windows 10 operating system had been installed on 300 million machines Thursday, an achievement that surpassed the install rate of Windows 7 by six months. Chief Executive Officer Satya…

Duncan Riley

Facebook being investigated by Senate Committee over political manipulation of trending news list

Enterprise flash NVMe storage startup E8 Storage raises $12m Series B

Google is investigating an acceptable ads policy to counter the growth of adblockers

Liberty Reserve founder gets 20 years jail and $500k fine for money laundering

FTC & FCC investigate mobile device security update practices of telcos and smartphone makers

Spotify has announced 12 original television like series

Palantir Co-founder Joe Londsdale slams Buzzfeed, claims as bad journalism

Live Nation and NextVR sign deal to stream live concerts in virtual reality

The future is coming: GM/Lyft to trial self-driving electric taxis in 2017

Windows 10 passes 300m users, will no longer be free as of July 29

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