Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

ForgeRock survey finds enterprises are not doing enough to protect customer privacy

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2016

Identity management firm ForgeRock, Inc. has released the results of a new privacy survey that has disturbingly found that most IT professionals don’t believe companies are doing enough to protect customer privacy. The survey…

BizOps platform startup Usermind raises $14.5m Series B

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2016

Business operations platform startup Usermind, Inc. has raised $14.5 million Series B in a round led by Menlo Ventures that included previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and CRV. As part of the deal, Menlo Ventures…

Drones are now being used in South Africa to combat illegal poaching of endangered wildlife

By Duncan Riley Mar 15, 2016

When many think of drones they may think of Middle Eastern air strikes, smaller camera drones, or even attempts to utilize drones to make deliveries, but what if drones could be used to protect…

There’s now an Uber for escorts, and it has just raised venture capital in China

By Duncan Riley Mar 15, 2016

Is there a demand for an Uber-like service for escorts? It turns out a venture capitalist in China believe the answer to that question is yes, with local on-demand escort service Come Rent Me…

Chrome extension that blocks ads on Bitcoin site found to steal Bitcoins as well

By Duncan Riley Mar 14, 2016

A Chrome extension that promises to remove ads from a Bitcoin-related site is offering an additional feature users’ are unlikely to want, and that’s the theft of their Bitcoin’s when they attempt to make…

ROFL: Cryptsy offers bounty for the return of “stolen” Bitcoin in latest piece of absurd theatrics

By Duncan Riley Mar 13, 2016

Just when it was thought that the saga of failed Bitcoin exchange Cryptsy (Project Investors, Inc.) couldn’t get any more absurd, it has, with the founder of the company offering a reward to a…

Microsoft silently withdraws support for Bitcoin payments from the Win10 and Win Mobile stores

By Duncan Riley Mar 13, 2016

Microsoft’s 15-month long love affair with Bitcoin may be coming to an end, with the tech giant quietly removing the option to pay for items using the cryptocurrency in the Windows 10 and Windows…

A new front in the encryption wars opens as Department of Justice targets WhatsApp

By Duncan Riley Mar 13, 2016

The so-called encryption wars have spread to a new front with news over the weekend that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has a new target: the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp. According to an exclusive…

Fujitsu, Mizuho run successful trial of Blockchain platform for securities transactions

By Duncan Riley Mar 10, 2016

Japanese technology firm Fujitsu Limited, and subsidiary Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., along with bank Mizuho Bank, Ltd. have announced that they have successfully completed a trial of a Blockchain-derived platform for carrying out cross-border securities…

The Bank of England is designing a Bitcoin alternative of its own

By Duncan Riley Mar 10, 2016

The United Kingdom’s Central Bank, the Bank of England, is working with researchers at University College London to design a Bitcoin clone of its own, according to a new report. MIT Technology Review details how…

Duncan Riley

ForgeRock survey finds enterprises are not doing enough to protect customer privacy

BizOps platform startup Usermind raises $14.5m Series B

Drones are now being used in South Africa to combat illegal poaching of endangered wildlife

There’s now an Uber for escorts, and it has just raised venture capital in China

Chrome extension that blocks ads on Bitcoin site found to steal Bitcoins as well

ROFL: Cryptsy offers bounty for the return of “stolen” Bitcoin in latest piece of absurd theatrics

Microsoft silently withdraws support for Bitcoin payments from the Win10 and Win Mobile stores

A new front in the encryption wars opens as Department of Justice targets WhatsApp

Fujitsu, Mizuho run successful trial of Blockchain platform for securities transactions

The Bank of England is designing a Bitcoin alternative of its own

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