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

Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) may have channeled funds used to set up Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris by using Bitcoin according to a group monitoring the organization. The report comes from the Ghost Security Group, an …

Facebook sides with terrorists against group who wanted to report ISIS accounts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Social media giant Facebook, Inc.’s commitment to being against terrorism after the horrific attacks that occurred in Paris Friday has been called into doubt, with the company apparently taking sides with ISIS instead of the voice of those opposed to the group. …

Miracle in Paris as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge saves man from suicide bomber

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge so good it can save a life? It turns out the answer to that question is yes, with one man crediting his life to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s flagship device during the horror which was the …

VC redux: the born-again Digg raises $4m Series A… Yes, that Digg

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The born-again version of once great social sharing site Digg, Inc. has taken the venture capital path with the company taking $4 million Series A (apparently you start again when you’re reborn) in a round from DG Incubation, the Tokyo-based investment subsidiary …

Visa and Epiphyte team for Blockchain proof-of-concept testing for fintech payments

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Visa, Inc. wants a part of the future in fintech payment solutions with an announcement it is working on a proof-of-concept for a Blockchain-based remittance service. Working with distributed ledger specialist Epiphyte Ltd. through its Visa Europe Collab innovation hub, the project …

Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly, manages to avoid getting a ticket

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

One of Google’s cute, little self-driving cars had a run-in with the law Thursday, with a test vehicle being pulled over by an Officer in Mountain View. While the notion of a self-driving car being pulled over for a traffic infringement it …

Google launches a dedicated YouTube Music app because you can never have enough apps

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google has finally released its YouTube Music app to market with a streaming app that offers a service for both free and paying users. Available on both Android and iOS, YouTube Music is being pitched as a way to do even more …

Samsung is first to market with the Gear VR shipping November 20 for $99

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Despite the hype around the second coming of virtual reality (90’s kids will understand the reference), much of it has sounded like vaporware…until now. Tech and consumer giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is going first to market with their new Gear VR …

EMC acquisition deal may be in doubt with a report the IRS may slug Dell with a $9b tax bill

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The highly publicized and mostly popular news that Dell, Inc. will be acquiring rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. for $67 billion may be in doubt with a report Tuesday that the takeover may result in an insanely crazy tax bill. Re/Code …

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Animal blog The Dodo.com, Inc. has raised $11.5 million Series B in a round led by Discovery Communications that included Softbank, SBNY, Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners and NBA commissioner David Stern. Founded in 2014, The Dodo claims to be …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks

Miracle in Paris as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge saves man from suicide bomber

VC redux: the born-again Digg raises $4m Series A… Yes, that Digg

Visa and Epiphyte team for Blockchain proof-of-concept testing for fintech payments

Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly, manages to avoid getting a ticket

Google launches a dedicated YouTube Music app because you can never have enough apps

Samsung is first to market with the Gear VR shipping November 20 for $99

EMC acquisition deal may be in doubt with a report the IRS may slug Dell with a $9b tax bill

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

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