Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Digital identity verification startup Ver.ID raises €2M to help Euro firms adhere to eIDAS 2.0

By Mike Wheatley Jan 2, 2025

Digital identity verification startup Ver.ID, officially known as Subst.id B.V., said today it has closed on a small, €2 million ($2.05 million) funding round. The money, which comes exclusively from angel investors, will enable…

Cloud

Thomson Reuters snaps up AI-powered tax automation startup SafeSend for $600M

By Mike Wheatley Jan 2, 2025

The global media organization and technology services provider Thomson Reuters Corp. said today it has acquired the tax automation software company SafeSend in a $600 million all-cash deal. Michigan-based SafeSend, officially known as cPaperless…

Policy

Appeals court ruling kills off efforts to restore FCC net neutrality rules

By Mike Wheatley Jan 2, 2025

A U.S. appeals court today ruled the Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules first implemented by former President Barack Obama. The ruling ends a decade-plus-long…

AI

Meta plans to flood social media with AI-generated users and content

By Mike Wheatley Jan 1, 2025

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to flood Facebook and other social media platforms with artificial intelligence-powered user profiles, one of its top executives has said. Over the last year, Meta has been developing and promoting various…

AI

Encode and the ‘godfather of AI’ join Elon Musk’s bid to block OpenAI’s for-profit switch

By Mike Wheatley Jan 1, 2025

Encode, a nonprofit organization that co-sponsored California’s failed SB 1047 AI safety legislation, is joining forces with Elon Musk to oppose OpenAI’s plan to repivot as a fully for-profit company. The youth-led advocacy group…

Infra

TikTok parent ByteDance plans to spend $7B on cloud-based GPUs this year to fuel its AI ambitions

By Mike Wheatley Jan 1, 2025

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. reportedly has a plan to get around tough U.S. restrictions on the export of advanced computer chips to China. The company is said to be planning to spend a…

AI

Alibaba Cloud announces aggressive LLM price cuts in bid to dominate China’s AI market

By Mike Wheatley Jan 1, 2025

Alibaba Cloud said Tuesday that it’s slashing the price of access to its most advanced large language models by up to 85% in a bid to generate more interest from Chinese businesses. The move…

Apps

Employer.com acquires troubled bookkeeping startup Bench, ending chaos for customers

By Mike Wheatley Dec 30, 2024

Just days after shocking and angering some customers over the manner of its sudden shutdown, the accounting software startup Bench Accounting Inc. says it’s now being acquired by Employer.com Inc. The acquisition was announced in blog…

Apps

Mexico to launch emergency app for citizens facing deportation from US

By Mike Wheatley Dec 29, 2024

Mexican officials say they’re developing a new emergency mobile application that’s meant to aid citizens in the U.S. who fear imminent detention by immigration authorities. The app, which was announced by Mexico Foreign Secretary…

Security

US proposes tougher cybersecurity rules for healthcare organizations

By Mike Wheatley Dec 29, 2024

Healthcare providers in the United States might be forced to beef up their cybersecurity practices in the wake of new proposals made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It proposes new…

Mike Wheatley

Digital identity verification startup Ver.ID raises €2M to help Euro firms adhere to eIDAS 2.0

Thomson Reuters snaps up AI-powered tax automation startup SafeSend for $600M

Appeals court ruling kills off efforts to restore FCC net neutrality rules

Encode and the ‘godfather of AI’ join Elon Musk’s bid to block OpenAI’s for-profit switch

Employer.com acquires troubled bookkeeping startup Bench, ending chaos for customers

Mexico to launch emergency app for citizens facing deportation from US

US proposes tougher cybersecurity rules for healthcare organizations

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