Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile. Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach. Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Supply chain sustainability startup Everstream Analytics raises $50M

Supply chain insights and risk analytics firm Everstream Analytics, officially known as Resilience360 Inc., said today it has closed on a $50 million funding round. Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s 1GT private equity platform co-led the Series B round together with StepStone Group, with existing investor Columbia Capital also participating. Everstream offers a cloud-based platform that ...

Zilliz Cloud updates its vector database to fix AI hallucinations

Vector database startup Zilliz Inc. said today that its newly updated Zilliz Cloud offering could be just the tonic for artificial intelligence practitioners looking to avoid the pitfalls of hallucinations. Large language models such as ChatGPT have captured the imagination recently for their uncanny ability to provide humanlike responses to almost any question on any ...

Apple to cut small number of jobs in its corporate retail teams

Apple Inc., which has until now resisted announcing a major round of job cuts, is looking to eliminate a small number of roles within its corporate retail teams, according to a report today by Bloomberg. The iPhone and Mac computer maker is cutting positions in what is internally known as its development and preservation teams, ...

Google spending cuts include no more laptops, only Chromebooks, and fewer services

After laying off thousands of its employees in January, Google LLC is looking to rein in its expenses elsewhere, with a number of cost-cutting measures being implemented across the company, including reductions in spending on equipment, supplies and some employee services. The report comes from CNBC, which said today that Google has informed its staff ...

Quantexa, a fast-growing decision intelligence startup, raises $129M in late-stage funding

Decision intelligence startup Quantexa Ltd. said today it has closed on a bumper late-stage funding round worth $129 million. The Series E round was led by GIC and saw participation from existing investors Warburg Pincus, Dawn Capital, British Patient Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, HSBC, BNY Mellon, ABN AMRO and Albion VC. The funding comes less than ...

Meta’s AI researchers create artificial visual cortex for robots to operate by seeing

Researchers from Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research unit today announced a couple of key developments around adaptive skill coordination and visual cortex replication that they say will allow AI-powered robots to operate in the real world but without any real-world data. The developments are said to be major advancements toward the creation of general-purpose ...

Quantum startup IonQ delivers strong earnings beat and its stock rises

Quantum computing company IonQ Inc. closed on its first full year as a publicly traded company today, beating expectations on earnings and revenue as it delivered its fourth-quarter results. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of nine cents per share, with revenue for the period coming to $3.8 million, ...

UK watchdog launches deeper probe into $61B Broadcom-VMware merger

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator said today it will launch a deeper investigation into Broadcom Inc.’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc., a move that seemingly dashes any prospect of the merger being completed with minimal fuss. The Competition and Markets Authority said today it is launching a Phase 2 investigation into the pending buyout, ...

UiPath streamlines workflow automation requests with conversational AI assistant

Robotic process automation leader UiPath Inc. announced today it’s partnering with the conversational artificial intelligence startup Amelia US LLC to create a fully integrated digital agent for workflow automation. The partnership is all about delivering simpler experiences for employees, who often struggle with the technical side of creating automated workflows, UiPath said. UiPath’s RPA platform ...

Google Cloud’s evolving big-data ecosystem embraces efficiency and AI

Google Cloud is looking to accelerate adoption of its big-data ecosystem with a host of new product innovations and partner offerings announced today at its third annual Google Data Cloud & AI Summit. According to Google, the new capabilities are designed to help companies optimize the price-performance of their big data projects, embrace open data ...