Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Appeals court backs FCC in its bid to open up 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed users

By Mike Wheatley Dec 28, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission won a key legal victory today as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of its decision to designate a large portion of…

Emerging Tech

Waymo to add Geely’s electric Zeekr vans to its U.S. ride-hailing fleet

By Mike Wheatley Dec 28, 2021

Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit Waymo revealed today it’s working with the Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group to integrate that company’s purpose-built electric robotaxi minivans into its U.S. fleet. Waymo plans to install its…

Apps

Report: Apple paid some of its top engineers $180K bonuses not to defect

By Mike Wheatley Dec 28, 2021

Faced with a growing number of its software engineers defecting to its Silicon Valley rivals, Apple Inc. is said to be offering big bonuses of up to $180,000 in stock to ensure key workers…

Emerging Tech

OneWeb launches 36 satellites into space as it aims to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2021

British satellite constellation firm OneWeb Ltd. successfully blasted 36 more communications satellites into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today. The company has been launching satellites into space on a regular basis this…

Policy

Activist investor Starboard Value targets GoDaddy after buying 6.5% stake

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2021

The well-known activist investor firm Starboard Value LP is targeting the web services provider GoDaddy Inc. for a shakeup after acquiring a 6.5% stake in the company. That’s according to a regulatory filing with…

Policy

Didi’s share price drops as it indefinitely bans employees from offloading its stock

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2021

Shares in the Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Global Inc. took another beating today following a report by the Financial Times that claims current and former employees at the firm have been banned from selling…

Cloud

Zoom buys Liminal assets to boost its virtual event capabilities

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2021

Looking to become the hub for online events, Zoom Video Communications Inc. said today it has acquired key assets from a startup called Liminal that builds add-ons for the Zoom platform. Liminal’s add-ons, known…

Policy

Russia slaps Google and Meta with multimillion-dollar fines for not deleting banned content

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2021

Google LLC on Friday was slapped with an unprecedented fine of almost $100 million by a Russian court for its “systemic failure to remove banned content” – the largest penalty ever imposed on a…

Policy

DOJ delays decision on Apple and Google antitrust charges amid budget crunch

By Mike Wheatley Dec 23, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department reportedly has put off a decision on whether to charge Apple Inc. and Google LLC with antitrust violations, despite originally aiming to wrap up its long-running probes of the two…

Apps

Tencent distributes $16.4B worth of JD.com stock to its shareholders

By Mike Wheatley Dec 23, 2021

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is offloading its stake in JD.com Inc., the country’s second-largest e-commerce company. Shenzhen-based Tencent will reportedly hand out the 460 million ordinary shares of JD.com worth a reported…

Mike Wheatley

Appeals court backs FCC in its bid to open up 6 GHz spectrum to unlicensed users

Waymo to add Geely’s electric Zeekr vans to its U.S. ride-hailing fleet

Report: Apple paid some of its top engineers $180K bonuses not to defect

OneWeb launches 36 satellites into space as it aims to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink

Activist investor Starboard Value targets GoDaddy after buying 6.5% stake

Zoom buys Liminal assets to boost its virtual event capabilities

Russia slaps Google and Meta with multimillion-dollar fines for not deleting banned content

DOJ delays decision on Apple and Google antitrust charges amid budget crunch

Tencent distributes $16.4B worth of JD.com stock to its shareholders

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