Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

OneWeb launches 36 satellites ahead of Internet service rollout later this year

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2021

British satellite constellation firm OneWeb Ltd. completed a successful launch today, sending 36 satellites into orbit that it said will pave the way for it to roll out a commercial internet service in parts of…

Policy

Putin orders foreign tech firms to set up offices inside Russia

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2021

Vladimir Putin is taking aim at foreign technology firms again. The Russian president (pictured) has just signed a law that obliges foreign social media and tech firms to establish physical offices within Russia and…

IoT

Zebra Technologies buys warehouse robot maker Fetch Robotics

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2021

Enterprise technology giant Zebra Technologies Corp. is looking to bolster its presence in the industrial robot industry, announcing its intention today to acquire startup called Fetch Robotics Inc. for $290 million. The acquisition, which…

Security

Google adds new checks to Scorecards, an automated tool that scans open-source software for security risks

By Mike Wheatley Jul 1, 2021

Google LLC today announced a big update to the Scorecards project, which is an automated security tool that generates a “risk score” for open-source software projects. The Scorecards tool was launched in November 2020…

Infra

Micron says demand for memory chips will stay strong, but its stock falls anyway

By Mike Wheatley Jun 30, 2021

Micron Technology Inc. hosted a lively earnings call today, saying it expects demand for flash memory chips to remain high for the rest of the year even as the supply of other kinds of…

AI

Facebook makes its Habitat virtual world AI training environment more interactive

By Mike Wheatley Jun 30, 2021

Facebook Inc.’s artificial intelligence research department today announced a major update to its AI Habitat simulator, a virtual environment that’s used to teach robots how to interact with the physical world. The open-source Habitat…

Cloud

Buoyant announces new cloud service for Linkerd service mesh users

By Mike Wheatley Jun 30, 2021

Linkerd service mesh creator Buoyant Inc. is looking to make some money with the public beta launch of its Buoyant Cloud service today. Buoyant is trying to commercialize the open-source Linkerd service mesh platform,…

Security

Secure Access Service Edge startup Versa Networks nets $84M in late-stage round

By Mike Wheatley Jun 30, 2021

Network security startup Versa Networks Inc. banked an $84 million late-stage round of funding today that brings its total amount raised to $196 million. Princeville Capital and RPS Ventures co-led the Series D round,…

Emerging Tech

Rigetti looks to scale up quantum computing with modular processor architecture

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2021

Rigetti Computing Inc. believes it has cracked the challenge of scaling quantum computer systems with an entirely new approach that’s based on a modular architecture. The company is one of a number of startups competing…

Infra

Intel announces another chip delay, pushing back Sapphire Rapids CPUs to early 2022

By Mike Wheatley Jun 29, 2021

Chipmaking giant Intel Corp. has announced yet another production delay. The company said today its next-generation Sapphire Rapids Xeon Scalable central processing units aren’t expected to ship until the first quarter of 2022, with production…

Mike Wheatley

OneWeb launches 36 satellites ahead of Internet service rollout later this year

Zebra Technologies buys warehouse robot maker Fetch Robotics

Google adds new checks to Scorecards, an automated tool that scans open-source software for security risks

Micron says demand for memory chips will stay strong, but its stock falls anyway

Facebook makes its Habitat virtual world AI training environment more interactive

Rigetti looks to scale up quantum computing with modular processor architecture

Intel announces another chip delay, pushing back Sapphire Rapids CPUs to early 2022

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