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

China-backed Nexperia bids to acquire U.K.’s largest semiconductor fab in cut-price deal

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

China is looking to get its hands on more semiconductor manufacturing technology through a cut-price deal that will see the Dutch chip maker Nexperia B.V. acquire U.K.-based Newport Wafer Fab. Nexperia, which is owned by the Chinese private equity firm Wingtech Technology …

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

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 the northern hemisphere. OneWeb, which now has more …

Putin orders foreign tech firms to set up offices inside Russia

POLICY By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 threatens punishments if they do not comply. The law …

Zebra Technologies buys warehouse robot maker Fetch Robotics

IOT By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 is still subject to customary closing conditions, is …

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

SECURITY By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 by Google and the Open Source Security Foundation. …

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

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 computer chips begins to meet customers’ needs. It …

Facebook makes its Habitat virtual world AI training environment more interactive

AI By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 simulator was first launched in 2019, giving AI …

Buoyant announces new cloud service for Linkerd service mesh users

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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, which was created in 2016 and is hosted …

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

SECURITY By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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, which included the participation of several existing investors, …

Rigetti looks to scale up quantum computing with modular processor architecture

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY5 YEARS AGO

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 in the quantum computing business, alongside more traditional …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

China-backed Nexperia bids to acquire U.K.’s largest semiconductor fab in cut-price deal

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

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