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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

Developer-first security firm Snyk raises $150M funding round

SECURITY By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

U.K cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. is the latest tech “unicorn” after bagging $150 million in a funding round led by New York-based growth equity firm Stripes. The Series C funding, announced today, brings Snyk’s total amount raised to date to $250 million and puts …

Canonical debuts Anbox Cloud for highly scalable Android apps

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Canonical Ltd. has come up with a way to distribute compute-intensive applications from the cloud so they can run seamlessly on low-powered Android devices. The solution, announced early today, is a platform called Anbox Cloud. It uses Android as a guest operating system …

Huawei strikes deal with TomTom to use its map services

APPS By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is working with the Dutch mapping company TomTom N.V. to put maps and location services on its smartphones, Reuters reported Friday. Huawei has been banned from using parts of Google LLC’s Android operating system on its most recent …

Report: Intel planning layoffs in its Data Center Group

INFRA By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. is reportedly laying off a significant number of staff within its key Data Center Group as it looks to reorganize the business unit. Industry publications SemiAccurate and AnandTech reported Friday that the planned cuts could see between 25% and 33% …

Toyota leads $590M funding round in flying taxi startup Joby Aviation

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Toyota Motor Corp. is the lead investor in a massive $590 million funding round announced today for Californian-based aerospace company Joby Aviation, which is aiming to bring “flying taxis” to American skies within the next few years. Existing investors Toyota AI Ventures, Intel Capital, …

Tesla to open R&D center in China later this year

EMERGING TECH By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. is looking to hire some local talent in China to staff a new research and development center it will build in Shanghai. The announcement today comes just days after Tesla shipped its first locally made Model 3 vehicles …

Google parent Alphabet tops $1T market capitalization

CLOUD By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc. became the fourth U.S. firm to hit a $1 trillion market capitalization today, Reuters reported. Alphabet now joins Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. as one of three American firms worth more than $1 trillion. Apple hit …

Mozilla lays off 70 staff in response to declining revenue

POLICY By MIKE WHEATLEY7 YEARS AGO

Firefox browser maker Mozilla Corp. today announced it’s laying off about 70 staff members in order to buy itself more time to start generating revenue from its newest products. Mozilla Chairwoman and interim Chief Executive Officer Mitchell Baker made the announcement in …

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