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

Applied Materials’ chips are down following revenue miss and light guidance

Semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. delivered mixed results in its latest quarter and offered guidance that came in just shy of expectations, sending its stock lower in extended trading today. The chip manufacturing equipment maker reported second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.39 per share, beating Wall Street’s consensus estimate ...

Meta to postpone release of Llama 4 Behemoth model, report claims

Meta Platforms Inc. is likely to delay the release of its upcoming Llama 4 Behemoth artificial intelligence model, in a move that could have serious implications for the broader AI industry. In an exclusive report, the Wall Street Journal cites people with knowledge of the matter as saying Llama 4 Behemoth’s debut is being pushed ...

Google updates its Cloud Marketplace economics to boost value for partners and customers

Google Cloud said today it wants to transform its Cloud Marketplace into a “growth engine” for its customers and partners with a new economic model, simplified purchases and more incentives for everyone. In a blog post, Google Cloud Marketplace Managing Director Dai Vu said the platform is an integral part of the go-to-market strategy of ...

Box expands its toolbox with more AI agents for search, deep research and data extraction

Cloud content management giant Box Inc. today is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities with the launch of new AI agents for search, deep research and data extraction that will automate yet more tasks on behalf of users. In addition, there’s a new Box AI Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot, which expands the reach of Box ...

OpenAI says GPT-4.1 model is now available in ChatGPT

Exactly one month after launching its latest large language model, OpenAI is making GPT-4.1 available as an option in ChatGPT. The company posted on X today that it’s bringing GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT “by popular request” and making it available from today. It will be available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Team users, accessible via the “more models” ...

Cisco beats expectations and its stock rises on growing AI momentum

Cisco Systems Inc. enjoyed another quarter of growing demand amid the artificial intelligence boom, helping it to beat expectations on earnings and revenue as it posted its third-quarter financial results. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 96 cents per share on revenue of $14.15 billion, up 15% from the ...

Boomi leaps on the agentic AI boom to accelerate business automation

Boomi LP is turning to artificial intelligence-powered agents to help simplify complex application and data integration processes, with the end goal being to try and help accelerate business transformation. It’s doing this with a new platform called Boomi Agentstudio, announced in general availability today, alongside various other innovations, including support for the open-source Model Context ...

Openlayer raises $14.5M to help developers assess and improve AI model performance

Artificial intelligence testing and evaluation startup Openlayer Inc. said today it has raised $14.5 million in an early-stage funding. The money from the Series A round will help it to enhance its platform, which provides enterprises with a host of useful tools to ensure the reliability and efficiency of their AI applications. Today’s round was ...

Informatica’s CLAIRE agents bring AI automation to big data management

Big-data company Informatica LLC is jumping into agentic artificial intelligence at the deep end, unleashing a wave of new AI agents aimed at helping companies automate some of the most laborious tasks associated with enterprise data management. Today the company announced the coming availability of a suite of AI agents called CLAIRE, alongside a set ...

Google gives Android a vibrant, colorful new look with Material 3 Expressive

Google LLC today lifted the lid on a new Android experience, introducing one of the biggest revamps it has ever seen with the launch of a new design language called Material 3 Expressive. Set to arrive in Android 16, Material 3 Expressive is a sweeping new user interface update that aims to make the platform ...