Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Predictions 2017: No driverless cars, but drone deliveries and bitcoin take flight

By Mike Wheatley Dec 28, 2016

As if 2016 weren’t volatile enough for the technology industry, the coming year is likely to be even more interesting, thanks to everything from a very unpredictable new U.S. president to a confluence of…

Emerging Tech

Robotics are poised to dominate Asia’s startup scene in 2017

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2016

The Asian startup scene is set to be dominated by robotics and consumer banking in 2017, according to a new survey by Norwegian telecommunications firm Telenor Group. The robotics industry was cited by 45…

Apps

Facebook fooled by fake news report of explosion in Bangkok

By Mike Wheatley Dec 27, 2016

Facebook Inc. has been plagued by fake news appearing in people’s news feeds for quite some time, but on Tuesday the company itself was fooled by false reports of a bomb attack in Bangkok,…

Apps

Strong encryption critical to digital economy, says congressional report

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2016

The United States government risks undermining the digital economy if it doesn’t embrace strong encryption, according to a bipartisan congressional report released last week. The Encryption Working Group’s Year-End Report comes after a year…

Cloud

Microsoft will be the first tech firm to hit a $1 trillion valuation, analyst says

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2016

Following its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp., Microsoft Corp. could become the first technology company to see its market value hit $1 trillion. That prediction comes from respected financial analyst Michael Markowski, who was previously…

Infra

Mimecast heads up Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving

By Mike Wheatley Dec 22, 2016

Gartner Inc.’s latest Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving shows that Mimecast Ltd. is way out in front of a market that looks to be increasingly dominated by specialists in the field. It’s actually…

Cloud

ClusterHQ, creator of the Flocker software container manager, shuts down

By Mike Wheatley Dec 22, 2016

ClusterHQ Inc., the startup that developed the popular open-source software container manager Flocker, today said it’s shutting down operations immediately. The move comes as something of a surprise, since the company had raised $18 million…

Emerging Tech

Google researchers develop a test for machine learning bias

By Mike Wheatley Dec 22, 2016

A team of researchers at Google Inc. has developed a method for testing whether or not machine learning algorithms inject bias, such as gender or racial bias, into their decision-making processes. For some time,…

Emerging Tech

White House report mostly optimistic on economic impact of AI and automation

By Mike Wheatley Dec 21, 2016

Artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to boost living standards and lead to an increase in people’s leisure hours, but could also lead to increased economic inequality, the White House said in a…

Apps

Microsoft makes Office 365 more accessible to the visually impaired

By Mike Wheatley Dec 21, 2016

Microsoft Corp. has made a number of improvements to Office 365, including making documents easier to read for those with poor eyesight. Announcing the updates, Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Office group,…

Mike Wheatley

Predictions 2017: No driverless cars, but drone deliveries and bitcoin take flight

Robotics are poised to dominate Asia’s startup scene in 2017

Facebook fooled by fake news report of explosion in Bangkok

Strong encryption critical to digital economy, says congressional report

Microsoft will be the first tech firm to hit a $1 trillion valuation, analyst says

Mimecast heads up Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving

ClusterHQ, creator of the Flocker software container manager, shuts down

Google researchers develop a test for machine learning bias

White House report mostly optimistic on economic impact of AI and automation

Microsoft makes Office 365 more accessible to the visually impaired

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