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

The NSA reads up to 200 million SMS messages every single day

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

The NSA’s gobbling up millions upon millions of emails and communications every single day. It’s hoovering up cellphone metadata faster than you can say “sorry, wrong number”. It’s building a quantum code-cracker. Hell, it’s even using radio waves to hack into offline …

Bitcoin to hit $100,000? Maybe one day…

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Just how high can the value of Bitcoin go? That’s a matter of debate, but if your name happens to be Chris Dixon, then your most optimistic answer would be “really, really high”. As far as the Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist is …

Microsoft hands Windows XP a lifeline, but the clock’s still ticking

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has thrown a lifeline to the millions of users who’re still running the decrepit Windows XP operating system on their computers, by announcing it’ll be extending anti-malware support for an extra year. This means that Windows XP computers will continue to …

US Appeals Court tosses the FCC’s Net Neutrality laws into the garbage

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

A landmark ruling in the Appeals Court has just seen the FCC’s net neutrality rules thrown in the garbage, and it could be bad news for smartphone-wielding internet users in the US . The rules would have meant it was against the …

The NSA uses good, old-fashioned radio waves to hack offline computers

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

If there’s one way to protect your privacy from the prying eyes of the NSA, surely it’s by keeping your computer permanently offline, right? Well, you might have thought so – but you’d be dead wrong! According to a new report from …

When’s the best time to launch a cyber-attack?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

When the perpetrators of the Stuxnet worm decided to launch their attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, timing was everything. Designed to disrupt Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, Stuxnet wreaked havoc on the Natanz uranium-enrichment plant, shutting down a fifth of its centrifuges …

Google’s Nest acquisition will speed up the ‘smart grid’, but it’ll come at a cost

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Google has just bought Nest, maker of the smart thermostat, for a whopping $3.2 billion. It’s not immediately clear what’s motivated this acquisition, but with it Google is getting its hands on a relatively rare and untapped source of data – detailed …

Facebook kills ‘sponsored stories’ but your face will still be used in its ads

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Facebook has made good on an earlier promise to kill off its so-called “sponsored stories”, those annoying ads that use your friend’s identities and likes to promote various brands and pages. Last year, the social media giant updated its privacy policy, making …

It’s about time Microsoft got into bed with Android

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Last week’s CES was notable for the conspicuous absence of one of the world’s largest consumer electronics firms – Microsoft. Having pulled out of CES 2013, devices running Windows software were almost totally absent at this year’s edition. Instead, CES 2014 saw …

Overstock.com jumps on the Bitcoin bandwagon, starts accepting payments

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Overstock.com surprised a few people late on Thursday when it moved forward with its plans to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. The online retailer previously said in December it would adopt the cryptocurrency “within the next six months”, but has …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

The NSA reads up to 200 million SMS messages every single day

Bitcoin to hit $100,000? Maybe one day…

Microsoft hands Windows XP a lifeline, but the clock’s still ticking

US Appeals Court tosses the FCC’s Net Neutrality laws into the garbage

The NSA uses good, old-fashioned radio waves to hack offline computers

When’s the best time to launch a cyber-attack?

Google’s Nest acquisition will speed up the ‘smart grid’, but it’ll come at a cost

It’s about time Microsoft got into bed with Android

Overstock.com jumps on the Bitcoin bandwagon, starts accepting payments

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