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

Introducing the completely pointless Windows 8.1 Update 1

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Microsoft is all set to release its first update to Windows 8.1 this April, and a number of leaks have appeared in recent days that show numerous small tweaks to the much-derided operating system that will do little to change the minds …

‘Bad news’ is ‘good news’ for Bitcoin

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has been hit by a spate of negative publicity in the last week or so, but while doomsayers will be rubbing their hands with glee yelling out “I told you so”, those who genuinely believe in the cryptocurrency will be quietly …

IBM’s Mission Impossible: These chips will self-destruct in five seconds

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

The US military’s mad scientists over at DARPA have come up with yet another seemingly impossible mission – it wants IBM to build computer microchips that can ‘self-destruct’ after being used. Motivating this latest hair-brained scheme is a number of recent embarrassing …

Nadella says focus is on mobile and cloud

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Now that Satya Nadella is getting comfortable behind his new desk at Microsoft, the world is eager to see what the new CEO plans to do with the company, and most especially in the crucial mobile market. As well as dealing with …

Apple declares war on Bitcoin, but it’s a war that it’s destined to lose

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Apple is now officially an enemy of Bitcoin. The world’s most valuable company has just launched another salvo in its war against the cryptocurrency, banning the popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain from its app store without giving any clear reason why, according to …

Lenovo’s bold gambit should be a wake up call for US firms

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Flush with cash from selling PCs by the bucket-load, China’s Lenovo has gorged itself on two massive acquisitions, splashing out $2.3 billion on IBM’s x86 server business, before following it up with a $2.9 billion grab for Motorola. That’s a tasty $5.2 …

British spooks launched DDoS attacks on Anonymous hacktivists

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

It’s not only the bad guys who carry out distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on their targets. Oh no, sometimes the ‘good guys’ will get up to the same old tricks. According to new documents released from former NSA contractor Ed Snowden and obtained …

Bill Gates is back, but what impact will he have?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Microsoft’s choice of Satya Nadella as its new CEO has been widely applauded as a brilliant move, but less uncertain is the wisdom of the new leader’s decision to bring back Bill Gates into the fold. Having stated time and again that …

Google’s transparency report still pretty opaque

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

When Ed Snowden lifted the lid on the NSA’s PRISM program last summer, major tech firms including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo asked the US government if they could provide more information about what sort of data they handed over in response …

Driverless cars? How about a self-driving convoy of military trucks

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Google might be the most famous innovator of automated cars, but it’s not the only one ‘driving’ the concept forward. With unmanned aerial vehicles already a highly formidable and controversial part of its repertoire, the US military is now turning its attention …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Introducing the completely pointless Windows 8.1 Update 1

‘Bad news’ is ‘good news’ for Bitcoin

IBM’s Mission Impossible: These chips will self-destruct in five seconds

Apple declares war on Bitcoin, but it’s a war that it’s destined to lose

Lenovo’s bold gambit should be a wake up call for US firms

British spooks launched DDoS attacks on Anonymous hacktivists

Bill Gates is back, but what impact will he have?

Google’s transparency report still pretty opaque

Driverless cars? How about a self-driving convoy of military trucks

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