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

Flickr Flaw Leaves Yahoo Mail Accounts Exposed to Hackers

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Fresh security fears have been raised over Yahoo’s email service since last month’s update of Flickr.com, the photo-sharing website that’s integrated with the wider Yahoo network. The concerns have to do with the way the services are inextricably linked together – i.e., …

Project Tempora: How the British GCHQ Helps the NSA Spy on US Citizens

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Amidst all the media excitement over Ed Snowden’s dramatic flight from Hong Kong to Moscow, one story that slipped under the radar at the end of last week relates how the UK’s version of the NSA, the GCHQ, has been secretly tapping …

Bitcoin Foundation Under Attack in California

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has just found itself a new enemy in the shape of the California Department of Financial Institutions, which has just sent a cease-and-desist letter to the nonprofit Bitcoin Foundation, an organization that’s devoted to promoting best practices for the cryptocurrency. The …

Feeding the Patent Trolls: Here’s Their Side of the Story

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

When something as mundane as using Wi-Fi in a coffee shop or making an online purchase with your smartphone provokes a lawsuit, it’s clear that the legal system is seriously flawed. Unfortunately, that’s the way things have been in the US for …

What’s Up With Mt. Gox? US Dollar Withdrawals Suspended for “Next Two Weeks”

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

As the world’s most popular Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox sees a huge amount of traffic with thousands of users each day transferring money into the exchange to buy the virtual currency, or else to sell their Bitcoin and withdraw US dollars or …

How to Squeeze 1,000 Terabytes of Data onto a Single DVD

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

DVDs and Blu-ray discs probably don’t get as much respect as they deserve from technophiles, simply because the amount of data they can store in comparison to hard drives or flash is minuscule. But that could be about to change thanks to …

Leaked FISA Documents Show The NSA Can Access US Data Without a Warrant

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

The Guardian has just released a new bunch of FISA documents relating to the NSA’s PRISM spying program, in particular regarding the circumstances under which it can can collect data on US citizens, and the measures it must take to “minimize” that …

Hackers Make Short Work of Photoshop CC: Get Your Pirate Copy Now!

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Although Adobe has never explicitly stated that one of the motivating factors behind its decision to transform its Creative Cloud into a subscription-only cloud service was to curb software piracy, doing so was surely one of its intentions. Unfortunately it hasn’t worked. …

Skype’s “Project Chess” Allegedly Lets NSA Snoop On Your Calls

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Despite its repeated denials over PRISM, Skype has apparently been looking at ways it can facilitate government access to its VoIP calling service for at least five years. According to the New York Times, Skype has been running a clandestine program known …

LeaseWeb Hits Back At Kim Dotcom Over Megaupload Deletion

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Kim Dotcom was acting up again yesterday, screaming blue murder over the fact that LeaseWeb, one of Megaupload’s former hosting providers, had apparently deleted “petabytes of data” belonging to users of the now defunct storage service. According to Dotcom, LeaseWeb’s decision amounted …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Project Tempora: How the British GCHQ Helps the NSA Spy on US Citizens

Bitcoin Foundation Under Attack in California

Feeding the Patent Trolls: Here’s Their Side of the Story

What’s Up With Mt. Gox? US Dollar Withdrawals Suspended for “Next Two Weeks”

How to Squeeze 1,000 Terabytes of Data onto a Single DVD

Leaked FISA Documents Show The NSA Can Access US Data Without a Warrant

Hackers Make Short Work of Photoshop CC: Get Your Pirate Copy Now!

Skype’s “Project Chess” Allegedly Lets NSA Snoop On Your Calls

LeaseWeb Hits Back At Kim Dotcom Over Megaupload Deletion

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