Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to survive the apocalypse with a smart home

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Zombies. The walking dead returned from the grave to feast on soft buttery brains. Smart homes, a technology that allows for the automation of certain tasks such as turning on lights or changing the temperature. What do zombies and smart homes have …

VENOM vulnerability bites VM hosts

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

A new unchecked buffer vulnerability that affects some computer virtualization platforms has been discovered and published by CrowdStrike Senior Security Researcher Jason Geffner. The vulnerability, dubbed VENOM (Virtual Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation, CVE-2015-3456), affects QEMU’s virtual Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) used in …

CA Technologies integrates Docker containers to enhance DevOps continuous delivery

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

As part of a continuing initiative to deliver tools that increase application quality and accelerate release CA Technologies (CA Inc.) has integrated CA Release Automation with the Docker platform. This integration allows Docker containers and images to be fused into the life …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 13: 21 Inc. and bitcoin-mining toasters, Nasdaq uses Open Assets Protocol, itBit becomes a regulated trust exchange

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

After a few months of wondering, we may have a better idea of what 21 Inc. intends and it seems to be fairly ambitious: according to a report the plan is to add ASIC mining chips to common Internet of Things products. …

Nasdaq gives blockchain technology the enterprise treatment

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Nasdaq, the American stock exchange, announced today that it intends to use the blockchain, the secure ledger technology that underpins Bitcoin, as part of an enterprise-wide initiative. This initiative intends to first build on the Open Assets Protocol, a colored coin innovation built upon …

Zynga lays off 364 people in cost reduction plan, refocuses efforts

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Mobile and social game company Zynga Inc. recently released its Q1 2015 financial results, which outperformed expectations, but in which the company announced it would lay off 18 percent of the company–364 people–in an effort to cut $100 million in costs. Mark …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 6: Gavin Andresen and max block size, FinCEN fines Ripple Labs, Wozniak joins Planet Capital board

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Ripple Labs found themselves on the wrong side of FinCEN this week and has been subject to a $700,000 fine for failing to keep up with regulations as a money exchanger. Most notably the fine also comes with requirements that Ripple …

Pinshape announces partnership with 3DPrinterOS for 3D print cloud streaming

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Pinshape Inc., a 3D printing community and marketplace, announced a strategic partnership with 3DPrinterOS (developed by 3D Control Systems Ltd.), the world’s first operating system for 3D printing to enable cloud-based streaming of 3D print jobs and designs to a wide variety …

Ethereum has come a long way in one year: Protocols, browser, IDE, & more

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Ethereum is a decentralized publishing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable user-created programmable contracts. In 2014, SiliconAngle ran an article on the platform asking, “Can Ethereum kill Bitcoin with self-executing contracts?”, of course, the developers of Ethereum did not built it …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to survive the apocalypse with a smart home

VENOM vulnerability bites VM hosts

CA Technologies integrates Docker containers to enhance DevOps continuous delivery

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 13: 21 Inc. and bitcoin-mining toasters, Nasdaq uses Open Assets Protocol, itBit becomes a regulated trust exchange

Nasdaq gives blockchain technology the enterprise treatment

Zynga lays off 364 people in cost reduction plan, refocuses efforts

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 6: Gavin Andresen and max block size, FinCEN fines Ripple Labs, Wozniak joins Planet Capital board

Pinshape announces partnership with 3DPrinterOS for 3D print cloud streaming

Ethereum has come a long way in one year: Protocols, browser, IDE, & more

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