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.

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Lucid announces Lucidspark integration with Jira for team visual collaboration

Lucid Software Inc., a provider of visual collaboration software for teams, Thursday announced a new integration for its virtual whiteboard, Lucidspark, with Jira Cloud that’s aimed at enhancing how teams collaborate remotely. Using Lucidspark Cards for Jira, teams will be able to plan and roadmap projects and identify potential roadmaps and bring ideas to mind. ...

LazyLedger Labs blockchain firm closes $1.5M in seed funding

Blockchain distributed ledger outfit LazyLedger Labs announced Wednesday that it closed a $1.5 million seed funding round led by Interchain Foundation and Binance Labs to build what it calls a “pluggable consensus and data availability” layer. Blockchain technology allows developers to create distributed peer-to-peer applications that self-execute using smart contracts on the network. Under normal circumstances, ...

Tableau launches new COVID-19 global data tracker for businesses and governments

Tableau Software LLC, a Salesforce.com Inc. company, today announced the launch of a new COVID-19 Data Hub and global tracker with a data visualization dashboard for cases, deaths, infection rates, testing, vaccination rates, contact tracing, testing eligibility, economic impact and more. This data tracker is designed to give governments, businesses, humanitarian groups and other organizations ...

Enterprise blockchain firm Finboot secures $3.35M in funding

Enterprise distributed ledger blockchain solution provider Finboot Tech S.L. today announced it has secured $3.35 million in funding from investors led by the Development Bank of Wales. The company provides a suite of blockchain applications and middleware designed for the enterprise, known as MARCO, that provide companies the ability to secure documents and gain visibility ...

Singapore develops blockchain for verified COVID-19 test results

In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Singapore has adopted a new standard for protecting verification for globally interoperable health documents based on tamper-proof distributed ledger blockchain technology. Cryptographic hashes, blockchain technology, privacy protection and proof of identity will be combined to facilitate cross-border verification of health documentation such as COVID-19 ...

Scope AR launches WorkLink Create enterprise augmented reality authoring platform

Scope AR, an enterprise-class augmented reality solution provider, today announced the launch of WorkLink Create, a new web-based application for quickly creating and sharing AR content within the workplace. WorkLink Create will allow aerospace, medical device and industrial professionals to quickly prototype their own augmented reality content without coding knowledge or 3D modeling experience. That’s ...

Applause launches application testing platform with expert community

Crowdsourced testing solutions company Applause App Quality Inc. today announced the launch of its Product Excellent Platform to provide customers access to enterprise-grade software-as-a-service infrastructure, digital testing solutions and access to the world’s largest community of digital experts. With PEP, Applause intends to provide customers and brands the capability of finding bugs in software before ...

Lacework announces new leadership hires, tapping David ‘Hat’ Hatfield as CEO

Lacework Inc., a security and compliance platform for cloud generation, today announced an expansion of its leadership team that includes key executive hires, including the surprise appointment of David “Hat” Hatfield as chief executive. Other hires in addition to Hatfield (pictured) include former Chief Executive Dan Hubbard, who will become Lacework’s chief product officer; security ...

CircleCI releases ‘private orbs’ to enhance security for DevOps teams

Continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams Circle Internet Services Inc. today announced the release of new secure and private configuration options known as “private orbs,” which are reusable packages that automate repeated processes. CircleCI uses orbs across its entire framework to provide automated project setup for more than 10,000 unique organizations on a ...

Edgybees raises $9.5M in new funding for lifesaving augmented aerial video

Edgybees Ltd., a provider of real-time high-precision geotagging and visual augmentation of aerial video, today announced it closed $9.5 million in Series A funding led by Seraphim Capital. Edgybees uses its augmented vision capability for defense, public safety and critical infrastructure command centers that depend on aerial video to make lifesaving decisions in real time ...