Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Blockchain

Snap is disbanding its Web3 team amid layoffs

By Kyt Dotson Sep 2, 2022

Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., is reportedly closing shop on its Web3 ambitions amid recent layoffs that could result in a 20% reduction in its workforce. Jake Sheinman, one of the team’s founders, announced…

Blockchain

California passes crypto regulation bill similar to New York ‘BitLicense’

By Kyt Dotson Sep 1, 2022

The California State Assembly has unanimously passed the Digital Financial Assets Bill, which will create tighter regulations for cryptocurrency firms in the state and require stablecoins to be issued from a bank. The bill…

Blockchain

The Ethereum ‘Merge’ is coming and it’s about to change everything in crypto

By Kyt Dotson Sep 1, 2022

The Ethereum blockchain that underlies the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is about to go through a historic software upgrade that will change it forever. The upgrade, known as “the Merge,” has been in…

AI

Reddit acquires AI-powered analysis company Spiketrap to improve its ads

By Kyt Dotson Sep 1, 2022

Reddit Inc. announced today that it acquired Spiketrap, a company that uses artificial intelligence to contextualize audience understanding, to improve the social media platform’s advertising relevance and performance. Spiketrap uses AI to deliver insights…

Blockchain

Ticketmaster adopts Dapper Labs Flow blockchain to tie NFTs to event tickets

By Kyt Dotson Aug 31, 2022

Event ticketing company Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. announced today that it’s choosing Dapper Labs Inc.’s Flow blockchain to connect nonfungible tokens to tickets as part of a pilot program for select events. Nonfungible tokens are…

AI

Meta AI researchers develop ways to read speech from people’s brains

By Kyt Dotson Aug 31, 2022

When people speak, they are thinking about how the words they are going to form with their mouths — and in fact, it’s not necessary to talk at all in order to for the…

Apps

Flutter 3.3 shows off new features and its improved graphics engine

By Kyt Dotson Aug 30, 2022

Google LLC today announced the release of Flutter 3.3, the company’s multiplatform user interface app development framework that is expanding support for even more specifications as the team is focusing on replacing its graphics…

Blockchain

NFT security startup Tokenproof raises $5M to stop crypto scams

By Kyt Dotson Aug 30, 2022

Tokenproof, a startup working to secure nonfungible tokens against theft and scams, said today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by PennyJar Capital to make Web3 safer for NFT owners…

Emerging Tech

Apple trademarks reveal ‘Reality’ branding for upcoming mixed reality headsets

By Kyt Dotson Aug 29, 2022

Trademark filings uncovered by Bloomberg that include the word “Reality” have revealed potential names for Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated mixed reality headsets. Mixed reality devices are a type of virtual reality headset that can be…

NEWS

LastPass source code stolen by hackers in security breach

By Kyt Dotson Aug 26, 2022

An intruder breached the internal systems of the cloud-based password manager LastPass and stole internal documents as well as the source code for the service, the company revealed in a statement on Thursday. “Two…

Kyt Dotson

Snap is disbanding its Web3 team amid layoffs

California passes crypto regulation bill similar to New York ‘BitLicense’

The Ethereum ‘Merge’ is coming and it’s about to change everything in crypto

Reddit acquires AI-powered analysis company Spiketrap to improve its ads

Ticketmaster adopts Dapper Labs Flow blockchain to tie NFTs to event tickets

Meta AI researchers develop ways to read speech from people’s brains

Flutter 3.3 shows off new features and its improved graphics engine

NFT security startup Tokenproof raises $5M to stop crypto scams

Apple trademarks reveal ‘Reality’ branding for upcoming mixed reality headsets

LastPass source code stolen by hackers in security breach

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