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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PayPal launches massive update with coupons, direct deposit, bill pay and more

Today PayPal Holdings Inc. today announced its new all-in-one PayPal app with a visual redesign and feature updates that will make it more like a bank, allowing customers to manage their money directly from their smartphone. PayPal originally focused on sending and receiving payments and merchant integration. The new app expands its features into finance ...

Metrika raises $14M funding for blockchain operational monitoring

Metrika Inc., an operational analytics and monitoring service for blockchains, today announced that it has secured $14 million in new funding led by Neotribe Ventures to expand its platform and broaden its customer base. Other investors also participating in the Series A round included Coinbase Ventures, Samsung Next, Nyca Partners and SCB 10X. This latest ...

CloudBolt expands DevOps tool integrations for hybrid cloud environments

Hybrid cloud management startup CloudBolt Software Inc. today announced its Summer ’21 release, featuring expansions to the company’s codeless integrations for DevOps tools for enterprise teams and hybrid cloud governance. The expanded tools include comprehensive Google Cloud Platform support, multicloud budgeting and cost trending insights, and greater automation flexibility. The new release also brings new features to ...

LayerZero raises $6M to build blockchain interoperability protocol

LayerZero, a multiblockchain interoperability protocol, today announced that it has raised $6.3 million in new funding led by Multicoin Capital and Binance Labs to develop its ecosystem and drive adoption. The Series A round was also joined by Sino Global Capital, Defiance, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Spartan, Hypersphere Ventures, Protocol Ventures and Gen Block Capital. LayerZero ...

Apple unveils iPhone 13, new iPad, iPad mini and bigger Apple Watch

Apple Inc. unveiled today during its “California Streaming” press event a series of much-anticipated new products, including the new iPhone 13 lineup, a new iPad and iPad mini, and the Apple Watch Series 7. The company also touted its upcoming A15 Bionic chip, which will be featured in the iPhone 13 models and the new ...

Sea Machines is sending a tugboat on a 1,000-mile autonomous journey around Denmark

An ocean tugboat named the Nelly Bly commanded by an autonomous system and remote operators is going on a 1,000-mile journey around Demark starting Sept. 30. The voyage was announced today by Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics Inc., a global developer of autonomous systems for the maritime industry. Founded in 2015, Sea Machines develops autonomous sea vessel software ...

Rezilion raises $30M to automate DevOps security tools

Rezilion Inc., a DevSecOps automation tools startup, today announced it has raised $30 million in funding led by Guggenheim Investments to scale up its operations and expand its products. JVP and Kindred Capital also contributed to the Series A round, alongside unnamed executives from Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., IBM Corp., Cisco Systems ...

Copado raises $140 million on $1.2B valuation to expand its DevOps platform

Copado, a DevOps platform for Salesforce, today announced today it has raised $140 million in new financing led by Insight Partners to grow its DevOps and artificial intelligence-enabled testing solutions. The Series C round also saw participation from new investors SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Declaration Partners and DG Ventures, as well as existing investors, including ...

Google introduces Flutter 2.5 with big performance updates and new Material You support

Google LLC rolled out a big update today to its open-source Flutter user interface development framework today with version 2.5. Flutter 2.5 had the second-highest stats in the history of any Flutter release, with 4,600 issues closed from 252 contributors with 216 reviewers. The company also pushed out updates to Dart, a programming language created ...

Eden Network raises $17.4M to protect Ethereum traders

Eden Network, a priority transaction network that protects Ethereum traders from arbitrary block reordering, said today it has raised $17.4 million in funding. The seed round was led by Multicoin Capital and included Jump Capital LLC, Alameda Research, Wintermute Trading Ltd., GSR and Defiance Capital. Eden provides private and priority transactions for traders and miners ...