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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Fetch.ai is bringing AI travel agents to 770,000 hotels worldwide

AI - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

A hotel lobby with a beige couch, grey, poofy pillows, and an industrial metal cutout "H O T E L" against the wall.
Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building decentralized machine learning networks for smart infrastructure, announced today the launch of an Autonomous AI Travel Agent network to lower expenses and increase security for hotel bookings. Booking sites on the internet such as Expedia and Booking.com can charge large chains fees of 10% to 15%, according to ...

Logitech launches new Rally Bar videoconferencing hardware solution

APPS - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

A series of Logitech devices featuring the Rally Bars and other cameras, black, sleek, rounded, with lenses and speakers covered with fabric and plastic.
Computer peripheral manufacturer Logitech International S.A. today announced the next generation of enterprise videoconferencing solutions with the new Logitech Rally Bar and Logitech Rally Bar Mini for small rooms. For large rooms, Logitech has released Logitech RoomMate, a computing appliance that allows customers to run video conferencing services on Logitech conference cams such as Rally ...

Butterfly Protocol launches decentralized blockchain-based domain name system

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

Hand holding a smartphone with the Butterfly Protocol Dapp visible on the screen, a purple user interface displays words "Welcome to BUTTERFLY: What do you want to do johnsmith. human?"
Butterfly Protocol today announced the launch of its new distributed ledger blockchain-based web naming system built for the decentralized internet to support distributed applications as an improvement of the Domain Name System. The internet’s DNS is currently under the control of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, an American nonprofit organization. Its role ...

Everledger and Rare Carat use blockchain to boost transparency in diamond sales

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

Two tweesers hold diamonds, on the left an uncut rough diamond; on the right, a brilliant, cut stone glistening with facets.
Rare Carat Inc., an e-commerce platform for buying diamonds and diamond rings, today announced a partnership with London-based startup Everledger Ltd., a developer of immutable distributed ledger blockchain technology for asset ownership to provide greater transparency information about diamond sales. Rare Carat runs a marketplace that allows people to search a wide variety of retail ...

Lenovo launches ThinkReality A3 augmented reality glasses for enterprise

EMERGING TECH - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

Lenovo announced a sleek and lightweight new pair of augmented reality smart glasses called the ThinkReality A3 at the Consumer Electronics Show Sunday. The new glasses can connect to a personal computer or a Motorola phone via a Universal Serial Bus Type-C cable and are designed for use by enterprise customers on factory floors or ...

Thai Re launches reinsurance platform powered by IBM blockchain and smart contracts

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

A calculator, white paperchip, and ballpoint pen lay atop a barchart on a white table
IBM Corp. announced Wednesday that Thai Reinsurance Public Co. Ltd., a technology-driven professional nonlife reinsurer, has launched “Insurer Network,” a reinsurance smart contract production network using IBM’s blockchain technology on its cloud. The global pandemic has disrupted the insurance industry. For example, business restrictions in Thailand caused by COVID-19 have heightened the need for insurers ...

Microsoft’s ‘Minecraft Earth’ AR game will shut down in June

APPS - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

A hand holds a mobile phone with a thumb placed on it at the bottom of an image displaying a vast Minecraft cyberscape, Minecraft blocks spread across with numerous players arrayed across battlements fighting skeletons, shooting arrows, firing spells, fending them off in a grand augmented reality adventure!
Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that its augmented reality game “Minecraft Earth,” a game based on the popular building-block game by Mojang Studios, will shut down in June. According to the company, the decision was prompted partly by the global pandemic making the game untenable. “Minecraft Earth” is an AR game that uses mobile devices to ...

JustChain launches a blockchain-based legal notary platform in UAE

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

Legal document on white paper with words suggesting a contract, line for a signature, with a black ball point pen laying across it.
JustChain, a startup based in the United Arab Emirates focused on implementing distributed ledger blockchain solutions for justice and public safety, announced Sunday a legal notary platform called NotaryChain. This development follows the recent approval of regulations from the UAE Cabinet on digital signatures and the application to notary services in line with the UAE’s ...

Wisekey launches identity blockchain for commercial and recreational drones

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

A white drone flying in a blue sky, snowcapped mountains below, white puffy white clouds above them, the drones rotorts akimbo whirling, camera extended below watching something off camera.
Wisekey International Holding, a cybersecurity internet of things company, announced Tuesday that its blockchain distributed ledger technology now integrates into commercial and recreational drones to satisfy Federal Aviation Administration regulations and protect security concerns. New regulations passed in the U.S. now permit small commercial drones to fly over populated areas for deliveries and services. These ...

Topl raises $3M in seed funding for blockchain-powered supply chain accountability

BLOCKCHAIN - BY KYT DOTSON - 5 YEARS AGO

Papers laid out on a wooden table, person's arm visible, dark writing pen visible, writing, wearing a tan, wrinkled, itchy-looking sweater, white, thick cup of hot cocoa sits on a coaster further away slightly out of reach.
Topl LLC, a distributed ledger blockchain-as-a-service ecosystem for supply chain tracking and management, today announced $3 million in seed funding. The company said the round, led by Mercury Fund, will help provide more sustainable and accountable practices for companies. Topl is a women-led, Houston-based company founded in 2017 that has developed a purpose-built blockchain ecosystem to ...

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