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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Razer entices gamers into blockchain ‘mining’ through partnership with Gamma

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Luxury gaming PC and peripheral maker Razer Inc. is joining with Gamma Innovations Inc. to connect gamers to blockchain technology by allowing them to “mine” and earn gift tokens redeemable for computer gear. The software, SoftMiner, is part of a joint announcement released …

State Farm tests blockchain solution to speed up auto insurance claims

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is testing a distributed ledger blockchain solution to speed up auto claims. Announced Monday, the proposed solution would automate subrogation, the end of the insurance claims process where insurance companies recover money spent on damage claims. …

Switzerland’s government launches Hyperledger-based blockchain platform

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Switzerland’s state-owned telecom and postal services, Swisscom AG and Swiss Post Ltd., today announced the launch of a government-run distributed-ledger blockchain platform with business ease-of-use in mind. The data on the blockchain system will remain entirely within Switzerland and the infrastructure is …

Aetna and Ascension join Synaptic Health Alliance blockchain pilot for healthcare provider data

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Healthcare giants Aetna Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health, and Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the United States, announced Monday that both companies have joined a distributed ledger blockchain pilot program aimed at improving data quality for healthcare providers run …

Firefox Reality VR browser update brings 360-degree video and bookmarks

EMERGING TECH By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

A new version of Firefox Reality, Mozilla Corp.’s virtual reality web browser, now brings 360-degree video native support, bookmarks and seven new languages to the 3-D software, the company announced Thursday. Firefox Reality brought the web browser out of the land of …

Harbor launches $20M ‘tokenized’ investments in student residence

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Asset tokenization solution provider Harbor Platform Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of its service that lets institutional businesses issue and manage their own securities based on real-world assets using distributed ledger blockchain technology. The process, called “tokenization” uses the blockchain to digitally …

Securitize raises $12.7M to deliver regulatory compliance for blockchain securities

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Securitize Inc., a compliance platform for digital securities using blockchain technology, today announced it has raised $12.75 million in new funding. Using digital ledger blockchain technology, it’s possible to ensure secure representation of securities, such as stocks and bonds, and tokens, including …

Chinese warehouse robotics automation outfit Geek+ rolls in $150M funding

EMERGING TECH By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

You might not have heard of the warehouse logistics robotics company Beijing Geekplus Technology Co. Ltd., but investors have: Today the Chinese company announced it has closed on a $150 million funding round. Geek+, which produces robots that assist with warehouse logistics …

Humans.net launches blockchain-based freelance market

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Peer-to-peer freelance network Humans Net Inc. today announced the global launch of its distributed ledger blockchain system that provides an immutable reputation-based scoring system for workers to promote themselves and find employers. The maker of Humans.net claims that the current state of …

Google introduces Squoosh for Chrome to help create faster web pages

APPS By KYT DOTSON8 YEARS AGO

Google Chrome Labs has released an open-source web-based image editing app with a silly name, Squoosh, but a very significant purpose: It shows off how images can load faster using Google’s WebP image container format. A lot faster, in fact: WebP can typically …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Razer entices gamers into blockchain ‘mining’ through partnership with Gamma

State Farm tests blockchain solution to speed up auto insurance claims

Switzerland’s government launches Hyperledger-based blockchain platform

Aetna and Ascension join Synaptic Health Alliance blockchain pilot for healthcare provider data

Firefox Reality VR browser update brings 360-degree video and bookmarks

Harbor launches $20M ‘tokenized’ investments in student residence

Securitize raises $12.7M to deliver regulatory compliance for blockchain securities

Humans.net launches blockchain-based freelance market

Google introduces Squoosh for Chrome to help create faster web pages

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