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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The future of custom medication: FDA approves first 3D printed pill

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first 3D printed pill, paving the way for the future of customized medication. The drug involved, an anti-seizure medication called Spritam (levetiracetam), is printed by a specialized device into a carefully …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 August 5: Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan, Blockchain.info tricked over Satoshi bitcoins, and more

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Mt. Gox is again in the news with the arrest of its CEO Mark Karpeles by Japanese police–no charges have been filed yet, but allegations of serious misconduct have been leveled by authorities. Yesterday, Blockchain.info caused a bit of a row by …

City of Paradigm: A game of drones and autonomous machines

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Below is an excerpt from Kyt Dotson’s novel City of Paradigm, a science fiction tale about a fictional 21st century city situated somewhere in California. Each City of Paradigm column is two parts: an excerpt from the novel and an editorial describing …

No, Satoshi did not move any bitcoins today; Blockchain.info was spoofed

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Today an excited user on Reddit rushed to talk about a series of five transactions totaling around 250 BTC (approx. $71 thousand) moving from extremely early Bitcoin blocks thought to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic inventor (or inventors) of Bitcoin. The …

Where did Bashiok go after leaving World of Warcraft? Probably Wildstar [UPDATED]

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Last week, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. employee and Community Manager for the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game World of Warcraft Micah “Bashiok” Whipple tendered his resignation to hundreds of replies on the WoW forums. There he announced that he would be leaving his employer …

Ethereum officially launches smart-contracts for the world

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Ethereum (Ethereum Switzerland GmbH) is a long awaited blockchain technology that supports smart contracts, which are user-generated programs designed to execute a predetermined set of commands (agreed to by all parties) using a Turing-complete programming language. Smart contracts are a concept that …

An updated list of the best Android developer tools for your amazing mobile game

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Developers seeking to develop games for Android are presented with a constellation of tools, SDKs, and APIs to assist them along the way. Below is not a definitive list, but should work as a starting point for anyone looking for what is …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 July 29: Mike Tyson, OneBit goes alpha, HP and Bitcoin, investments and blockchain to soar in 2015

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

This week, an interesting NFC Bitcoin payment system that uses NFC and works at any place that accepts credit cards has gone into alpha testing. Read up on OneBit below. HP posted an interesting article that outlines the power of the Bitcoin …

Valve closes major security hole in Steam that enabled account takeover

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Digital game distribution platform Steam had a massive security hole that allowed hackers to steal any user blind and the thief only needed a username to do it. That hole is now filled in, according to parent company Valve Corporation. The hijack exploit …

OneBit alpha testing NFC Bitcoin payments at credit card accepting merchants

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

A Bitcoin app that allows for payments via NFC at credit card accepting merchants has just gone into its alpha stage of testing. OneBit, which started out as an app developed during a MasterCard PayPass hackathon, is now expanding its horizons and …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

The future of custom medication: FDA approves first 3D printed pill

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 August 5: Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan, Blockchain.info tricked over Satoshi bitcoins, and more

City of Paradigm: A game of drones and autonomous machines

No, Satoshi did not move any bitcoins today; Blockchain.info was spoofed

Where did Bashiok go after leaving World of Warcraft? Probably Wildstar [UPDATED]

Ethereum officially launches smart-contracts for the world

An updated list of the best Android developer tools for your amazing mobile game

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 July 29: Mike Tyson, OneBit goes alpha, HP and Bitcoin, investments and blockchain to soar in 2015

Valve closes major security hole in Steam that enabled account takeover

OneBit alpha testing NFC Bitcoin payments at credit card accepting merchants

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