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.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to stay fit and in charge with your smartphone during the outbreak

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

When the zombie virus sweeps through cities and turns friends and foes alike into brain hungry walkers, chances are you’re going to be doing a lot of running. To prepare for the upcoming apocalypse of the shambling dead you might think of …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 20: The Bitcoin blockchain continues to gain enterprise and government level curiosity

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

The tide of enterprise and government-level interest in Bitcoin has been changing of late, but with an eye for the functionality of the Bitcoin blockchain rather than bitcoins themselves. This week the government of Honduras made a deal with Factom Inc., a …

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to survive the apocalypse with a smart home

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Zombies. The walking dead returned from the grave to feast on soft buttery brains. Smart homes, a technology that allows for the automation of certain tasks such as turning on lights or changing the temperature. What do zombies and smart homes have …

VENOM vulnerability bites VM hosts

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

A new unchecked buffer vulnerability that affects some computer virtualization platforms has been discovered and published by CrowdStrike Senior Security Researcher Jason Geffner. The vulnerability, dubbed VENOM (Virtual Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation, CVE-2015-3456), affects QEMU’s virtual Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) used in …

CA Technologies integrates Docker containers to enhance DevOps continuous delivery

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

As part of a continuing initiative to deliver tools that increase application quality and accelerate release CA Technologies (CA Inc.) has integrated CA Release Automation with the Docker platform. This integration allows Docker containers and images to be fused into the life …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 13: 21 Inc. and bitcoin-mining toasters, Nasdaq uses Open Assets Protocol, itBit becomes a regulated trust exchange

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

After a few months of wondering, we may have a better idea of what 21 Inc. intends and it seems to be fairly ambitious: according to a report the plan is to add ASIC mining chips to common Internet of Things products. …

Nasdaq gives blockchain technology the enterprise treatment

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Nasdaq, the American stock exchange, announced today that it intends to use the blockchain, the secure ledger technology that underpins Bitcoin, as part of an enterprise-wide initiative. This initiative intends to first build on the Open Assets Protocol, a colored coin innovation built upon …

Zynga lays off 364 people in cost reduction plan, refocuses efforts

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Mobile and social game company Zynga Inc. recently released its Q1 2015 financial results, which outperformed expectations, but in which the company announced it would lay off 18 percent of the company–364 people–in an effort to cut $100 million in costs. Mark …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 6: Gavin Andresen and max block size, FinCEN fines Ripple Labs, Wozniak joins Planet Capital board

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Ripple Labs found themselves on the wrong side of FinCEN this week and has been subject to a $700,000 fine for failing to keep up with regulations as a money exchanger. Most notably the fine also comes with requirements that Ripple …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to stay fit and in charge with your smartphone during the outbreak

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 20: The Bitcoin blockchain continues to gain enterprise and government level curiosity

Zombie Awareness Tips: How to survive the apocalypse with a smart home

VENOM vulnerability bites VM hosts

CA Technologies integrates Docker containers to enhance DevOps continuous delivery

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 13: 21 Inc. and bitcoin-mining toasters, Nasdaq uses Open Assets Protocol, itBit becomes a regulated trust exchange

Nasdaq gives blockchain technology the enterprise treatment

Zynga lays off 364 people in cost reduction plan, refocuses efforts

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 6: Gavin Andresen and max block size, FinCEN fines Ripple Labs, Wozniak joins Planet Capital board

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