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

Bitcoin exchange Bter partners with JUA to re-open with greater security, pay back victims of hack

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Late last night, China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter.com announced that the site will be returning to operation, along with security enhancements delivered by JUA.com, and outlined a plan to pay back customers who had BTC stored with Bter. Bter suspended operations last month …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 11: Record $116 million investment for 21 Inc., ShapeShift and Erik Voorhees, BitPay and Heartland, and ZapGo mobile money

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

This week marks the emergence of the largest-to-date investment made in a Bitcoin startup with the secretive 21 Inc. receiving $116 million. While it’s hard to tell what 21 intends to do with the money, discussed below, it’s seems obvious it might …

Mysterious Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. comes out of stealth with $116 million in investment

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

21 Inc., an otherwise yet unknown Bitcoin industry company, just emerged from stealth to announce $116 million in venture capital funding. Although it has stopped being so secretive and it has a lot of funding, it’s still hard to tell what 21 …

Rejoice PC players: Minecraft doesn’t need Java installed anymore

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Mojang AB, developer of Minecraft, has changed the block-based sandbox creative game so that it no longer requires Java to run. This will come as a relief to many users who enjoy playing Minecraft on PCs and would rather not suffer with …

ESL announces mobile app for Katowice Intel Extremes Masters esports competition

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

If you’re an esports enthusiast going to Katowice, Poland to watch the Intel Extremes Masters Expo and ESL One tournaments this March 12-15 and you own a smartphone you are in for a treat. The esports gaming league ESL (Electronic Sports League) just …

Sunday marks the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

This upcoming Sunday, March 8th, 2015, will be the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day, an event designed to highlight and promote the accomplishments of women within the Bitcoin community. The event takes place on the same day as International Women’s Day, which …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 4: BIT gets FINRA approval, Electrum Wallet 2.0, Bitcoin legislation ahoy, Coinbase updates

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

This week (or month at least) more U.S. states are noticing Bitcoin with proposed bills in Utah and New Hampshire appearing to look into allowing government taxes and fees paid in bitcoins, with New York State also appears to be following suit. …

Steam reveals Source 2, Steam Link, and SteamVR | #GDC2015

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Valve Corporation took to Game Developers Conference (GDC 2015) like a fish to water and has announced a whole slew of new products and services. Amidst them the Source 2 engine, successor to the Source engine used in Valve games such as …

Infographic: Black Lotus report reveals DDoS is common, leads to customer churn

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

In 2014, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continued to be a massive concern for numerous Internet services. This was especially signaled by the Christmas Day siege of Xbox Live and PlayStation Network by infamous Internet mayhem crew Lizard Squad. A survey by …

OpenGL successor Vulkan will level up the gaming industry

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

A successor to OpenGL, the open source graphics library that stands as a direct rival to Microsoft’s DirectX 12 library and Apple’s Metal, has been named by The Khronos Group, a consortium of schools and businesses tasked with maintaining OpenGL and OpenCL. …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Bitcoin exchange Bter partners with JUA to re-open with greater security, pay back victims of hack

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 11: Record $116 million investment for 21 Inc., ShapeShift and Erik Voorhees, BitPay and Heartland, and ZapGo mobile money

Mysterious Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. comes out of stealth with $116 million in investment

Rejoice PC players: Minecraft doesn’t need Java installed anymore

ESL announces mobile app for Katowice Intel Extremes Masters esports competition

Sunday marks the first annual Bitcoin Women’s Day

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 March 4: BIT gets FINRA approval, Electrum Wallet 2.0, Bitcoin legislation ahoy, Coinbase updates

Steam reveals Source 2, Steam Link, and SteamVR | #GDC2015

Infographic: Black Lotus report reveals DDoS is common, leads to customer churn

OpenGL successor Vulkan will level up the gaming industry

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