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

Facebook open-sources Haxl: Big Data Haskell library

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Yesterday, Facebook announced the open-sourcing of Haxl, a Haskell library used to greatly simplify access to remote data, such as databases and API web-based services. This release continues a trend of Facebook’s strong bent towards data science and the processing of complex …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 June 11: Yahoo! Finance adds BTC ticker, REEDS Jewelers partners Coinbase, Dark Wallet alpha promises anonymity

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

In the news today, Yahoo! Finance follows Bloomberg in adding a Bitcoin market price ticker. REEDS Jewelers is the newest retail chain to partner with Coinbase for bitcoin payments. Finally, Dark Wallet has been in the news since April, but how does …

AI milestone: Computer passes Turing test by posing as a 13-year-old boy

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

A computer program at the University of Reading in the U.K. has achieved an artificial intelligence milestone by passing the venerated Turning Test. The software, called Eugene Goostman, attempts to simulate a 13-year-old Ukranian boy. The Turing test, named after Alan Turing …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 June 6: Dish to accept Bitcoin, Coinsetter adds features, Voorhees settles with SEC over securities trading

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Dish Network announced its intention to become the biggest company to start accepting bitcoins. Andreas Antonopoulos published a Bitcoin beginner’s guide on Boing Boing. Coinsetter is adding new features for customers and app developers. And Erik Voorhees of SatoshiDice has settled with …

Apple turns up developer appeal with Swift programming language

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

On Monday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for iOS and OS X app development. As a language, it’s extremely similar to C and Objective-C with a couple exceptions. Apple’s mission with Swift is to provide easy coding, combined with security …

Betterment DevOps Profile: Development and the mobile vs. web experience

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Betterment, developer of an online investment app, launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2010 with a web and mobile product directed towards consumers interested in managing their own money. Their road from a startup with an interesting idea to a powerful app set that …

Google uses machine learning as data center efficiency workhorse

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Google is putting machine learning to use to make its already mighty data centers even more efficient. With the help of neural networks and data analytics, Google hopes that a new datacenter project will allow the search giant to push power consumption …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 May 28: Bitstamp proof of reserves audit, major law firm accepting bitcoin, Overstock bitcoin sales reach $1.6m

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

The number of exchanges submitting to public proof of reserves audits increased this week with Bitstamp joining the trend. A major New York law firm, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, has started accepting bitcoins. Ben Davenport of Facebook is joining Bitcoin security platform …

Google Ingress soaring to new heights after over a year running

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Google’s augmented reality game, Ingress, started small in November 2012 with a closed beta and went into open beta October 2013. And, since December 2013, Ingress has been fully available to the public. Much of 2013 and now part of 2014, has …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 May 21: Circle debuts consumer product, Kryptokit returned to Chrome, UK Pirate Party, and Dogecoin NASCAR

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

After a long time waiting, enigmatic Bitcoin company Circle has showcased a consumer product and it’s an easy-to-use wallet. KryptoKit vanished from the Chrome Extension Store for 30 minutes on Tuesday–proving to be a glitch on Google’s part. The UK Pirate Party …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Facebook open-sources Haxl: Big Data Haskell library

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 June 11: Yahoo! Finance adds BTC ticker, REEDS Jewelers partners Coinbase, Dark Wallet alpha promises anonymity

AI milestone: Computer passes Turing test by posing as a 13-year-old boy

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 June 6: Dish to accept Bitcoin, Coinsetter adds features, Voorhees settles with SEC over securities trading

Apple turns up developer appeal with Swift programming language

Betterment DevOps Profile: Development and the mobile vs. web experience

Google uses machine learning as data center efficiency workhorse

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 May 28: Bitstamp proof of reserves audit, major law firm accepting bitcoin, Overstock bitcoin sales reach $1.6m

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 May 21: Circle debuts consumer product, Kryptokit returned to Chrome, UK Pirate Party, and Dogecoin NASCAR

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