Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.

The essential tensions of Carnival

The State’s hand on the balance of Carnival is heavy, and its lazy insistence on spending taxpayer money to foster pointless rivalry is demonstrably destructive.

Engaging youth in digital transformation

A Pew Research Centre study has shown that more than 60 per cent of young people, mostly teenagers, apply very specific filters to control who can see their information.

Ookla announces TT’s fourth-quarter broadband speeds

Among fixed networks, Digicel+ registered a latency of seven milliseconds (ms) followed by Amplia with 10 ms and Flow, with 18 ms. Blink delivered 40 ms.

The Philadelphia mistake

On September 28, 1918, 200,000 patriotic Americans gathered along a two-mile stretch of Broad Street to view floats, horse-drawn heavy artillery and marching bands.

The education transformation challenge

"There is a need to overhaul teacher education. The goal of education should be creating an environment for lifelong learning."

TTIGF begins tomorrow!

The event is being convened to explore the theme "Creating a Stronger, More Resilient Internet for Trinidad and Tobago's Shared, Sustainable Future."

Broadband falling from the skies

Satellite delivery solves the problems of cost of infrastructure and the limited capacity to recoup it in sparsely populated regions.

Rise of the nerd browser

Arc rather boldly strikes out into new ground. Actually, it takes a wild voop to the boundary. It's definitely not like any browser you've used before.

The AI invasion: What’s left for creators?

"You can either rail and rant and say that the handheld drill is making people skilled at using manual crank drills obsolete or learn to use the new drill."

AI shows its creative potential…sometimes

The most powerful AI tools have been trained by scraping publicly available images across the Internet, assimilating them by the billions.

TT artists working with AI art

Once you figure out the learning curve you’re off like a sports car. However to truly get the results you want you have to know how to use the language and prompts.

The holiday romance scam

Above: Image by Peshkov/DepositPhotos BitDepth#1386 for December 26, 2022 The evolution of romance and relationship related con artistry online has been a long one. Indeed, the so-called...
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Samsung’s big bet on AI

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The data centre dilemma

Discourse, instead of a patronising pat on the head asking whether you have a doctorate, should govern communication between a government and the people who elected them.