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.

Lively, revealing discussion at JSC on fintech

Courtpay was frozen in 2020 when the Treasury created a new rule that a bank must provide this service and it cannot be run via a Judiciary bank account.

Jamaica introduces JAM-DEX Central Bank Digital Currency

The BOJ chose eCurrency Mint from 43 vendors and began an eight month pilot of the currency that ended on December 31, 2021.

WiPay delivers on promise, offers proposal to Social Development Ministry

WiPay has proposed a proof of concept initiative, the Digital Disbursements Pilot Project, to last three months, which the company estimates is worth $1.2 million.

Robots II: Automating print layout for web first publishing

Web stories published are dragged into preset layouts for the print edition with formatting handled by AIDA.

The robots in journalism’s future

The focus should be on supplementing the work that humans do through automation rather than thinking of the tools as a replacement, it's not an automation or human choice.

What’s happening with regional data protection legislation?

Recent data protection laws in the Caribbean have been heavily modeled on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Putting a failed imaging workstation back together

There’s nothing quite like the frustration of running a cable, carefully bundling it every six inches or so with a velcro strip, and then realising it’s two inches too short.

A bloodless hell

For blood donations, the public health sector is put in the position of asking for a precious resource to be given without cost. It doesn't know how to do that.

Kurleigh Prescod takes up new role at TATT

Mr Prescod will now lead the Telecommunication Authority's Technology and Engineering Division.

11 Killer Tips to kickstart your YouTube Gaming Channel in 2022

Above: Photo by Ella Don on Unsplash. There are many reasons why YouTube is an incredibly useful platform for gamers. For one, it's a great...

The industrialisation of cybercrime

"In the last year our technology blocked 9.6 billion malware threats and more than 35.7 billion phishing and other malicious emails." - Vasu Jakkal.

Is TATT becoming a runaway regulator?

In response to questions requesting documents detailing the Minister’s authorisation and the open tendering procedure, TATT responded that “The documents do not exist.”
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