Articles by Mark Tyson, News Editor

Mark's enthusiasm for computers dampened at an early age by the rubber-keyed Sinclair Spectrum 48K and feelings of Commodore 64 envy. However, in the mid-80s, hope in a digital future was rekindled by the purchase of an Atari 520 STe. Since that time Mark has used a multitude of computers for fun and professional endeavors. He often owned both Macs and PCs but went cold on the former after OS9 was killed off, and warmed to the latter with the introduction of Windows XP.

Early work years were spent in artwork and reprographics but in the late noughties, Mark started to blog about computers, Taiwanese food culture, and guitar design. This activity led to a full-time position writing about breaking PC tech news for HEXUS, for the best part of a decade. When HEXUS was abruptly closed, Mark helped with the foundation of Club386, before finding a new home at Tom's Hardware.

When not wearing through the keycap legends on his PC keyboards, Mark can be found wandering the computer malls of Taiwan's neon-lit conurbations and enjoying local and international cuisine.

Articles by: Mark Tyson

Elon Musk says idling Tesla cars could create massive 100-million-vehicle strong computer for AI — 'bored' vehicles could offer 100 gigawatts of distributed compute power

By Mark Tyson published 30 October 25

Untapped ‘100 gigawatts of inference’ is a significant asset, Tesla boss tells investors.

Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations

By Mark Tyson published 29 October 25

Someone has explained how they used AI to slash hospital bills from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.

Omnilert’s active shooter and gun detection system misfired over Doritos

Cops alerted by AI gun detection system arrest high school student holding bag of Doritos — eight cars sent to disarm chip-toting teen

By Mark Tyson published 29 October 25

A young student was left traumatized after being ordered to the ground and handcuffed by police because an AI gun detection system erroneously called the cops on his Doritos habit.

Cardboard constructed AirSense UAV drone

Korea's cardboard drones address UAV shortages and climate crisis — inspired by the Ukraine war, drone inventor looked for the most easily sourced and repairable materials

By Mark Tyson published 28 October 25

The AirSense UAV drone is constructed from eco-friendly packaging boards and paper fiber.

Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever

By Mark Tyson published 28 October 25

The latest data shows that almost 90% of Windows games now run on Linux.

Shitake mushrooms are stacked in boxes ahead of an auction

Shiitake-powered computer demonstrated by researchers — mushroom-infused chips a surprising alternative to using rare earths in memristors

By Mark Tyson published 26 October 25

Ohio researchers successfully demonstrate 'fungal computing via mycelial networks.'

Intel 8080 bottleneck made classic 47-year-old Space Invaders arcade game run faster as enemies died — expert coder asserts 'hardware accident' to blame

By Mark Tyson published 26 October 25

The adrenaline-pumping rising intensity of Taito’s arcade classic was not due to genius level coding but an Intel 8080 bottleneck.

This RGB PC in a plastic jug is uncomfortably beguiling — $150 build armed with an Xeon chip is literally bottlenecked

By Mark Tyson published 25 October 25

A full $150 RGB ‘gaming PC’ build in a translucent plastic jug has been showcased on social media.

AMD first entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago — the Am9080 cost 50 cents apiece to make, but sold for $700

By Mark Tyson published 25 October 25

The chip which paved the way for AMD’s illustrious future in the CPU business entered mass production 50 years ago.

Internet ads firm’s CEO posts wild job description for 'A-players,' draws internet ire

By Mark Tyson last updated 25 October 25

A tech services firm’s Careers page has startled netizens around the globe with a beyond parody brutalist business buzzword bingo ‘values’ statement.

Microsoft for Startups exec says ‘my whole job is begging for GPUs, it's been that way since 2020’ — says that AI bubble doomsters are deluded

By Mark Tyson published 25 October 25

Technical Business Development for Startups lead at Microsoft complains 'my whole job is begging for GPUs.'

Elon Musk's Starlink reportedly tasks Samsung to build AI-powered modem — space-based 6G service could revolutionize satellite-to-device connectivity

By Mark Tyson published 23 October 25

Samsung is developing an AI-boosted modem chip to enable Earthbound devices to connect directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink service, according to Korean insider sources.

Fujitsu defies convention with optical drives in new AMD Ryzen laptop — Blu-ray disk drive clings onto life in Japanese market

By Mark Tyson published 23 October 25

Optical disc devotees continue to find safe ports and harbors in Japan, with the release of the new FMV Note A laptop line from Fujitsu.

Nvidia's H100 GPUs are going to space — Crusoe and Starcloud pioneer space-based solar-powered AI compute cloud data centers

By Mark Tyson published 22 October 25

The first Nvidia H100 GPUs are heading into space next month, in Starcloud satellites that will power the Crusoe Cloud.

CPU collector stitches 216 micrographs to create high resolution die shot of the legendary i8008 — Intel’s 54-year-old milestone 8-bit CPU seen like never before

By Mark Tyson published 21 October 25

A CPU collector has shared some fantastically detailed new images of Intel's first 8-bit processor.

Starlink and Muon fuse space lasers and satellites to deliver ‘industry-first’ persistent optical connectivity in orbit — will enable 25 Gbps data transfer at distances up to 4,000km

By Mark Tyson published 21 October 25

Muon Space has announced that it has worked with Starlink to establish an 'industry-first [of] persistent optical connectivity in orbit.'

Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition last year

By Mark Tyson published 21 October 25

Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint- a console celebrating 45 years of its old foe.

China says it has foiled a series U.S. cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure — Ministry of State Security says it has 'irrefutable evidence' NSA tried to cause 'international time chaos'

By Mark Tyson published 20 October 25

China’s Ministry of State Security has taken to social media to boast about foiling a series of cyberattacks it says were directed by the U.S. National Security Agency.

DOSBox Pure Unleashed is ready for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers after five years in development — enhanced standalone release no longer restricted to being a RetroArch core

By Mark Tyson published 19 October 25

The first public release of DOSBox Pure Unleashed, a new version of the DOS emulator by Psyraven, was made available on Saturday evening

OceanGate Titan submersibles' catastrophic implosion crushed its computers into twisted mass of metal and electronics — investigators find signs of thermal damage, too

By Mark Tyson published 19 October 25

Investigators reveal the twisted metal and electronics found at the OceanGate Titan implosion site. However, data recovery efforts have been fruitless.

Titan submersible camera and SD card recovered

Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful OceanGate implosion

By Mark Tyson last updated 18 October 25

Recovery teams working on the Titan submersible have found the vessel's specialist stills and video camera intact.

Jensen Huang personally delivers DGX Spark Mini PCs to Elon Musk and Sam Altman — separately

By Mark Tyson published 18 October 25

We spotted both Elon Musk and Sam Altman being handed cute glittering DGX Spark mini PCs by Jensen Huang this week.

PayPal crypto partner accidentally mints stablecoins worth double the world’s total GDP — Paxos undersells $300 trillion incident as an ‘internal technical error’

By Mark Tyson published 16 October 25

PayPal’s crypto partner, Paxos, accidentally minted $300 trillion PYUSD on Wednesday. Firm admits 'internal technical error.'

V3 Starlink satellite compared to older models

SpaceX shows off massive new V3 Starlink satellites — expanded technology will deliver gigabit internet to customers for the first time and enable 60 Tera-bits-per-second downlink capacity

By Mark Tyson published 15 October 25

Much larger and heavier V3 satellites set to boost Starlink connectivity to gigabit speeds. Deployment begins early next year.

Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0 — 'Microsoft may be leaving you behind. We Won't.'

By Mark Tyson published 15 October 25

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0.

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