Technology columnist for 31 years, editor of TechNewsTT, reporting on technology news from and relevant to Trinidad and Tobago. I also photograph people.

Trinidad and Tobago
Joined April 2014
Angél Stewart has been working to improve the digital backend of projects in the creative industry. His newest project brings enterprise scale CRM to even small scale creative producers. I've been following this journey for a decade. technewstt.com/6xaa
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Regional spectrum harmonisation calls for the commitment by individual nation states within the Caribbean to first follow ITU recommendations, then to allocate their local frequencies so that they align with regional harmonisation goals. technewstt.com/6xaa
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Attracting digital infrastructure is easy to call ‘economic development’ until somebody calculates what that infrastructure consumes. - Taran Rampersad technewstt.com/qoq6
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When Harry Belafonte released his landmark album Calypso in 1956, the year that Sparrow unleashed Jean and Dinah, calypso had already been stereotyped into a mishmash of colourful costumes, straw hats, steelband music and a curious island lilt. technewstt.com/oohu
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"AI is more crowded because it’s so accessible. Most people are pressing buttons. The work is in defining what the buttons do." - Ryan C Khan technewstt.com/ugd4
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The Declaration of St George's, an agreement signed in February 2022, which promised to reduce roaming rates within the region, remains an unkept promise to regional customers. technewstt.com/hgow
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The destructive plague of sextortion is increasing in scope and effectiveness. AI deepfakes and improved social engineering are luring more teenagers to share revealing images that are used to blackmail and terrorise them with devastating consequences. technewstt.com/feik
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According to Black Kite, known ransomware breaches increased by 60 percent in the first half of 2026. Even months after being breached, more than half of victims still carried vulnerabilities. technewstt.com/zzk7
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This is why it is so hard to create and offer good things anymore…
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The conversations about the government's proposed data centres have been loud and passionate. The Change dot org signature list is growing. This is an effort to examine the issues that the public should be considering. technewstt.com/36i0
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At AMCHAMTT's recent Tech Hub Islands summit, AWS evangelist Anton Alexander mounted a spirited argument for a national embrace of AI. Massy Group's Ambika Mongroo explained how the company has worked with the technology.. technewstt.com/60s1
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Taran Rampersad, who's been busy dabbling in creating a personal LLM or two, considers the need for "social permissions" in any discussion about the establishment of data center's locally. Part of that will need transparency about what's being planned. technewstt.com/ip0b
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Jamaica's Chukwuemeka Cameron, a data privacy consultant, reviews TT's recent RFP for a facial recognition driven national ID system and finds it wanting on multiple fronts. Citizens should be concerned. technewstt.com/37g6
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