Mark Tyson

Taiwan, United Kingdom

Technology news editor at Tom's Hardware, previously at Hot Hardware and HEXUS. Personal tweets, interests and views here - nothing to do with employers.

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Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

6 days ago | msn.com | Mark Tyson

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Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available - at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses

6 days ago | tomshardware.com | Mark Tyson

(Image credit: Tern, WinRAR)WinRAR and Tern conjured up a surprisingly potent mix of technology and fashion with a truly ‘iconic’ handbag design, back in February. Such was the viral success of this uncannily cool fashion accessory that stocks rapidly evaporated. Now, Tern has put its officially licensed WinRAR Messenger Bag into mass production, with the product again purchasable. Shipments are expected to arrive in September.
Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available — at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses

6 days ago | inkl.com | Mark Tyson

WinRAR design fashion accessories. WinRAR and Tern conjured up a surprisingly potent mix of technology and fashion with a truly ‘iconic’ handbag design, back in February. Such was the viral success of this uncannily cool fashion accessory that stocks rapidly evaporated. Now, Tern has put its officially licensed WinRAR Messenger Bag into mass production, with the product again purchasable. Shipments are expected to arrive in September. Five WinRAR licenses, or one bag?
Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later - patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

6 days ago | tomshardware.com | Mark Tyson

Linux developers continue to surprise with their dogged support for retro hardware. A case in point is provided by Takashi Iwai’s recent pull request (h/t Phoron) to implement Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel. This old ISA slot sound card debuted in 1994 and is probably best known as the launch vehicle for Creative’s SoundFont standard.
Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

6 days ago | inkl.com | Mark Tyson

Creative Sound Blaster AWE32. Linux developers continue to surprise with their dogged support for retro hardware. A case in point is provided by Takashi Iwai’s recent pull request (h/t Phoron) to implement Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 fixes for the Linux 6.16-rc3 kernel. This old ISA slot sound card debuted in 1994 and is probably best known as the launch vehicle for Creative’s SoundFont standard.
Immunotherapy in NMIBC: Key Results Safety Profile From BOND-003 Trial

1 week ago | urologytimes.com | Mark Tyson |Trinity J. Bivalacqua |Shreyas Joshi |Bogdana Schmidt

OpinionVideoJune 20, 2025Author(s):,Panelists discuss the promising results of the BOND-3 trial evaluating intravesical cretostimogene for BCG-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), highlighting its high complete response rates, favorable safety profile, and potential to offer an effective, bladder-sparing alternative without the toxicity of systemic immunotherapy.
Topline Data From the BOND-003 Trial in NMIBC

1 week ago | urologytimes.com | Mark Tyson |Trinity J. Bivalacqua |Shreyas Joshi |Bogdana Schmidt

OpinionVideoJune 20, 2025Author(s):,Panelists discuss emerging immunotherapy strategies for BCG-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), particularly the combination of BCG with systemic checkpoint inhibitors, noting promising response rates but significant toxicity concerns that currently limit widespread adoption to select high-risk patients, pending further trial data and safety protocol development.
Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster - boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps | Tom's Hardware

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Mark Tyson

(Image credit: @patrosi73)A high-tech tinkerer has managed to get Apple’s iOS to run on the Nintendo Switch. Don’t get too excited, though, as PatRyk on X wryly admits they have created “the world’s slowest ‘iPhone’.” Booting this Nintendo ‘iPhone’ currently takes 20 minutes, and all the apps they tried crash – but it’s a start.
Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster — boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps

1 week ago | inkl.com | Mark Tyson

Nintendo Switch iPhone. A high-tech tinkerer has managed to get Apple’s iOS to run on the Nintendo Switch. Don’t get too excited, though, as PatRyk on X wryly admits they have created “the world’s slowest ‘iPhone’.” Booting this Nintendo ‘iPhone’ currently takes 20 minutes, and all the apps they tried crash – but it’s a start.
Lucky PC builder pays just $146 for 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD, receives 9 - Amazon blunder so unbelievable some people think it's a marketing conspiracy

1 week ago | tomshardware.com | Mark Tyson

(Image credit: Redditor Ok-Middle-1360)A lucky online shopper has taken to social media to boast how they received “a whole box of SSDs instead of one.” Redditor Ok-Middle-1360 bought one 2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD from Amazon, and was understandably surprised when a box of nine units arrived. Redditors were quick to congratulate/complain about the apparent Amazon packing error, and offer up theories as to how such obvious errors happen.

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8 Jun 25

RT @tomshardware: In response to a licensing inquiry, Commodore Corporation has shocked retro TechTuber Perifractic with an option to buy '…

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29 May 25

RT @CDPROJEKTRED_IR: Congratulations to the team for this milestone ↙️ https://t.co/Uw5EckDvAE

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20 May 25

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Articles

Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available - at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses

Truly ‘iconic’ WinRAR Messenger bags are available — at $150, they cost more than five WinRAR licenses

Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later - patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later — patch squashes first bug report after 25 years

Immunotherapy in NMIBC: Key Results Safety Profile From BOND-003 Trial

Topline Data From the BOND-003 Trial in NMIBC

Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster - boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps | Tom's Hardware

Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster — boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps

Lucky PC builder pays just $146 for 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD, receives 9 - Amazon blunder so unbelievable some people think it's a marketing conspiracy

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