Further Updated: Twin Invests 96L and 97L Worth Watching in the Atlantic
By: Jeff Masters , 2:41 PM GMT on July 29, 2016 There’s a new threat area to discuss today in the Atlantic: a tropical wave midway between the Lesser Antilles Islands and the Cabo Verde Islands that is headed west…
US: Police get dead man’s finger 3D-printed to unlock his phone
By David Lumb From engadget Michigan State University professor Anil Jain’s work focuses on how to make biometric signifiers like facial recognition as difficult to hack into as possible. But when police approached him to break into someone’s phone, they…
The hidden dangers of ‘Uberizing’ your workforce
By Salvador P. Simao and Joanna S. Rich, From Corporate Counsel Technology is changing how, when and where we work. With these changes come shifting attitudes in how workers view their relationship with employers. The “on-demand” economy purports to bridge…
Letter to the Editor – Cybercrime Bill in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Prime Minister and Minister of Information urged to revise Cybercrime bill Washington, DC July 27, 2016 Dear Prime Minister Gonsalves, Dear Minister of Information Gonsalves, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international organization that defends…
Cost of Dominica citizenship by investment to remain unchanged
From Caribbean News Now ROSEAU, Dominica — The prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, announced during his budget presentation on Tuesday that, contrary to earlier reports, the current pricing thresholds for the country’s citizenship-by-investment program will remain unchanged for 2016 With…
Why is NASA sending its astronauts to the bottom of the ocean?
By Joseph Dussault, Christian Science Monitor From Business Insider On Thursday [21], NASA sent a team of astronauts and scientists more than 60 feet below sea level for a 16-day underwater expedition. NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 21, or NEEMO, is…
ECLAC: Recovery of Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean depends on invigorating public and private investment
The UN organization presented today its 2016 annual economic report, in which it forecasts that the region will contract -0.8% this year. Latin American and Caribbean countries will show a -0.8% contraction in their growth rate in 2016, marking a…
Cayman police at the Brac
RCIPS senior officers meet with community on Cayman Brac Last Thursday, 21 July, ACoP Anthony Ennis and C/Supt. Kurt Walton joined Sister Islands’ Area Commander Wendy Parchment to host a community meeting at the Seamen’s Centre on Cayman Brac. The…
Milky Way’s spinning ‘halo’ helps reveal how galaxy formed
By Sean Buckley From engadget The super-hot gas surrounding our galaxy is rotating almost as fast as we are. Out beyond our solar system are billions of other planets, starts, moon rocks and solar systems. Beyond that, however is an…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…