Melioidosis in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
By Javier I. Sanchez-Villamil and Alfredo G. Torres Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; [email protected] Department of Pathology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA…
Enterprise Rent-A-Car renews UEFA Europa League partnership
From Jeffrey Group Enterprise Rent-A-Car recently announced that it has signed a new three-year agreement to continue as an Official Partner of the UEFA Europa League. The sponsorship of one of UEFA’s most prestigious European club football competitions will continue…
Beyond The Frame | The Shinto Bride
Meiji Shrine | X-Pro2 From The Travel Photographer t’s a real shame that the traditional Shinto wedding ceremonies in Japan have dropped in popularity in the recent years, and that these only represent 20% of all weddings in the country, dropping…
Caribbean telecoms – How do you solve a problem like Maria?
By Chris Kelly, From Total Telecom In the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, telcos are having to club together to repair infrastructure and ensure that vital communications channels remain open Last September, the most powerful hurricane to ever hit…
Twitter’s murky verification process is helping cryptocurrency scams thrive
BY KERRY FLYNN From Mashable UPDATE: Feb. 26, 2018, 5:41 p.m. EST Twitter’s official account for its verification policy, @Verified, tweeted a reminder that its verification program is paused after publication of this story. This story cited that same account…
China’s web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power
By Jon Russell From TechCrunch A week that begins with the repeal of regulation that prevents dictatorship in China is likely to be a busy one for the country’s censorship people, and so it has proven to be. China’s web scrubbers…
How the Olympics can embrace non-binary athletes for the future
BY HEATHER DOCKRAY From Mashable It’s hard to remember a time before the Olympics had very open, very gayathletes like we do now, but the first openly gay Olympian didn’t appear until 1988 in Seoul. Thirty years later, there’s still…
We went for a ride in a Huawei smartphone-controlled, self-driving Porsche
By Brian Heater From Techcrunch Huawei didn’t have a new phone to show at MWC this year, so it did what any good smartphone maker would: it put the Mate 10 Pro in an autonomous car and drove it directly…
Cayman Islands Central Procurement Office unveils new website
• The Central Procurement Office launches its new website www.procure.gov.ky. • It provides a central portal for all things procurement for stakeholders inside and outside Government. • All queries can be sent to [email protected]. GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Central…
The Global Futures Lab – A Search for Alternative Futures, by Paolo Cardini
BY BRUCE AND STEPHANIE THARP From Core77 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), with the support of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI), is hosting a unique international symposium entitled Global Futures at MAXXI in Rome, Italy…