The extreme security measures taken at “America’s Safest School”
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 In the 1950s, American schoolchildren were shown a training film called “Duck and Cover.” Fear of a Soviet nuclear attack meant that students had to practice air raid drills. Times have changed and the air…
New agreement could help environmental defenders in Latin America, Caribbean
By Carole Excell and Alejandra Rodriguez If ratified, regional accord would require nations to promote the rights of environmental activists and prevent attacks against them This article originally appeared on the World Resources Institute website. In a colorful town nestled…
Bitcoin miners turn Quebec’s cheap energy into cold cash
By Steve Dent From engadget Bitcoin mining is a weird industry. Vast banks of dedicated computers solve complex equations to generate hashes worth a fraction of a coin, consuming huge amounts of power in the process. For such operations to…
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…
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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…
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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…
