Google facing new privacy suit over email scanning
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has brought on lawyers from Cooley to defend the company from claims that it violated a federal privacy statute by intercepting and scanning emails sent by students using its Apps…
Big data’s big problem? Most companies don’t realize they’re already using it
By Matt Asay From TechRepublic Companies are already actively using big data. They just don’t call it that. While the phrase has problems, the technology is becoming more intrinsic to business. It turns out that no one knows what the…
Yahoo ranking system driving discrimination lawsuit
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel Yahoo Inc., the Sunnyvale, California-based tech giant, got slapped with a lawsuit this week alleging gender discrimination, but not the kind one might typically expect, especially in Silicon Valley. Gregory Anderson, a former editorial director…
Driverless pods
Driverless pods to hit the streets of Greenwich By Nick Summers From engadget The Transport Research Laboratory will trial them this summer. As you stroll past the Royal Observatory in Greenwich and that place where Thor fought in The Dark…
Officials have finally caught a cyclist using a hidden motor in competition
By Business Insider Australia and Daniel McMahon From Business InsiderCycling authorities have finally caught a unicorn. A Belgian cyclist is facing the end of her short career after she was caught riding a motorised bicycle in the world cyclocross championship in…
Digicel Play surpasses 10,000 customers in Jamaica
PRESS RELEASE – Digicel Play has announced that it has surpassed the 10,000 subscriber mark in Jamaica just a few months after launch. With this milestone being reached well ahead of schedule, the company said this is a testament to…
Russia’s Armata tank
A guide to Russia’s T-14 Armata tank By Alex Lockie From Business Insider Since unveiling the T-14 Armata tank in May 2015 during the Victory Day Parade, Russia has kept the specifics of the tank underwraps. A video walk through…
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda “Changes the Game” in Spectrum Regulation
In the rapidly changing world of Telecommunications the Government of Antigua & Barbuda has “changed the game” by implementing a telecommunications management system which now allows their regulatory authority, the Antigua & Barbuda Telecommunications Division (ABTD), to automate the oversight…
Drones banned near all Cayman Islands airports
Directions to restrict operations of SUAs in the Cayman Islands Published 2nd February 2016, The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands, under the provisions contained in Articles 4 and 6 of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 [AN(OT)O…
6 ways the robot revolution will transform the future of work
By Hope Reese From TechRepublic TechRepublic spoke to Alec Ross, author of The Industries of the Future, about the global impact AI and robotics will have on the future of work. We are on the brink of a major technological…