Gadget of the week
L’Oreal is 3D printing its own human skin to test cosmetics By Andrew From engadget The L’Oreal Group hasn’t tested its products on animals worldwide since 2013, instead relying on a predictive model that utilizes a “Reconstructed Human Epidermis” —…
Opening Pandora’s Dox: The unintended Consequences of an Internet that never forgets
By Arthur Chu From Techcrunch Every year the Oxford English Dictionary adds a handful of new words in recognition of how technological and social progress have affected the English language. One of the new words this year is the longstanding…
Sanctions smack down— six years later
By Jenna Greene, From The Litigation Daily Ruling on sanctions motions that have been pending for nearly six years, a federal judge in Delaware found that Rembrandt Technologies LP engaged in widespread document spoliation, unethical payments to witnesses and fraudulent…
Facebook readies for battle over biometrics
By Ross Todd, The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. will have home court advantage in a trio of privacy class actions claiming the company violated an Illinois law governing the collection of biometric data with its “tag suggestion” feature….
Could the Ashley Madison hack have been an inside job?
By Ed Silverstein, From Legaltech News ‘The tech evidence supports the assertion it was done with local access as opposed to remotely,’ says ThreatSTOP Inc. CEO Tom Byrnes Canadian authorities continue to investigate the publication of leaked personal data from…
North Dakota cops will be first in nation to use weaponized drones
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget North Dakota’s Bill 1328 was supposed to be cut and dry. “In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: drones should not be weaponized. Period,” Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck), the bill’s original sponsor,…
Cayman Islands: CIRT-KY warns eCay Trade users of account hack
From RCIPS GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – 28 August 2015 – The Cyber Incident Response Team Cayman (CIRT-KY ) announced today that it has been made aware of a cybersecurity breach – commonly known as a ‘hack’ – which has…
Five more data recovery tools that could save the day
By Brien Posey From TechRepublic Maybe it was hardware failure or user error or a malicious attack… but you don’t necessarily have to kiss that data goodbye. Here are some apps that just might get it back for you. 1:…
Digicel & NBA launch Jumpstart Basketball Clinics in Caribbean
Digicel and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today the launch of the Digicel NBA Jumpstart Basketball Clinics in the Caribbean, which will take place in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks…
Meet the startups from the 1st Caribbean Beach Hackathon
From TEDxAruba In June and August the TEDxAruba team organized a series of ‘Inspiring Sessions’, these are mini-events on the road to TEDxAruba ‘Island of Sustainable Solutions’. While TEDxAruba itself will focus on sustainability in the broader sense, ‘Inspiring Sessions’…