Caribbean Diaspora in NY to host “Day of Giving” in support of Hurricane Affected Islands
From South Florida Caribbean News New York – Saturday, October 7th has been designated “Caribbean Day of Giving”. On that day, the Caribbean Diaspora and friends of the Caribbean will be taking action in the form of a radiothon to…
25 Sep Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 2 H/canes (Atlantic)
Sep 25 Mon 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Mon Sep 25 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…
Source of rare cosmic rays striking Earth found to be outside the Milky Way
By Mike Wehner From BGR Scientists have known for a long, long time that the Earth is being hit by high-energy radiation coming from space, but in the decades since that discovery we’ve learned surprisingly little about the source. Now,…
The 5 secrets of productivity in logistics
By Harris Myers Team From ALBA Having state-of-the art systems, logistical infrastructure, and analytics would all be useless without an engaged and committed workforce for increased productivity in your logistics. In order to run an efficient logistics operation, it’s is…
Why Russia hasn’t successfully screwed with Germany’s election — yet
BY COLIN DAILEDA From Mashable Germany heads to the polls on Sunday and, as the country’s election quickly approaches, signs of a giant Russian effort to sway voters are vanishingly small. Russia-linked hackers actually launched their most obvious cyber assault…
The Equifax breach is a stark reminder of our larger cybersecurity problems
By Richard Forno, The Conversation From Business Insider The Equifax data breach was yet another cybersecurity incident involving the theft of significant personal data from a large company. Moreover, it is another reminder that the modern world depends on critical systems, networks…
Hammock Camping Infographic Part 3
Tired of the same old camping routine? Or maybe you’ve started to see some flaws in your regular camping set up that might be solved by changing things up a little bit? Sounds like you might need to give hammock…
Jamaica: Horace Clarke High and Bull Bay All-Age win SRC science competition
From JIS Story Highlights Two rural schools took the top spots in the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) Science and Technology Innovation competition. Horace Clarke High in St. Mary won in the secondary category,…
There might finally be a driverless car with some common sense
By Will Knight, MIT Technology Review From Business Insider Boston’s notoriously unfriendly drivers and chaotic roads may be the perfect testing ground for a fundamentally different kind of self-driving car. An MIT spin-off callediSee is developing and testing the autonomous…
Facebook and Microsoft’s big undersea cable is finally finished
BY MONICA CHIN From Mashable More than 17,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, there now lies the “most technologically advanced subsea cable,” providing up to 160 terabits (Tbps) of data per second — beating Google’s alternative, now poorly named,“Faster.” The…