UK to introduce an ETA form in October Barbados Today06/09/202301.2K views Persons travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) will soon have to complete an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) form being introduced by the UK Government beginning October 2023. The Ministry of… Read more
Students told to embrace new frontier and expand skill set Sheria Brathwaite29/07/20230512 views By Sheria Brathwaite Twenty-four students from various primary and secondary schools across the island are being challenged to push their creativity to the maximum level using robotics to stimulate their… Read more
Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera Barbados Today01/06/20230344 views Associated Press – Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping… Read more
Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning Barbados Today30/05/20230336 views By contrast, the latest statement was endorsed by Microsoft’s chief technology and science officers, as well as Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s AI research lab DeepMind, and two Google executives… Read more
125 complete Cyber Nations training Anesta Henry27/05/20230934 views McConney recalled that she met with the participants during the course when many of them lamented that they had to make significant sacrifices, as the training was intense, with many… Read more
Meta fined 1.3 billion for mishandling users' data Barbados Today22/05/20230481 views ‘Dangerous precedent’ Most large companies have complex webs of data transfers – which can include email addresses, phone numbers and financial information – to overseas recipients, many of which depend… Read more
Erdiston Teachers’ College to expand courses Barbados Today25/04/20230925 views By Simone Tull Hi-tech courses are on the cards for Erdiston Teachers’ Training College. Principal Dr. Colin Cumberbatch made the announcement during the institution’s graduation ceremony on Saturday night. “As… Read more
Businessman wants action to safeguard against future island-wide power events Shamar Blunt06/04/20230575 views By Shamar Blunt Managing Director of Abed’s, Eddy Abed, wants to see more being done by government and other stakeholders to stabilise the island’s energy grid in order to minimise… Read more
Island-wide outage forces closure of some businesses Shamar Blunt05/04/20230432 views By Shamar Blunt Operations at businesses and other organisations across the island were abruptly cut short on Tuesday, after the country experienced an island-wide power outage around 11:32 a.m. Shortly… Read more
Digital revolution key to public sector upgrade Barbados Today04/04/20230611 views Government is reaffirming its commitment to improving the way it does business, saying it is pressing ahead with the digital transformation of the public service as a major part of… Read more