Will AI leave our children jobless? Aguinaldo Belgrave21/01/20250886 views Recently, my 11-year-old daughter asked me, “Daddy, with how fast Artificial Intelligence (AI) is replacing jobs, will there be any left for kids my age when we grow up?” As… Read more
Port sails towards green future with innovation plans Shamar Blunt18/01/202501.4K views The Barbados Port Inc. is charting a course to become the world’s most innovative and green maritime hub by 2030, with plans for a new boat repair facility and significant… Read more
Supreme Court backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company Barbados Today17/01/202501.3K views The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed… Read more
US lawmakers urge Biden to extend TikTok Jan. 19 ban deadline Barbados Today14/01/202501.4K views Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Congress and President Joe Biden to extend a Jan. 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok or face a… Read more
Digital transparency and inclusion: India’s blueprint for CARICOM’s tech revolution Sasha Mehter14/01/202501.5K views At the recently held CARICOM-India Summit in Georgetown, Guyana held on November 20, 2024, India’s Prime Minister outlined a visionary programme to strengthen ties between that country and the Caribbean… Read more
The need to modernise business education for digital governance Aguinaldo Belgrave31/12/202401.6K views This year has seen numerous instances where inadequate compliance controls dominated news cycles, particularly regarding data breaches. However, what often remains unaddressed is how boards of management respond to these… Read more
Regional Security System issues urgent scam alert across region Barbados Today14/12/202402.2K views The Regional Security System (RSS) on Friday sounded the alarm about a spike in scams targeting users of popular messaging app WhatsApp across the Caribbean, urging them to safeguard accounts… Read more
Meta is down: Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp all suffer major global outage Barbados Today11/12/202402.2K views Meta has said it has suffered a global outage, with some users facing issues using the social media apps Instagram and Facebook, and the WhatsApp messaging service. In a statement… Read more
Beyond the 2019 Data Protection Act: Rebuilding Trust in Barbados’ Digital Future Barbados Today10/12/202401.5K views Writing this article has been uniquely challenging—not because of its technical complexity, but because it requires balancing fairness with my conflicted feelings about how cybersecurity and data privacy have been… Read more
Advocates debate social media limits on under-16s Barbados Today07/12/202401.8K views Australia’s landmark legislation banning social media access for under-16s has ignited intense debate here, leaving figures, parental and youth rights campaigners divided over the potential implementation of similar restrictions locally.… Read more