Google opens new AI lab and invests $3.4M in Montreal-based AI research
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch Google has invested a total of $4.5 million CAD ($3.4M US) in AI research in Montreal’s Institute for Learning Algorithms, with an academic fund covering three years that will help pay for seven faculty members…
Fun in the desert this fall leads to fun in the sun in the Spring in the Cayman Islands for IMA Conference attendees
What happens in Vegas usually stays in Vegas, unless while you’re there you happen to win a trip to the Cayman Islands! Cayman Enterprise City, a special economic zone that is home to more than 180 businesses, teamed up with…
Richard Branson shares the first question he asks every entrepreneur who comes to him for advice
By Richard Feloni From Business Insider In many ways, Richard Branson is the prototypical entrepreneur. Since starting the Virgin Group 46 years ago, he’s overseen hundreds of companies around the world, in a wide range of industries, bearing the Virgin…
Cute Chinese robot loses control, smashes window and injures someone
By Victoria Ho/Singapore From Mashable A Chinese-made robot had an accident at a Shenzhen tech trade fair over the weekend, smashing a glass window and injuring someone standing nearby. On Friday the robot, which its maker, Beijing Science and Technology,…
Obama says history will judge Castro’s impact on world
From Newsmax U.S. President Barack Obama in a statement on Saturday offered his condolences to Fidel Castro’s family and added that history would judge Castro’s impact on Cuba and around the world. “At this time of Fidel Castro’s passing, we…
Cayman Islands MHA corrects media coverage misrepresentation of facts
Statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs in Regards to Publication on Prison Service Following the recent ruling by the Gender Equality Tribunal involving Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, and certain media coverage that misrepresented the facts of the…
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Las Tortugas Pirates Scavenge Cayman Islands airport
Las Tortugas Pirates & TAB Embark on a Scavenge at George Town Airport! [Savannah, Grand Cayman, November 24, 2016 – Data was as valuable as doubloons last weekend, as the Las Tortugas Pirates went on a forage for feedback at…
Trump Thanksgiving Video: ‘Emotions are raw’
From Newsmax Full text of President-elect Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving video address: We are very blessed to call this nation our home. And that is what America is: it is our home. It’s where we raise our families, care for our…
ECLAC sensitizes Caribbean countries about Research Data Management
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is providing a unique opportunity for the identification of Research Data Management (RDM) issues faced by organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. A workshop…
Obama’s final Thanksgiving message is a touching tribute to his daughters
BY EMMA HINCHLIFFE From Mashable After pardoning his last turkey, President Barack Obama has a final Thanksgiving message from the Oval Office. In a Facebook post on Thursday morning, Obama reminisced about his daughters’ growth during his family’s time in…
