With students currently on summer holidays in the northern hemisphere, educators should be taking the opportunity to examine teaching and learning pedagogies, including the use of AI and other technologies. In this article, we highlight some of the concerns of AI in the classroom, the bigger issue of digital technologies and child development, and how we can better navigate between traditional and digital modalities.
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In our July 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, cybersecurity and data protection expert, Jeehan Miller of Jamaica, and Halle Johnson, Systems Administrator at the UWI Five Islands Campus in Antigua and Barbuda, the panel discusses: Deepfakes, deception, misinformation and cyber awareness; Using technology to fight crime; and Keeping kids safe online.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 7 July to Sunday 13 July 2025.
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This week, Digicel announced it was closing Loop News and SportsMax, which had been a presence in the region for well over a decade. We examine this development and highlight some useful learnings for other businesses.
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In the start-up space, “fail fast” is a deeply embedded mantra, which is used to encourage an iterative mindset that moves past the perceived failure to quickly learn and adapt. In our conversation with Alex Straun, the creator of the digital wallet platform, JAD Cash, in Saint Kitts and Nevis, he shares the highs and lows of that journey to date, along with: whether JAD Cash has become fully sustainable; what it is like being an entrepreneur in Saint Kitts and Nevis; where he would like to see JAD Cash in the next three to five years; and the best piece of advice you would give to a young tech entrepreneur.
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