Following the release of its latest Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO is calling on countries to be part of a global ban on the use of smartphones in schools. We briefly examine the report, and share our thoughts on the proposed ban.
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Privacy and data protection have been gaining traction globally, and even across the Caribbean region. Rishi Maharaj, the Founder and Managing Director of Privicy Advisory Services, joins us to discuss privacy and data protection, along with the emerging concept of ‘data ethics’. Our conversation explores, among other things: the difference between data protection and data ethics; the challenges he has observed as organisations reframe themselves to become more privacy and data protection-centric; and his thoughts on the class action lawsuit filed against OpenAI alleging that it engaged in theft by scraping data and content from internet users.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday...
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In recent months the decline of Twitter has been accelerating, which is creating conditions for new social networks to emerge that can eclipse Twitter and dominate that space. We highlight five platforms that are widely considered alternatives to Twitter.
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In our July 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Bianca Welds, Digital Innovation Manager of the VM Group in Jamaica, and Chad Fraser, the Founder of Sonover Inc. in Grenada, the panel discusses: Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models, how can the Caribbean business and education sectors extract value from these technologies; and thereafter, how can Caribbean countries better nurture software development?
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