Saturday, April 27, 2024

Business

US sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The chief executives of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are among the high-profile members of a new federal board created to advise the US government on the...

Inflation squeeze

Barbadians are cutting back to the basic items as the cost of living crunch drags on, reported president...

BAAP: We want more men

The Barbados Association of Administrative Professionals (BAAP) is seeking to add more men to its ranks. President Janet Sealey...

British Airways celebrates 70 years in Barbados

SEVENTY YEARS AGO, the first direct British Airways (BA) flight landed in Barbados. Yesterday, the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc...

TikTok faces US ban as bill set to be signed by Biden

The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok's...

Market Village ‘dying’

Vendors at the Market Village in Fairchild Street, Bridgetown, shared concerns that the venue is starved of life, and have appealed for an increase...

‘Overworked’ licensing officers protest ‘understaffing’

Students seeking to have their driver’s licence test done yesterday were made to wait a bit longer as testing officers at The Pine were...

Art is Ashanti’s medium

At Mahogany Mound in St George, you’ll find award- winning artist Ashanti Trotman hard at work crafting bespoke functional wooden tableware and home décor...

Credit union rebrands, targets youth

The Barbados Workers’ Union credit union is sporting new colours, and a new name, with its rebrand to AffinityPlus Credit Union Ltd. On Tuesday, the...

Barbados firms lead mobile payment acceptance

FIRMS IN BARBADOS are leading the acceptance of mobile payments when compared to their counterparts in 12 other Caribbean countries. None of the islands, however,...

Microsoft splits Teams and Office globally

Microsoft has said it is splitting the Teams business messaging and video app from its Office software globally. The firm separated the two products in...