USF Digital Talent Boost: Jamaica’s Universal Service Fund backs 12 ICT learners with a $3m grants push, including Emerging Digital Leaders and professional development awards. Public Transport Tech Upgrade: JUTC is moving from CNG to electric range extender buses, with 100 more planned for 2027 to cut fuel costs and taxpayer burden. AI Weather Limits: A new look at why AI struggles with hurricane intensity forecasts highlights the data gap between global models and regional storms. Climate Financing Alarm: Water/Environment Minister Matthew Samuda urges bigger adaptation funding, citing Jamaica’s multi-year drought pressure and Hurricane Melissa impacts. Pension Coverage Plan: PIAJ’s automatic enrolment proposal is now before Cabinet to lift low retirement participation (currently 18%). Health Tech & Care Access: Medically tailored meal deliveries show measurable health and hospital-use gains, while Jamaica’s diagnostic centre at CASE aims to bring special-needs assessments closer to families. Robotics to South Korea: Jamaica’s FIRST Global Challenge team heads to Incheon, supported by UJAA’s 10-year sponsorship. Tourism 3.0 & Resilience: Edmund Bartlett pitches tourism as a development engine at the WEF, calling for a US$10bn Global Tourism Resilience Fund. AI Governance for Jamaica: The AI4IA conference (Sept 28) spotlights how developing countries should shape AI design, rules, and trust. Local Business Efficiency: Access Financial says it’s leaning on technology to improve productivity after Hurricane Melissa disruptions. Prostate Screening Tech: The Bob and Rita Marley Foundations run PSA screening using TropIQA for a more comfortable test experience. Dating Tourism Idea: Antigua and Barbuda’s Love Link Caribbean reality series tests whether “meeting someone” can be marketed as a tourism product.