This week saw UK Political drama (we are not covering/detailing but a historical marker that must be noted), cyber security speculations, and Apple launching some news products without the usual keynote fanfare. These are the exciting stories of this week, ending October 21.

New Next-Gen Apple TV 4K, iPad Pro with M2 Chip, and a redesigned iPad

Apple launched its Next-Gen Apple TV 4K, iPad Pro with M2 Chip, and a redesigned iPad on Tuesday without a keynote.

Apple Fitness+ arriving on iPhone in over 21 countries next week

Starting next week, October 24, Apple’s Fitness+ plan will be arriving in over 21 countries.

Apple Fitness+ is a fitness service available only with Apple. It offers a catalog of video and audio workouts and meditations led by expert trainers who also help curate music playlists for even more motivation.

Starting with iOS 16.1, Fitness+ will be fully integrated with the Fitness app and located in the middle tab.

Apple Fitness+ is available as a subscription service for $9.99 (US) per month or $79.99 (US) per year and can be shared with up to five other family members. 

Fitness+ will be available in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, the UK, and the US.

Learn more about Apple Fitness+ arriving in 21 countries.

CaribDAO launches its Presale

CaribDAO launched its token presale via the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and is listed on DXSale. The presale is available from October 17 to December 16, 2022.

During the presale, you get 33.3% more tokens until the CARIB tokens get listed on Pancakeswap.

At the time of writing, The CARIB token presale has an estimated initial markup of over $173,834.77 USD.

For as little as 0.1 BNB tokens or as much as 10 BNB tokens, you can become an owner of some CARIB tokens.

Carib DAO is a Caribbean-based Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) that is focused on web3 education, project incubation, and crowdfunding.

You can be a part of the presale by visiting presale.caribdao.com and visiting the Official CariDAO website to learn more.

Elizabeth Sloane

Elizabeth Sloane (Jamaican Business Development Firm) has announced US$14.6 million in grants and scholarships for upskilling Cyber Security Professionals in Africa and the Caribbean.

Learn more about the Elizabeth Sloane Cyber Security Grant Program

Massy Security Incident – speculative and inaccurate

Potentially one of the Caribbean’s most devastating cyber security incidents has been put to bed after the company in question acknowledge that the incident wasn’t as serious as rumored.

Massy: Information regarding cyber-security incidents is speculative and inaccurate

The Weekly News Roundup is a weekly series of stories of interest to BITVoxy Post, These stories are within the categories of Business, Crypto, Gaming/Entertainment, and Tech. These stories are mostly global but from time to time have Jamaican/Caribbean highlights.