New Huawei P20 leaks show 3 rear cameras, and P43,800 estimated price
MANILA, Philippines - More leaked information on Huawei’s upcoming flagship, the P20, has recently surfaced, ahead of its official unveiling later this month.A pair of believable promotional images...
View ArticleNanobots treat cancerous tumors in tests conducted on mice – study
MANILA, Philippines - Last month saw a step forward in cancer treatment technology when a published study on peer-reviewed journal Nature Biotechnology detailed the successful use of nano-sized robots...
View ArticleSri Lanka blocks Facebook, social media, amid riots
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka on Wednesday, March 7, blocked access to Facebook and suspended internet services in a troubled central district after police warned that rioters were using social media...
View Article600 bitcoin computers nabbed in Iceland heists
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Around 600 computers used to mine bitcoin were stolen in Iceland in a series of large-scale heists in December and January, police said on Wednesday, March 7.The servers were taken...
View ArticleFrance's Macron vows cyber hate crackdown
PARIS, France – French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Wednesday to crack down on cyber hate, telling Jewish leaders that a recent law in Germany punishing web platforms which fail to delete hateful...
View ArticleLeaker Evan Blass shows off Huawei P20, P20 Lite, and P20 Pro
MANILA, Philippines – Huawei's next triumvirate of phones just got exposed in a big way as renowned leaker Evan Blass showed off the P20, the P20 Lite, and the P20 Pro on his Twitter page. (READ:...
View ArticleJapan punishes cryptocurrency exchanges after hack
TOKYO, Japan – Japanese authorities on Thursday, March 8, ordered two cryptocurrency exchanges to suspend operations as part of a clampdown following a massive hack that saw thieves steal hundreds of...
View ArticleWorld's largest DDoS attack now at 1.7 Tbps
MANILA, Philippines – In terms of large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, another more recent DDoS attack has eclipsed the 1.35 terabits per second (Tbps) attack against coding platform...
View ArticleUber selling Southeast Asia operations to Grab – report
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Uber is selling parts of its Southeast Asia operations to local rival Grab, getting a piece of the action in the process, according to US media reports.Grab is on the cusp of...
View ArticleFalsehoods 70% more likely to be retweeted than the truth – study
NEW YORK, USA – False information on the internet travels faster than the truth, researchers said Thursday. But contrary to popular belief, it is largely people who spread the misinformation, not...
View ArticleAndroid users more loyal than iOS users – report
MANILA, Philippines – An annual industry report revealed that Android users may be more loyal than iOS users when it comes to sticking to a phone operating system (OS).The study tracked whether users...
View ArticleTwitter hiring director of new social science division to improve platform
MANILA, Philippines – How does Twitter aim to address problems related to trolls, falsehood, and other unhealthy activities on social media? The platform has been under the spotlight for a long time...
View ArticleTwitter wants all users to become verified
MANILA, Philippines - In a recent Periscope livestream, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey said that the social media platform is rethinking its verification process and allowing anyone to have blue verification...
View ArticleCybersecurity roundup: March 4 to 10, 2018
This week saw a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that blew last week's massive 1.35 Tbps attack against Github into the water.Meanwhile, outside cyberspace, cybercriminals are now stealing...
View Article'ROS' faces competition as 'Fortnite' comes to phones with PS4, PC cross-play
MANILA, Philippines - It doesn’t seem like the last-man-standing genre is dying anytime soon with the free-to-play shooter, Fortnite Battle Royale hitting iOS and Android soon, as announced by Epic...
View ArticlePinoy Ako Blog files complaint vs Thinking Pinoy, Sass Sasot
MANILA, Philippines – Blogger Jover Laurio (Pinoy Ako Blog) filed a civil complaint against pro-Duterte bloggers Rey Joseph Nieto (ThinkingPinoy) and Allantroy "Sass" Rogando Sasot, citing violations...
View ArticleNanoparticle eye drops improve vision without need for surgery – research
MANILA, Philippines – Eyeglasses and contact lenses could soon be a thing of the past thanks to new research from Israel’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University.A team of ophthalmologists...
View ArticleNokia 9 could have an in-display fingerprint scanner and notch
MANILA, Philippines - HMD Global, the company developing Nokia smartphones, revealed a host of new smartphones at the 2018 Mobile World Congress last month.Noticeably absent from their lineup, however,...
View ArticleXiaomi officially launches Redmi 5A and Redmi 5 Plus in PH
MANILA, Philippines – Xiaomi announced their re-entry into the Philippine smartphone market in a media event held in Makati Shangri-La on Tuesday, March 13.John Chen, Xiaomi’s Overseas Business...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: What's inside the 'God of War' Collector's Edition set
SINGAPORE – Sony, at a special event, showed off the contents of the collector's edition of what may very well be the biggest title for the PlayStation 4 this year, God of War from Sony's Santa Monica...
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