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Xiaomi bringing Mi 8 Lite, Mi 8 Pro to PH
MANILA, Philippines – Following the Mi 8 Pro's debut in London on Thursday, November 8, Xiaomi announced both the Mi 8 Lite and Mi 8 Pro would be making their way to the Philippines. Xiaomi touts the...
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Facebook stops requiring arbitration of sexual harassment claims
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Friday, November 9, said it will no longer require employees to resolve sexual harassment claims via arbitration, mirroring a move by Google.The change of workplace...
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Over 100,000 Filipinos affected by Cathay Pacific data breach
MANILA, Philippines – Over 100,000 Filipinos were affected by the Cathay Pacific Airways data breach that happened in March, the Hong Kong airline said in a report to the Philippines’ National Privacy...
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Facebook refuses to delete post critical of Singapore gov't
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook has refused a request from the Singaporean government to remove a post on the social network the government deemed "false and malicious."Reuters reported Saturday,...
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Facebook launches short form video app Lasso in bid to win teens over
MANILA, Philippines - Facebook has launched Lasso, a short-form video app that will compete with Tik-Tok, a similar app that has gained viral fame in both the US and China, according to The...
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The biggest announcements of Microsoft’s XO18 event
MANILA, Philippines - Microsoft dropped some major announcements on Saturday, November 10, when it kicked off its Xbox fan event, XO18, in Mexico City.We’ve rounded up some of the biggest announcements...
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Efficient data management needed as digital universe nears 20 trillion GB
CEBU, Philippines – 20 trillion gigabytes. That’s a number that’s almost incomprehensible to an individual. 500 gigabytes, 1 terabyte, 2 terabytes - these are still still pretty easy to translate to...
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Surge in electricity needs to require flexible power systems – IEA
PARIS, France – Demand for electricity is set to explode in the next two decades, which could be good news for the environment but a challenge for governments and power companies, the IEA said...
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Sony patent teases Playstation controller with a touchscreen
MANILA, Philippines – Sony Interactive Entertainment America filed an updated patent last month which appears to suggest that a Playstation controller with a built-in touchscreen is in the...
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Facebook is least trusted tech company by Americans when it comes to data –...
MANILA, Philippines - Americans trust Facebook the least with their personal data, according to a survey conducted by Fortune that aims to highlight security and privacy challenges of major tech...
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Samsung's foldable phone to cost $1,770, slated for March 2019 – report
MANILA, Philippines - Just a week removed from its official reveal, Samsung’s foldable smartphone now has a suggested name, release date, and price.According to a report from Yonhap News Agency in...
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Smartphones raising a mentally fragile generation
SAN DIEGO, USA – San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant "iGen."QUESTION: What is the iGen?ANSWER: The iGen is the...
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Cathay Pacific says 'most intense' period of data breach lasted months
HONG KONG – The world's biggest airline data breach, affecting millions of Cathay Pacific customers, was the result of a sustained cyber attack that lasted for three months, the carrier admitted, while...
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What he did for love? Japanese man 'marries' a hologram
TOKYO, Japan – Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram."For mother, it wasn't...
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These Filipino high school kids are out to end bullying
When they presented their idea at #HackSociety 2018, the members of Team BEN (Reinald "TJ" Tomenes, Joshua Redita, Julian Lamela, Francis Sulit, and Danyel Dondon) seemed nervous, and understandably so...
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Facebook vulnerability could have let websites obtain users' interests
MANILA, Philippines - Cybersecurity company Imperva recently revealed details on a Facebook vulnerability that would have allowed malicious websites to obtain users’ personal information.TechCrunch...
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Facebook shuts more accounts aimed at political meddling
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Tuesday, November 13, said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible link to Russia."As we've...
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Cathay Pacific apologizes over data breach but denies cover-up
HONG KONG – The top two executives at Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday, November 14, apologized for the firm's handling of the world's biggest airline hack that saw millions of customers'...
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Nigerian ISP admits error which caused misrouting of Google traffic through...
MANILA, Philippines – Nigerian internet firm MainOne disclosed on Tuesday, November 13, it had caused global Google traffic to be misrouted through China. The firm admitted it had done so through an...
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Globe data traffic up 49% to 641M GB in first 9 months of 2018
MANILA, Philippines – Globe reported that its data traffic for the first 9 months of 2018 grew by 49% to 641 million gigabytes of 641 petabytes, compared to the same period last year. The growth in...
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