The Philippines has the talent to compete in an artificial intelligence-driven economy, but businesses and institutions must move quickly to keep pace with technological change, Beyond AI chairman Christopher French said on Saturday. Speaking at the official launch of Beyond…
Payments through QR Ph and InstaPay in the Philippines nearly tripled over 15 months, highlighting the rapid adoption of real-time digital payment methods even as cash-on-delivery (COD) remains more prevalent in the country than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Xendit,…
As schools across the Philippines confront growing concerns over shootings, fires, and earthquakes, a team of junior high school students from the Philippine Science High School – Caraga campus has developed a digital platform designed to help schools account for…
Two Philippine infrastructure projects have earned global recognition for using digital engineering to tackle some of the country’s toughest challenges—from protecting hydropower assets against landslides to restoring a centuries-old church devastated by an earthquake. Aboitiz Renewables Inc. and QB Engineering…
Artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing economies to achieve in a decade what might otherwise take a century, but only if governments move quickly to build the capacity to deploy the technology, the World Bank said. The World Bank’s World…
“Some areas, again, I think are just like totally, totally gone.” That was Sam Altman’s blunt prediction about the future of work as artificial intelligence (AI) advances. Speaking at a Federal Reserve conference in July 2025, the OpenAI chief executive…
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is advocating for what it describes as a long-overdue modernization of the Philippines’ border security infrastructure, backing a proposed ₱10.74-billion public-private partnership that would deploy artificial intelligence, biometric screening, and real-time data analysis across the…
Former agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol is pushing an unconventional idea that could reshape the Philippines’ food security debate: producing rice-like grains from breadfruit, sweet potato, and corn flour using industrial food-processing technology more commonly associated with North African couscous.…
NXT BLD and infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems Inc., announced on Thursday, May 14, at the NXT BLD conference the launch of NXT Activate, a developer-focused accelerator supporting early-stage companies building transformative software for the architecture, engineering, and construction…
For millions of Filipinos who once spent hours curating profiles, collecting testimonials, and refreshing slow-loading pages, Friendster was more than a website—it was an early blueprint of online social life. Internet cafés were filled with users tweaking profile layouts and…
