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MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has moved closer to passing a bill that restricts those below 18 years old from using social media after approving it on second reading on Wednesday night. Sponsored by Sen. Robinhood Padilla, Senate Bill (SB) No. 2424, or the Child Online Safety and Protection Act, seeks to protect children from
MANILA, Philippines – On Day 32 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial Thursday, lead public prosecutor and Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro announced that the prosecution has decided not to present former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV as a witness. Trillanes later confirmed on social media that he had personally asked Luistro to withdraw his name,
Service Ventures Invests in Fias to Launch AI Development and Monetization Platform The Manila Times
Ondo Finance Announces Expansion of Ondo Intelligent Portfolios to Seven With New Magnificent 7, AI and Targeted Portfolios The Manila Times
BOSGAME Brings Everyday Computing Upgrades to Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 The Manila Times
NexusTek Announces a New AI Strategy Assessment to Close the Gap Between AI Ideas and Actionable Investments The Manila Times
Distorted intelligence at the AI frontier The Manila Times
MixVio AI Launches Unified Creative Workspace Across 26 AI Generation Routes The Manila Times
Plutou Launches AI-Native Operations Platform for Textile Collection Companies The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Thursday said it summoned 19 ride-hailing platform providers after they allegedly failed to implement the required fare adjustments. According to the LTFRB, it issued a show-cause order to at least 19 Transport Network Companies (TNCs) for failing to implement the approved fare increase,
Kroger Launches Mastercard Powered by Payments Platform Imprint: NYSE Content Update The Manila Times
Wärtsilä, Schneider Electric and Stanley Consultants launch coordinated approach for faster U.S. data center power delivery The Manila Times
GENISOM AI Showcases Embodied Intelligence and Debuts World's First Industry-Grade Educational Quadruped at IROS 2026 The Manila Times
After Reaching $5 Million Run Rate, VOSU Introduces Marketplace Connecting Brands With Proven AI Creators The Manila Times
Canon Launches Connected Value Platform to Deliver AI-powered Feature Enhancements for Select Printing Products The Manila Times
LUCENA CITY — Police in Dasmariñas City at Cavite have dismissed as false a viral social media report claiming that a mass shooting at a local university on Thursday (October 1) left one person dead. “The reported alleged mass shooting incident was thoroughly verified and investigated by the investigation section of this station,” the Dasmariñas
Sharon AI Enters Into GPU-Backed Debt Facility, Expanding Funding Flexibility for AI Factory Deployments The Manila Times
THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said its economic zones (ecozones) are targeting locators planning to manufacture robotics and advanced electronics products. “By attracting strategic investments in AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, among others, PEZA is helping position the country as a leading destination for the industries that will define the future of manufacturing, techno...
PHILIPPINE entrepreneurs are planning significant investments in artificial intelligence (AI), with 87% planning to spend more than a 10 th of their annual turnover on the technology over the next 12 months, HSBC Private Bank said. Among Philippine respondents, 27% said they plan to allocate at least 31% of annual turnover to AI, while 60% expect to spend between 11% and 30%. Only 13% plan to s...
MANILA, Philippines – A bill that restricts minors or those below 18 years old from using social media has been approved on second reading at the Senate. Senate Bill No. 2424, or the Child Online Safety and Protection Act, which seeks to protect children from physical, mental and social harms from social media platforms, was
HealthLynked Selects DRCARE247 as Telemedicine Partner to Expand Integrated Virtual Care Platform The Manila Times
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a high-value target, seizing P3.4 million worth of suspected shabu from him during a drug buy-bust operation in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday night. Abraham Solon Kalim, head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) Tawi-Tawi provincial office, identified the suspect as Mahadir Arab...
DaltonTx, the decision engine for drug discovery, launches advanced AI-powered antibody discovery platform The Manila Times
CallTower Transforms Its Global Communications Platform Through Acquisition of Momentum Telecom’s Voice and Collaboration Business The Manila Times
SEMIFIVE Signs Turnkey Contract with Mobilint to Develop Robotics AI Chip Under 'K-On-Device AI Semiconductor' Program The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — Several of the country’s largest telecommunications companies have rallied behind the three mobile network operators slapped with P100,000 daily fines over “poor” mobile broadband service, raising concerns over how the government imposed the penalties. In a statement on Wednesday, the Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO) expressed “grave concern” over t...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday, September 30, announced a new top-tier artificial intelligence model to anchor its Gemini 4 generation of models in a fresh bid to catch up to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI race. The new model, “Argon,” is larger in size than Google’s previous line of advanced “Pro” models, a company spokesperson said. “It’s our most performant model ...
Milliken Showcased MAXCELL® at Data Centre World Asia 2026, Helping Southeast Asia Meet Growing AI Infrastructure Demands The Manila Times
CZR Exchange Announces $CZR as Its Platform Currency, With Trading Fee Discounts From Launch The Manila Times
US government's new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump The Manila Times
Achieving ISO 26262 ASIL-B Certification for Functional Safety, Chips&Media’s ‘WAVE6331X FuSa’ Video Codec IP Meets the Rigorous Safety Standards Required by the Premium Automotive and Robotics Markets The Manila Times
Crosslist, Leading Software Tool For Online Sellers, Unveils Best Practices for Integrating SaaS Solutions with WooCommerce The Manila Times
Progress Software Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results The Manila Times
Advantech Launches ASR-D501 AI Companion Computer for Autonomous Drone Applications The Manila Times
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Mimaropa is studying the reproductive biology of the octopus Octopus cyanea, locally known as “pugita,” to generate scientific data that could support sustainable fisheries management in the region, according to a social media post on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The assessment, which
MANILA, Philippines — The reported shooting incident at Isulan National High School in Sultan Kudarat province on Wednesday was a “false alarm,” Education Secretary Sonny Angara confirmed. Earlier, Governor Datu Pax Ali S. Mangudadatu said in a social media post that there was an alleged shooting incident at the school, but no confirmed reports of injuries or
By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Senior Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ trade-in-goods deficit narrowed by 3.5% year on year to $3.85 billion in August — the smallest gap in 15 months — as strong global chip demand boosted electronics exports, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The August deficit was smaller than the $3.99-billion shortfall a year earlier and shrank by 39.3% f...
One Day Left: Nearly 185 Southern California Technology Leaders Registered for HMG Strategy's October 1 Summit on Enterprise AI, Cyber Resilience and Digital Transformation The Manila Times
EXL's seventh Sustainability Report showcases continued measurable progress across CSR, emissions reductions, renewable energy and responsible AI governance The Manila Times
Cylake Rebuilding Cybersecurity Architecture for Critical Infrastructure Providers, by Moving Intelligence On Premises The Manila Times
AI firm Deep Seek partners with Huawei The Manila Times
Casino Plus , one of the country’s leading responsible digital entertainment platforms licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), has once again demonstrated why it remains the country’s most trusted online gaming destination — this time, with the seamless, secure payout of a historic ₱122,409,603 jackpot, the biggest verified jackpot in Philippine slot machine histor...
MERALCO POWERGEN Corp. (MGEN) and VITRO REIT, Inc. have agreed to study the development of data centers integrated with renewable energy (RE) and power generation facilities. In a statement on Wednesday, MGEN said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with VITRO to conduct a joint feasibility study covering potential sites, power generation capacity, RE resources, connectivity requireme...
By Juliana Chloe A. Gonzales PHILIPPINE COMPANIES must build up transition capabilities to realize business value from their arti fi cial intelligence (AI) investments as 65% of organizations remain stuck in the proof-of-concept stage, global change management fi rm Prosci said. Prosci Managing Director for ASEAN David Lee said in an online interview with BusinessWorld last month that AI transf...
BEIJING — Chinese-powered arti fi cial intelligence (AI) agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous AI that have raised global alarm about US models, research documents and experts say. In one case this year, agents powered by models from China’s Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied about their capabilities in a bid to win...
POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA can grab your attention and make you nod your head in agreement. You can come across a post that almost invites a fist bump of familiarity. This comment is a plea (or announcement) from a multi-awarded writer, much advanced in age, who shall remain anonymous. He requests not to be asked to serve as a judge in writing contests, comment on unsolicited manuscripts from aspiri...
By Richard Ireland THE GLOBAL RACE to develop more advanced AI has largely been framed as a contest of capability, de fi ned by who can build the smartest model, deploy the most capable agents and reach the next frontier fi rst. Cybersecurity is showing us why capability is only part of the equation. AI is increasing the speed at which vulnerabilities can be identified, attacks launched and def...
AI needs trusted journalism The Manila Times
A phone for the youth, equipped with AI features The Manila Times
Mobvoi Announces TicNote Watch: The AI Note Taker That Captures Your Day From Your Wrist The Manila Times
Suvoda's latest platform release creates a global experience across study data, patient engagement, scheduling, payments, and clinical trial operations The Manila Times
Metacognition launches ZEOS operating system to combat rogue AI The Manila Times
Cribl Announces 2026 Customer Award Winners Leading the Way in Telemetry and AI The Manila Times
Aerospike’s Network Efficiency Advantage for Rapidly Scaling Operational AI The Manila Times
Union.ai Launches Self-Service Access on AWS Marketplace to Enable Sovereign AI The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines – Fabricated, altered, or AI-generated. These are the tactics of false news peddlers this September, sharing lies on social media. The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has been at the center of it all since July 2026 . Watch this video by researcher-writer Lourence Marcellana to separate truth from fiction. – Rappler.com Presenter, writer, and video editor: L...
sensiBel’s 32 MEMS Microphone Array Development Kit Accelerates Edge AI Acoustic Detection manilatimes.net
Hello! You’re probably a member of many online groups already. Perhaps your family has a Viber group where you all like to share photos of get-togethers. Maybe you stay in touch with your high school friends on Telegram, or manage a small book club on Facebook Messenger. I’m the same. I message various friends, family, and work groups on different messaging platforms. What do most of these plat...
From Energy to Chip, EnerAI Brings Full-Stack AIDC Power Solutions to Tech Day Singapore 2026 manilatimes.net
EQT to sell Acuon Group, a Leading Korean Independent Financial Platform manilatimes.net
