Software group BSA said “there is a possibility that thousands of engineering and design firms” in the Philippines “engaged in important public works projects may be using unlicensed software”.
The activity, which involved PhilID and ePhilID holders processing their civil registry documents, enabled identity verification through scanning of the fingerprint through biometric authentication devices for the real-time matching process of information to the PhilSys Registry.
NEDA secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan has underscored the need for a strategic and thorough execution of the Philippine Digital Workforce Competitiveness Act following the release last Nov. 15 of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR).
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Ivan John Uy said the Philippines is host to more than 1,100 startups, 60 incubators and accelerators, 50 venture capitalists, and more than 200 co-working spaces who are now actively collaborating.
Local telco Globe has intensified its nationwide campaign against cable theft in close coordination with local authorities, resulting in the recent arrest of six cable thieves in Metro Manila.
Tech titan IBM has announced that it is launching a $500-million venture fund to invest in a range of AI companies -- from early-stage to hyper-growth startups -- focused on accelerating generative AI technology and research for the enterprise.
Tech wunderkind Sam Altman, who has been in the news in past few days because of his ouster and purported return at high-profile startup OpenAI, sees the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for customer personalization in various sectors.
Union Bank of the Philippines signed a deal with open-source provider Red Hat to help the local lender accelerate the migration of mission-critical workloads from on-premises environments to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.
California-based Astranis and local firm HTech Orbits forged a collaboration to deploy “MicroGEO” satellites, which feature a small form factor that can be built in 12-18 months but are more powerful at a fraction of the cost of other competing satellite models.