At the trilateral summit with the United States, Japan, and the Philippines in Washington DC, tech giant Google reiterated its commitment to supporting the digital development of the country through a number of ways including digital skilling and infrastructure, AI, and playing a key role in the implementation of the National Cybersecurity Plan.
Philippine merchandise exports surged by 15.7% in February 2024, recording $ 5.9 billion compared to $ 5.1 billion over a year earlier, based on preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
While the industry is not completely out of the woods as macroeconomic challenges remain in many markets, this marks the third consecutive quarter of shipment growth, a strong indicator that a recovery is well underway.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the NTC to rigorously enforce provisions of the SIM registration law following the retrieval of a substantial number of SIM cards during a series of search warrant implementations against a Tarlac-based Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO), now termed as Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL).
The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Global Acceleration Center in the Philippines will focus on high-value BPO in consulting spaces, including artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and cybersecurity.
The E-Commerce Philippines 2024-2028 Roadmap is envisioned as a future-ready plan with 13 strategies and 28 deliverables aimed at building trust between online customers and sellers.
In a global study conducted by customer engagement platform Twilio, 77% of Filipino consumers want clear information on how their data is used in AI, but only 53% of brands are fulfilling this critical expectation.
Internet giant Google recently reported that it removed and blocked over 5.5 billion “bad” ads in 2023, up from 2022 and an initiative that was optimized by the power of generative AI.
A new research from AWS has revealed that when AI is fully harnessed, employers across Asean are willing to pay higher salaries of over 36% for workers with AI skills and expertise, with workers in IT (49%), and research and development (46%) enjoying the highest pay bumps.
