Civil society groups, however, have opposed the proposed legislation as a knee-jerk reaction that could also create a bigger security problem once the database of SIM cards is breached.
Recent undercover work by the telco’s cybersecurity operations team bared that the link found in newer text messages directs customers to a group chat in the messaging application WhatsApp.
YouTube has unveiled the several local lists of top trending videos and creators that captured the hearts and engagements of netizens in the Philippines in 2021.
Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has announced it is leveraging weather forecast data from IBM’s The Weather Company (TWC) to help make better decisions for the operations of its power plants in areas prone to natural hazards such as landslides and typhoons.
Jollibee Foods Corporation worked with a local AWS partner, DXC Technology, to decommission its on-premises data centers and migrate its SAP workloads to AWS in less than 24 hours.
Local telco group PLDT and Smart Communications has lauded the passage last Dec. 2 of House Bill 10388, which requires subdivisions and housing development projects to allocate an area for cell sites, at the House of Representatives on its third and final reading.
In what is expected to be the largest virtual gathering of tech brands and IT leaders, VST-ECS Phils. Inc. will host the CXO Innovation Summit 2021 on December 7-10 to help participants navigate the future of digital business.
Ten government agencies, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of Justice (DOJ), have joined efforts to catch those behind the epidemic of smishing and text spams luring Filipinos into spurious investment schemes and work-from-home jobs.
At the same time, the BSP said it will also “recalibrate” its approach in handling applications from non-bank institutions for new EMI (electronic money institution) or e-wallet licenses.
