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2019 has been the “year of ransomware attacks on municipalities” according to Kaspersky security experts.

UP electrical engineering professor Joel Joseph S. Marciano served as director of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) of the DOST and led the country’s space program.

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary Fortunato de la Peña has expressed his goal of intensifying the commercialization of DOST-developed products and technologies...

Motorcycle taxi app “Angkas” has secured a 72-hour Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the government policy of limiting the number of Angkas bikers to 10,000 in Manila and 3,000 in Cebu.

The Technical Working Group (TWG) on Motorcycle (MC) Taxis said records from the SEC shows Angkas is 99.996% owned by Angeline Xiwen Tham, a Singaporean, with P9.8 million in subscribed shares. Tham is also listed at the SEC as the president of the corporation.

It was also in August 2019 that a bill creating the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) was signed into law. The PhilSA, however, was placed under the administrative supervision of the Office of the President (OP) and not as an attached unit of the DOST as originally intended.

By 2023, IDC said it expects this spending will reach $241.4 billion with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8%.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which runs from January 7 to 10, 2020 in Las Vegas, is said to be the largest technology conference in the world.

The new Platinum Protection Warranty (PPW) offers coverage for accidental damage within the first year of the warranty at no additional cost.

As technology advances, we can expect cyber-attacks to continue rising in number and frequency in the years ahead.