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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.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian pointed out that mobile number portability should be available within six months from the promulgation of the IRR, as provided under Section 11 of the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA).

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has put faster and more robust Internet connectivity in the country at the top of its objectives for 2020.

Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, the Filipino engineer who installed and switched on the Cisco router that allowed the Philippines to connect to the Internet for the first time 25 years ago, has died.

Looking ahead to 2020, collecting data from various systems, tools and devices and the application of analytics, AI and machine learning will gain speed.

The MarCoPay app will utilize QR codes that vessel masters and seafarers could use to manage, receive, spend, and remit their salaries in the form of e-money.