A wave-powered electricity generator and a mobile application for identifying medicinal plants emerged as the top technologies in the 2025 Socially Relevant Technologies (SRT) Contest, a competition organized by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.
The House of Representatives has urged the Senate to approve a ₱1-billion allocation for the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (Project Noah) as part of the ongoing bicameral conference committee discussions on the proposed 2026 national budget.
Enterprises across Southeast Asia are heading into a major technology reset in 2026, as artificial intelligence, edge computing, and new security models upend long-standing approaches to software, cloud, and industrial systems, according to Cloudflare Asean vice president Kenneth Lai.
Coins.ph chief executive officer Wei Zhou expects 2026 to be a stronger and more stable year for global financial markets, citing a shift toward a looser monetary environment led by interest rate cuts in the United States and mirrored by easing policies in the Philippines.
Cloud computing giant Salesforce, which recently opened its office in the Philippines, expects 2026 to be a pivotal year for local businesses as “agentic AI” — autonomous digital agents capable of taking action rather than just generating text — begins to transform operations across industries, from small enterprises to large corporations.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fully launched its upgraded iMessage online ticketing platform, which will serve as the mandatory channel for all public inquiries and transactions starting Jan. 2, 2026.
Fresh from a podium finish at the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team shared how augmented reality (AR) technology from TeamViewer is streamlining one of the most critical phases of race-car development.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) led the crackdown, accounting for ₱17.21 billion of the total haul. Last year, the agency seized ₱35.24 billion worth of counterfeit goods — more than 99% of the nationwide total and the highest annual record to date.
AI chipmaker Groq is accelerating its push into the Asia-Pacific region through a new partnership with global data center operator Equinix, aiming to deliver faster and more cost-efficient AI inference to enterprises across the region.
Called “About This Account”, the features allow users to view geographical details about where an account is based, the region of the app store the account is linked to, the original join date of an account, and how many times an account changed its username.
