In a virtual roundtable last Aug. 31, tech giant Google laid out the tools, services, and programs it provides to news publishers in the Asia Pacific so these institutions can adapt to the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
House ICT committee chair and Navotas City representative Tobias Reynald Tiangco said the country's large number of prepaid mobile subscriptions provides opportunities for nefarious individuals, as well as criminal acts for terrorists and insurgents.
The Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) officially became the first port in the Philippines to transition to an automated gate system (AGS) backed by machine learning.
Department of Finance (DOF) secretary Benjamin Diokno identified digitalization as the key to transforming the system and eradicating corruption within the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs.
Sen. Grace Poe highlighted the need to also dig deeper on how the telcos guarantee that their respective database is shielded from breaches and leakages.
Last Monday, the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology approved the SIM card registration bill as a rush of "personalized" text scams sent to mobile subscribers made it to the headlines.
A lawyer for local operator Globe Telecom said during a Senate hearing on Thursday, Sept. 8, that lawmakers may consider inserting a provision in the proposed SIM registration bill that requires SIM cards to be activated only after registration.
Local software firm Multisys Technologies Corp. announced on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the appointment of Victor Aliwalas as its chief executive officer, replacing David Almirol who recently joined the Department of Information and Communications Technology as undersecretary for e-government.
