The DOST launched nine new research and development projects on artificial intelligence (AI) covering applications in agriculture to the education sector.
The campaign was launched together with various tech companies — Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter —pledging their support to help fight Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation online.
ADB chief economist Yasuyuki Sawada said accelerating the country’s digital transformation could lead to substantial growth in global output, employment, and trade.
The waiver of fees, previously extended only until March 31, 2021, covers online fund transfers facilitated through Landbank’s online banking channels via InstaPay and PesoNet.
During this time, its online channels such as the SSS website, My.SSS Portal, and SSS Mobile App, including online payment channels, will be temporarily unavailable.
Under the bill, telcos and ISPs must “on a pro-rated basis, provide a refund credit to a customer, or adjust a customer’s bill, who has experienced a service outage or disruption for an aggregate period of 24 hours or more within a month.”
The lightning-detecting automated weather stations (AWS) will determine the relationship of lightning strikes and torrential rainfall to put together a forecast method that could predict the weather at a shorter time period.
The new issuance amends the DPWH's order in 2014 which prohibited telecom and power companies from constructing posts along national roads as it “creates imminent danger to lives and properties and hamper relief operations” during calamities.
Thomas Abell, chief of Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Digital Technology for Development, said the world might see an economic boom that will fuel digital economy as countries transition to the so-called ‘new normal’ once “the pandemic starts to recede.”
After its network of STI schools got severely affected by the pandemic, the Tanco Group is bolstering its digital pivot with the launch of a new information technology firm called Stitch Tech Solutions.
