As fake accounts, impersonators and online scams increasingly blur the line between authentic and fabricated identities, Filipino-founded Veryfyd is betting that the next big social media innovation will not be another feature—but something far more fundamental: trust. Every day, billions of people go online to connect, communicate, transact,...

What is long and dear to the soul of Graphic for the past 99 years is the literary arts. In its first year as a magazine in 1927, the Graphic featured short stories in its pages. Since then, it has continued to promote the literary works of Filipino fictionists.

At the center of JL Burgos’ Ganggang are Ilay (Don Rishmond Cerbito) and Ten-ten (Kenneth “Butchoy” Vincent Mendoza), who form an unlikely bond with Mel (Raine Dela Cruz), a newcomer from the city, as they search for the best fighting spider to challenge their school bully, Anton...