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Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed. In Western theater, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle discussed “Thespis of Icaria” in his foundational literary work, Poetics. Thespis is...

AMPLiFieD System to ease bottleneck in COVID-19 testing

As the Philippines hopes to transition from the COVID-19-induced community quarantine to the new normal, it is imperative that targeted mass testing is in place in order to contain further spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus.

India election body struggles with scale of fake information

BHIMTAL, India (AP) — When India's Election Commission announced last month that its code of conduct would have to be followed by social media companies as well as political parties, some analysts scoffed, saying it lacked the capacity and speed required to check...

Head of UN women: Technology revolution must benefit women

UNITED NATIONS (AP)—The head of the U.N. women’s agency is calling for the revolution in technology to be used to benefit the world’s poor, and especially women, who will not achieve gender equality without “the giant leap that 21st century innovations can bring.” Phumzile...

How humans fit into Google’s machine future

In 1998, Google began humbly, formally incorporated in a Menlo Park garage, providing search results from a server housed in Lego bricks. It had a straightforward goal: make the poorly indexed World Wide Web accessible to humans. Its success was based on an algorithm...

Malware, malicious insiders created one-third of all cybercrime costs in 2018—report

The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped 12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to new research published today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Ponemon Institute. Based on interviews with more than 2,600 security...

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Lenovo introduces new laptops for the ‘modern avid gamer’

Lenovo, a global leader in PCs and smart devices development, is launching two new laptops designed to meet the demands of the ‘modern avid...

AI: evil or avatar?

You don’t have to be a sci-fi wizard to remember Avatar.  The 2009 fantasy blockbuster was equally entrancing for trekkies and school teachers alike. In...

E​pson continues to empower retail sector with innovative solutions

Epson showcased its innovative retail solutions at the 4th Retail Technology and Innovation Summit Asia at the City of Dream Manila in Parañaque City recently​ Organized by...

Globe calls for collaborations to create ripples of impact through volunteerism

Globe Telecom is calling on private organizations and non-government agencies to collaborate and join the company’s volunteerism program by providing opportunities to volunteer or...