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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...

China accuses US of trying to block its tech development

BEIJING (AP) — China's government has accused the United States of trying to block its industrial development after Vice President Mike Pence said Chinese equipment poses a threat to countries that are rolling out next-generation mobile communications. And in a potential blow to U.S....

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Smartphone-powered augmented reality now in PH

Lenovo and Disney recently unveiled Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, a new augmented reality Star Wars product that allows fans to experience Star Wars in...

Midas Touch Gold introduces gold-based virtual currency in Philippine market

The Midas Touch Gold (TMTG), a Korean cryptocurrency token backed by real gold reserves in Korea, has announced its collaboration with Coinzip.co, an easy-to-use...

Globe Telecom anti-spam solution nets global recognition

Telco’s Project Watch wins for its solution to combat SMS spams and scams  Globe Telecom gained another milestone in the global telco arena after it...

Robot, know thyself; machines get more self-aware

NEW YORK (AP)—Forget dreaming of electric sheep. Robots first need to figure out how to imagine themselves. One New York robot has done just that....