UnaCash partners with Comworks for smartphone loans
FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS provider UnaCash has partnered with Comworks, Inc. to offer point-of-sale loans for gadgets at the retailer’s branches, it said on Monday.
The partnership...
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm’s export licenses to sell to China’s Huawei, sources say
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE - The US has revoked licenses that allowed companies including Intel and Qualcomm to ship chips used for laptops and handsets to sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment...
Fujitsu opens its first Digital Innovation Hub in ASEAN
A Japanese information and communication technology company launched Southeast Asia’s first Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in the Philippines on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
Fujitsu’s DIH...
Amazon to spend nearly $9 billion to expand cloud infra in Singapore
Amazon.com plans to spend S$12 billion ($8.88 billion) over the next four years to expand its cloud computing infrastructure in Singapore, Amazon Web Services...
Australia seeks client data from crypto exchanges in tax crackdown
SYDNEY - Australia's tax office has sought from crypto currency exchanges the personal data and transaction details of up to 1.2 million accounts as...
PHL cyberattacks averaged 5B daily in 1st quarter, report shows
THE PHILIPPINES was hit by an average of five billion cyberattacks per day in the first quarter, with 87% of those targeting the gambling and gaming industry, according to cloud services and cybersecurity provider Cloudflare, Inc.
Ramping up investments to boost digital economy
THE PHILIPPINES needs to tighten its cybersecurity laws and increase investments in infrastructure to strengthen the digital sector’s contribution to the economy, analysts said.
“Factors...
HONOR to launch Magic6 Pro phone in PHL next week
HONOR Philippines is set to launch next week the HONOR Magic6 Pro smartphone, which has a camera powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, it...
Second global AI safety summit faces tough questions, lower turnout
LONDON - Last year, a who’s who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain’s Bletchley Park for the world’s first global AI Safety Summit,...
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side
BEIJING - China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon's far side in the first of three technically...
Russian programmers play ‘cat and mouse’ game to outsmart censors
LONDON - When Antony Rudkovsky was about 15, he began to teach himself how to build virtual private networks (VPNs) to access Internet content unavailable in...
Microsoft-backed Rubrik prices US IPO above range at $32/shr
NEW YORK - Rubrik, the cybersecurity software startup that counts Microsoft among its investors, on Wednesday priced its initial public offering at $32 per share, above its...