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Libreng tech education alok sa programa ng DICT

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 06:01 PM

Layunin ng Tech4Ed centers ng gobyerno na tugunan ang ang kakulangan sa digital access at literacy, na nakatutulong sa paghahanap ng trabaho. Read more »

G20 eyes taxing tech giants in bid for $100 billion boost

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 24 09:20 AM

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is developing global rules to make digital companies pay tax where they do business, rather than where they register subsidiaries.  Read more »

'Cut, copy and paste' inventor dies, Silicon Valley mourns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 11:05 AM

Silicon Valley on Wednesday was mourning a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command. Read more »

Kickstarter is first major tech firm to unionize

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 09:47 AM

Workers at the Brooklyn-based firm voted 46 to 37 to unionize in a first for major internet firms long known for providing generous pay and perks to employees.   Read more »

How tech taxes became world’s hottest economic debate

Jim Tankersley, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 24 08:42 AM

The fight pits traditional allies against each other, with European countries like France, Italy and Britain clashing with the US over their plans to impose new taxes on digital services provided by companies like Amazon and Google. Read more »

Trump’s next trade fight could be with Europe

Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 17 08:51 AM

In remarks in Washington on Thursday morning, Phil Hogan, the new European trade commissioner, gave a frank assessment of an important trading relationship that had grown troubled on many fronts. Read more »

Millennial tech boss marries online, physical retail in Philippines

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 04:15 PM

The 27-year-old founder of Xpanse believes the Philippines will have the "perfect marriage" between physical and online retail, thanks to a deeply entrenched shopping mall culture and a young population that buys almost anything from digital channels from lipsticks to iPhones. Read more »

5G, Huawei, blockchain: Trends shaping technology in 2020

Jitendra Joshi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 11:14 AM

AFP looks at 5 themes shaping the world of technology, after a year in which debate intensified over the industry's exploitation of its customers' privacy. Read more »

America’s Top Foundations Bankroll Attack on Big Tech

David McCabe, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 11 09:41 AM

Major nonprofits, including the Ford and Hewlett Foundations, have pledged millions of dollars in total toward taking on the power of the country’s corporate giants like Facebook and Amazon. Other supporters include groups run by George Soros, the billionaire financier, and Pierre Omidyar, an eBay founder. Read more »

The decade in tech: The gadgets that changed us, the schemes that shocked us

Dominic Ligot
Posted at Dec 06 12:02 PM

And the good things that failed to remain relevant. Read more »

Staying fit in the convenience of your own home

Johnson Health Tech
Updated as of Nov 29 03:35 PM

A personal fitness and wellness retailer develops various equipment to make staying fit while enjoying quality time at home possible. Read more »

This Japanese business school is offering the first live online MBA program in Asia

Fidel Feria
Updated as of Nov 11 05:45 PM

Globis wants to bring its gospel of bucking classroom convention with technology to all of Asia, particularly to Filipinos, who the founder says is one of their most studious and resourceful students.  Read more »

Web giants' wield 'irresistible power,' whistleblower Snowden warns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 12:34 PM

The US government last month urged tech giants to allow police to read encrypted messages, saying access was essential to prevent serious crime despite privacy concerns. Read more »

Lenovo’s new made-for-millennials Thinkbook will impress even the business class set

Anton Chua
Updated as of Sep 30 12:48 PM

The computer company just launched a pretty laptop for the young professional. It’s fast and elegant and luxurious even their bosses will want one. Read more »

Southeast Asian nations weigh unified approach to regulating Big Tech

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Fanny Potkin, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 25 09:44 AM

Southeast Asian governments are banding together to take on global tech giants on issues including "fake news" and taxation, marking a new stage in the region's approach to the internet's explosive growth.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 6, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 12:59 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Better late than never

Michael Sohn, AP
Updated as of Sep 06 09:06 PM

A staff member holds a Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G smartphone at the IFA 2019 tech fair in Berlin, on Friday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 27, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 01:39 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Robo-dancer

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 04:56 PM

Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Joel Villanueva, who previously served as Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General, watch a dancing robot on display during a Social Marketing and Advocacy Program Exhibit and Skills Demo at the Senate, Tuesday. Read more »

From phone makers to farmers: The toll of the US-China trade war

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 10:45 AM

The world's two largest economies, China and the United States, on Friday exchanged blows in the latest escalation in their trade war that has roiled supply chains and whipsawed financial markets. Read more »