The future of engineering is not about choosing between AI and human expertise. The best engineers will know how to use both. AI can process information faster than any individual, but engineers remain responsible for interpreting results, making difficult decisions, and accepting accountability when those decisions affect people’s lives.
Project Swipe Safe is being piloted in Cagayan de Oro City to help children and young people build practical online safety skills and reduce risks related to online sexual abuse and exploitation. PLDT and Smart are supporting the initiative with mobile phones and connectivity devices for training in five public secondary schools expected to reach more than 10,000 learners.
Google is offering eligible college and university students in the Philippines one year of Google AI Plus at no cost. The plan includes Study Notebooks, Gemini Omni, interactive visualizations, Gemini Live, Daily Brief, and 400GB of cloud storage across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.
AI is moving deeper into Philippine classrooms, with teachers at the center of the transition.
DepEd and Microsoft are expanding their partnership to give 1 million Filipino public school teachers access to Microsoft Copilot. The initiative also builds on AI training that has already registered more than 175,000 educators and literacy tools being used to help teachers identify reading gaps and respond more quickly.
The FedEx/JA International Trade Challenge has marked its 20th year by bringing together 48 student finalists from across Asia Pacific for a live competition in Singapore.
This year’s challenge asked teams to create a market-entry strategy for a sustainable product made from repurposed packaging materials, with Cambodia as the target market. Team Ascent, made up of students from Indonesia and South Korea, took first place, while teams from Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia completed the top three.
The UPLB Delta Lambda Sigma (UPLB DLS), a duly recognized organization of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, introduces Dollhouse: Girls’ Night Out. As part of the sorority’s 69th founding anniversary celebration, the event is set to become the first all-girls party initiated by a sorority in UPLB, happening on August 20, 2026.
From July 13 to August 3, Chill Ikot 2026 welcomed 300 Engineering Freshies, Shiftees, and Transferees (FSTs) through a series of pre-event online activities, academic bootcamps, and a campus tour designed to make their first steps into UP Diliman more exciting, meaningful, and, of course, a little more chill.
Digital skills can open new paths to work, entrepreneurship, and income.
Through a special TikTok Content Camp with TESDA-NCR, participants received hands-on training in CapCut editing, short-form content, livestreaming, audience engagement, monetization, and social commerce.
A connected campus goes beyond faster internet.
San Beda University is strengthening its digital transformation with PLDT Enterprise through upgraded connectivity, smart campus technologies, and modern digital platforms designed to enhance learning, collaboration, and campus operations across its campuses.