TCL just marked its 45th anniversary with a museum. The TCL Industrial Museum has been inaugurated in Huizhou, on the site where TCL's journey began in 1981. Inside, more than 3,000 curated pieces across six exhibition halls span a 1920s Nipkow mechanical scanning disk, China's first television set, and the world's first mass-produced printed OLED 4K display.
Baguio City is testing BIZ Checker, an AI-powered tool that helps business applicants find out whether their proposed establishment is allowed in a particular location under the city's zoning rules. Built by city staff through PLDT and Smart's AI-in-a-Box mentorship program, it also comes with Rolly Bot, a chatbot that draws on government documents and data to answer questions.
SQREEM Technologies has been appointed to the Singapore Government's Whole-of-Government Digital Consumption Analytics Services Framework, administered by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. Participating government agencies will be able to access SQREEM's AI-powered behavioral intelligence and analytics to support research, communications and decision-making.
Vertiv’s 2.3MW CoolChip CDU 2300 has qualified as NVIDIA DSX Ready for AI factory infrastructure. The liquid-to-liquid coolant distribution unit supports direct-to-chip and rear-door heat exchanger applications and is designed for edge, colocation, and hyperscale AI deployments.
DigiCon 2026 returns on October 15–16 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, bringing together more than 2,000 marketers, creatives, technologists, business leaders, and innovators. Organized by the Digital Marketing Association of the Philippines, the 11th edition carries the theme “Interoperability: Welcome to the Age of Collaboration” and features five specialized tracks, global speakers, panels, immersive sessions, and a live debate.
Converge SME, DTI, and TikTok Shop have launched SellerPlus for Filipino MSMEs, online sellers, livestreamers, and home-based entrepreneurs.
The bundle combines 200Mbps fiber internet, TikTok Shop seller benefits, AXA personal accident insurance, and business mentorship designed to help digital merchants improve operations and grow online.
Isla LPG Corporation has launched Isla EDGE, its dedicated training arm for LPG practitioners, after the Department of Energy recognized it as one of the country’s LPG Training Organizations. The program focuses on safety, technical competency, responsible distribution, sales practices, and compliance across the LPG value chain.
Cebu Pacific is working with Thinking Machines Data Science and OpenAI to scale enterprise AI across the airline, using ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI APIs, and risk-based governance to redesign workflows. Early results include faster legal contract review, project intake and triage, and engineering reference searches, with 86% of surveyed users saying AI supports more than one-third of their daily work.
Microsoft has a new country leader for the Philippines.
Caroline Foo has been appointed Country General Manager, bringing more than 25 years of technology leadership and regional experience. Her priorities include accelerating AI and cloud adoption, expanding AI skills, and helping organizations build secure and well-governed foundations for responsible AI use.