Protecting children online requires more than technology alone.
PLDT-led PROTECTA Pilipinas is calling for stronger legal frameworks, wider reporting and coordination mechanisms, greater adoption of child-protection tools, and closer cooperation among government, telcos, fintechs, educators, communities, and families.
The HONOR Watch 6 combines more than 120 sports modes with specialized training tools for running, football, badminton, and outdoor activities. It features dual-band GPS, a 1.46-inch display with up to 3,000 nits peak brightness, Body Energy Assessment, and up to 17 days of typical battery life, with Philippine pricing at PHP13,999.
From the Philippine nature that inspired its design to the 100% recycled plastic it’s made from, the Maya Bukad Card brings together Filipino creativity and more conscious design in something you can carry—and use—every day. Order yours on the Maya app.
Have an open-line Home WiFi router or an old Smart or PLDT Home WiFi device with an inactive SIM?
Smart’s new Home WiFi SIM 99 costs PHP99 and comes with 2GB of non-expiring data. It is 5G-ready and can also be used with Smart Home WiFi BIG DATA and UNLI promos.
The HONOR Magic V6 is being positioned as a foldable built for different parts of everyday life, from work and sports to travel, social events, and content creation. The device features a 6,660mAh Silicon-Carbon Battery, IP68 and IP69 ratings, and a triple-camera system led by a 50MP main camera and 64MP telephoto camera.
Smart Communications and Ericsson have completed a live pilot of Ericsson On-Demand’s Roaming Breakout service, which processes roaming data closer to where subscribers are located instead of routing traffic back to the Philippines. Tests in the US and the Philippines showed lower latency, smoother video calls and 4K streaming, and download speeds of up to five times faster in the demo environment.
Synology is expanding its ActiveProtect platform for hybrid IT environments.
ActiveProtect Manager 2.0 adds support for Amazon EC2, Azure VM, Proxmox VE, Nutanix AHV, and Google Workspace, while upcoming APM 2.1 features will bring AI-driven anomaly detection, malware scanning, and automatic fallback to clean backups.
Google is upgrading its weather forecasting with WeatherNext 3.
The new AI-powered model generates fresh forecasts every hour, reaches resolutions as fine as 5 kilometers, and is now powering weather experiences across Google Search, Gemini, Maps, the Maps Platform Weather API, and Earth Engine.
While I expected to be slaying enemies and being challenged, that just wasn’t the case here. Hopefully Game Freak can use Beast of Reincarnation as a lesson to create a better game in the future, but this one is just a weekend play at best.