DA Moves to Protect Rice Fields From Solar Expansion
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is pushing a geofencing program to shield around three million hectares of flat agricultural land, mostly rice country, from being converted into solar farms. The Department of Agriculture (DA) wants those…
DepEd and Microsoft Are Putting Copilot in 1 Million Teachers’ Hands
DepEd and Microsoft are putting artificial intelligence directly into public school classrooms. Announced in Manila on August 26, 2026, the deal gives 1 million Filipino public school teachers access to Microsoft Copilot. What the Tool Is Actually For…
Transsion Still Leads the PH Phone Market
Transsion Holdings is still the top smartphone brand in the Philippines. New shipment data from research firm Omdia puts the company, the parent of TECNO, Infinix, and itel, at 33 percent of the Philippine smartphone market in the second quarter of 2026.…
Your Xbox Discs Are Going Digital
Xbox confirmed a new feature on August 26: put in a disc, get the digital version too. The announcement on Xbox Wire calls it “a broader commitment to game preservation.” How the claim works Insert an eligible Xbox One or Xbox Series X disc…
Apple’s Mac Mini Gets a New Chip and a New Price
Apple updated the Mac mini on August 25, 2026, its first refresh in nearly two years. The base model now runs on the M6, a chip Apple has never put in any product before. The five-by-five-inch box looks exactly like the one Apple redesigned in October…
Why Sony Just Brought Back “Only on PS5”
Sony spent the past few years quietly loosening its grip on PS5 exclusivity. This month, its marketing tightened right back up. The Pullback From PC “Only on PlayStation” used to be the console’s entire pitch. Then Sony started porting…
Zamboanga Farm Found Its Power Supply in Its Own Waste
Rockefeller Farm raises more than 100,000 chickens and pigs on seven hectares in Zamboanga del Norte. That much livestock produces a lot of waste. For years, it also meant flies swarming the property and neighbors calling in to complain about the smell.…
LG and Nvidia Just Accelerated Robot Learning in Seoul
Four days after signing a partnership agreement, LG and Nvidia were already back in the same room. On August 13, LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signed a memorandum of understanding at Nvidia’s Santa Clara headquarters,…
Pixel 11 Launch: 7 Updates Worth Knowing
The Pixel 11 lineup is built around Gemini Intelligence, and this year it works before you ask. Gemini can now handle multistep tasks across more than 40 apps on the device, surfacing things like flight status or hotel comparisons without you digging for…
DA Eyes AI Drones to Catch Crop Disease Before It Spreads
The Department of Agriculture wants to change how Philippine farms get watched over, and it’s turning to a Japanese technology firm to do it. Drones fly above the fields. Artificial intelligence reads what the cameras catch. The point is to catch…