GTA 6’s Guns Now Draw Attention. So Does Its Map.
New reporting on Grand Theft Auto 6 confirms two systems that change how the game will feel to play: weapon behavior and world scale. Rockstar is moving away from the invisible-pocket arsenal of GTA 5. NPCs notice weapons now, even before a shot is…
Filipino professor builds free scam message checker for Filipinos
John Clement S. Escobañez, an IT professor at National University Manila, built a free platform called Scam Ba ‘To? (scambato.org) specifically for that moment. It is free, requires no account, and it works differently from most scam checkers out…
State of Play September 2026: Every PlayStation Release Date and Reveal
Sony ran two showcases back to back on September 3, 2026, the main State of Play followed by a State of Play Japan segment. New gameplay, confirmed dates, DLC, hardware, a few surprises nobody saw coming. The dates worth marking Three releases already…
GTA VI’s Gamescom Reveal Just Broke the Internet
Rockstar Games gave fans the longest look yet at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, and platforms across the internet spent the next few hours proving they were not ready for it. The reveal, twice The “Extended Look,” a 26-minute gameplay…
Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO
Tim Cook’s run as Apple’s chief executive is over. After fifteen years in the role, Cook has handed the company to John Ternus, formerly Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering. Apple’s own newsroom announcement sets…
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…