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…
Spotify Is Adding a Label for AI-Generated Artists
Spotify announced on Tuesday, August 11, that it will begin flagging AI-generated artist profiles with a new badge called AI Persona. The badge starts appearing in mid-September. What the Badge Actually Flags The AI Persona badge marks an artist’s…
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Is Coming in September. The Standard iPhone Isn’t.
A Pro-Only Fall, For the First Time Apple’s fall keynote has introduced new iPhones every September since 2012. This year, for the first time in the company’s history, the standard iPhone won’t be part of that lineup. Apple’s…
How Filipinos Became AI’s New Frontier
One in four Filipino professionals now qualify as “Frontier Professionals,” Microsoft’s label for the most advanced tier of AI users. That is about 25 percent, against a global average of 16 percent, according to the 2026 Microsoft Work…
Garena Announces Palworld Online, and Pocketpair Now Has Two Mobile Bets
Garena confirmed on August 3 that it is making Palworld Online, a mobile MMO based on Pocketpair’s survival creature collecting game. It is a separate title with its own story, built for iOS and Android, targeting a 2026 release. Krafton is also…
The Elektron Is the Jeepney Brand’s First EV
Francisco Motors started in 1947 in Zapote, Manila, as a small painting and body building shop under founder Anastacio Francisco, then grew into the manufacturer behind the country’s jeepneys. On July 27, the company added an EV to that lineup. The…