A possible source of the deepfake audio of President Marcos has already been identified, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) In a news forum on Saturday, April 27, PNP spokesperson...
I won't reveal my age, but if you base it on the title alone, it is already a giveaway that I’ve lived to witness our home speakers revolutionize; from huge, heavy, and space-occupying speakers to the lightest ones, that millennials like me often misplace it somewhere. Evidently, home...
As we look forward to 2023, we look back on a few important music moments that defined and shaped 2022. “The Beatles Got Back.” Though originally released for streaming late 2021 on Disney Plus, most of the world didn’t get to see the “The Beatles: Get Back” film until it was released on...
Gerard Paul Elviña, a music professor from a school in Makati offering Music Production and Sound Design, became the first Filipino to be part of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Standards Committee a prestigious organization responsible for conducting the AES Standards Program. Gerard Paul...
How will the platforms evolve? If you told me 20 years ago, in the Friendster and Myspace era, that social media would evolve to play a major hand in elections, become a one-stop marketplace where you could shop not just for clothes but for houses, and where Chatbots guide you through a...
Relish in fear some music and podcasts from one of the biggest audio streaming platforms in the world KILLER MUSIC Screenshot from the film Day of the Dead by George A. Romero There’s a hormonal component to enjoyment and fear. When we feel threatened, we become stronger physically and...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Filipinos love to talk. In the past months, more Filipinos seem to be gravitating towards audio drop-in chat apps which allow users to talk with one or more other users all at the same time, and about any topic that they’re interested in. The more familiar of the two most...
As our title suggest, Yule 2020 will truly be a Christmas like no other we’ve experienced in these modern times. The lingering threat of COVID-19 hangs on our heads and because of it, out goes the Filipino traditions we’ve observed of Christmas past: the Simbang Gabi, the numerous (class,...
What a week! After a pummeling from one super typhoon after another, we’re just about ready to take it out on the next politician who will say that Filipinos are resilient. I mean, that’s a given! How about an improved country whose infrastructure can withstand the rigors of a natural calamity?...
