United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and land used to power their operations. While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week,...
The country’s first digital infrastructure real estate investment trust (REIT) is moving forward as integrated telco PLDT Inc. prepares to offer nearly 49 percent of its data center arm to the public, aiming to raise up to ₱24.2 billion. In a disclosure on Monday, June 22, PLDT announced that...
No confidential or sensitive government information were compromised following the reported defacement of the official website of the House of Representatives, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. In a statement issued Sunday, June 14, the agency said it became...
No sensitive or confidential data appears to have been compromised following the reported defacement of the official website of the Senate of the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. In a statement issued on Thursday, June 11, the agency said its...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world 's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence...
The Quezon City government launched on Monday, May 18, “QCitizen Data: Resibo ng Serbisyo,” a digital transparency platform that allows residents and other stakeholders to monitor public spending and government projects in real time. Speaking during the launch at the QC MICE Center as part of...
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases R. Carpio, has added the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Insurance Commission (IC) as respondents in a criminal complaint over the alleged illegal disclosure of bank records. In an addendum filed before the...
GCash, a Philippines ' finance super app and with a large cashless ecosystem, delivered a pointed message at the 2026 National Innovation Day: artificial intelligence must be built on accountability, or it risks making financial exclusion worse, not better. Speaking before policymakers, tech...
International Finance Corp. (IFC) is preparing a fresh investment in the Philippines’ growing digital infrastructure sector, backing a local company planning to expand data center capacity outside Metro Manila. Manila Bulletin reported earlier that the World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector...
International Finance Corp. (IFC) is preparing a fresh investment in the Philippines’ growing digital infrastructure sector, backing a local company planning to expand data center capacity outside Metro Manila. The World Bank Group’s (WBG) private-sector lending arm disclosed last May 8 that it...
The Quezon City government has launched its Open Data Dashboards via the QC eServices portal, giving residents real-time access to key program data to promote transparency, accountability, and citizen participation. Mayor Joy Belmonte said the initiative enhance open governance by allowing...
Police will be working with the Office of the Ombudsman to track down the individuals responsible for leaking the sensitive personal data of its field investigators. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the unauthorized leak could jeopardize the safety of the Ombudsman investigators...
