Tech Sabado

PLDT Global, the international business unit of PLDT Inc., received one Gold and four Bronze honors at the Asia Pacific Stevie Awards for initiatives supporting overseas Filipinos, digital inclusion, and industry collaboration. The company’s highest recognition was a Gold Stevie Award for TinBo (Tindahan ni Bossing), a digital marketplace designed for overseas Filipinos.

Artificial intelligence is making online gambling fraud more sophisticated and increasingly difficult to detect, with criminals using deepfakes, synthetic identities and automated attacks to bypass identity verification systems, according to the iGaming Fraud Report 2026 released by identity verification company Sumsub.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping enterprise computing as organizations look beyond experimentation and integrate AI into everyday workflows. Riding that shift, HP Philippines on Tuesday unveiled a new lineup of AI-powered business laptops, workstations, gaming PCs, printers and workplace management tools during its HP Elevate 2026 event in Makati. The announcement comes as AI adoption continues to grow in the country.

PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications have deployed an artificial intelligence-powered emergency preparedness platform that helps employees and their families create personalized disaster readiness plans before emergencies occur.

Businesses and managed service providers (MSPs) seeking to extend wireless connectivity beyond indoor spaces have two new options after Zyxel Networks expanded its outdoor networking portfolio with two WiFi 6 access point solutions. The company unveiled the NWA55AX PRO outdoor access point and the NWA55AX PTP point-to-point wireless bridge, both designed to provide wireless coverage in outdoor, industrial, and semi-industrial environments.

Students in 97 remote multigrade schools in Southern Leyte will gain access to portable digital classrooms after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with PLDT Inc., Smart Communications, the Department of Education Region 8 and the Philippine Business for Social Progress, deployed its largest batch of School-in-a-Bag (SIAB) kits in the province.

ZTE Corp. introduced new artificial intelligence infrastructure and software platforms at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2026 as the company expanded its AI portfolio for telecommunications operators and enterprise customers. During the event, ZTE showcased a full-stack AI ecosystem designed to improve the efficiency of AI model deployment while reducing the cost of AI inference.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty in journalism. It has become another newsroom tool—alongside spell checkers, search engines, digital archives, transcription software, and content management systems—that helps journalists and editors work more efficiently without replacing the human judgment at the heart of credible reporting.

Technology conferences rarely tell us where technology is going. They tell us what governments and corporations want investors, policymakers and the public to believe about the future. For decades, trade shows have functioned as carefully managed performances in which optimism becomes a marketing strategy and product demonstrations become proxies for technological progress. The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai certainly fits that description.

AOC has launched its Back-to-School 2026 promotion in the Philippines, offering free monitors and bundled accessories with the purchase of selected AGON and AOC gaming displays from July 1 through Sept. 30. The promotion covers several gaming monitor models aimed at students, gamers and content creators, with bundled items varying by product. Qualifying purchases are available through participating AOC dealers and online stores while supplies last.