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Health

Brain Worm Infection Confirmed After Lab Eggs Grow Tails

A rice farmer in the Philippines was diagnosed with neuroschistosomiasis after an MRI revealed parasitic nodules in her brain following…

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AI & Tech

OpenAI Hires Meta’s Sandhya Devanathan for APAC Leadership

OpenAI appointed Sandhya Devanathan to lead its strategic expansion in Southeast Asia and Australia, aiming to capitalize on rapid digital…

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AI & Tech

Agent Tesla Malware Update Adds Stronger Evasion Tricks

Agent Tesla version 4 uses Unicode emoji characters (hearts, water droplets) scattered throughout its code to evade signature-based detection and…

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AI & Tech

Accel raises $550M oversubscribed India fund in weeks

Accel has closed a new $550 million India-focused fund, part of a $3.5 billion global raise, despite still holding over…

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AI & Tech

Google’s Waze AI update adds a mute button for voice guidance

Waze's new "less chatty" mode reduces voice prompts and shortens remaining ones, ironically making the app talk less in an…

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AI & Tech

Google Photos launches AI-powered ‘Video Remix’ tool

Google Photos has launched an AI-powered "Video Remix" tool, powered by Gemini Omni, that can edit and transform video clips…

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Business

Scientists Hunt for Heat-Resistant Reefs as Coral Crisis Deepens

Scientists are racing to protect heat-resistant "Super Reefs" by creating a multinational network of marine protected areas, requiring $10 million…

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AI & Tech

iFixit Trump Phone Teardown Confirms It’s an HTC Clone

iFixit's teardown confirmed the Trump T1 Phone is functionally identical to the HTC U24 Pro at the hardware level, with…

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic urges global pause on AI development

Anthropic has urged global leaders to pause advanced AI development, warning that innovation is outpacing society's ability to understand or…

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AI & Tech

US, Philippines Strengthen Military Ties

The US and Philippines are rapidly advancing a 4,000-acre AI and supply chain hub in New Clark City under the…

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AI & Tech

PS5 Price Hikes Expand to More Countries Worldwide

Sony has raised PS5 prices across multiple East Asian markets, including South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and…

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Artificial Intelligence

Supercharged Scams and How AI Is Reshaping Healthcare

DeepSeek unveiled preview versions of its new AI model, DeepSeek-V4, claiming it's the most powerful open-source platform available and adapted…

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Business

Salmon secures $100M to expand digital credit for underbanked Filipinos

Salmon, a Manila-based consumer finance app, secured $100 million in funding ($60 million equity, $40 million debt) to expand digital…

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AI & Tech

Cybersecurity Jobs Hiring in April 2026

A hybrid Application Security Engineer role in the Philippines focuses on integrating DevSecOps and Azure DevOps into the software development…

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AI & Tech

Google Launches Gemini AI in Chrome Across Asia-Pacific

Google has expanded access to its Gemini AI assistant within the Chrome browser to users in several Asia-Pacific markets, including…

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AI & Tech

Meta Tests WhatsApp Plus Subscription at €2.49 Monthly

Meta is testing a paid subscription tier, WhatsApp Plus, offering cosmetic personalization features for a monthly fee, as part of…

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AI & Tech

Zoom integrates World ID to verify human participants

Zoom has partnered with biometric firm World to introduce a "Verified Human" badge for video calls, using World's Deep Face…

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AI & Tech

Dairy Queen Drive-Thrus Add AI Chatbot

Dairy Queen is deploying an AI-powered chatbot at drive-thrus in the U.S. and Canada, aiming to streamline service and increase…

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AI & Tech

Netflix debuts Playground games app for kids

Netflix has launched "Netflix Playground", a standalone, ad-free mobile gaming app for young children included at no extra cost with…

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AI & Tech

Robotaxi Remote Interventions: Frequency Undisclosed

Leading robotaxi companies, including Aurora, Waymo, and Tesla, are refusing to disclose how often human remote operators must intervene to…

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