MacroAsia breaks ground on P2-B Iloilo water project
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Inflation Rates in the Philippines
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HitPay teams up with Ingenico to roll out payment system for SMEs
HitPayHITPAY Payment Solutions, Inc. has partnered with financial technology company Ingenico to launch an all-in-one system that will allow small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to accept major types of payments like cards and e-wallets for transactions. The payments system, available via
PHL students develop concrete panel to cut home energy use
A FUSION of microcapsules, cement and reclaimed waste engineered to cool. — JAMES DYSON AWARDBy Edg Adrian A. Eva, Reporter A GROUP of students from Mindanao State University has developed a concrete panel designed to reduce indoor heat and cut household
Vivant to study other water sources amid Cebu supply gap
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AI accelerating growth in UK climate tech start-ups as adoption rate doubles national average
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key driver of growth in the UK’s climate tech start-up ecosystem, with AI-related ventures attracting record levels of funding even as broader climate investment stalls, according to new research by Sustainable Ventures.The study, titled
Six university start-ups named as finalists for Ignite 2025 social enterprise competition
Six university-founded social enterprises have been selected as finalists for Ignite 2025, the Ford Family Foundation’s flagship competition supporting early-stage, purpose-driven ventures.The finalists will pitch their innovations at the Barclays Innovation Hub powered by Eagle Labs in Shoreditch, London, on
Asahi restarts beer production after cyber-attack disrupts Japanese breweries
Asahi Group, Japan’s largest brewer, has partially restarted beer production at all six of its breweries after a cyber-attack last week forced a temporary shutdown across its domestic operations.The company said production of its flagship Asahi Super Dry beer had
DPD faces disruption as drivers take action over pay cuts to small parcel deliveries
Delivery company DPD is facing potential disruption after hundreds of drivers began three days of action in protest at cuts to their pay for delivering small parcels.The company has reduced payments for such deliveries by 65p per parcel, a change
OpenAI strikes multibillion-dollar deal with AMD in challenge to Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in the global AI chip market.Under the five-year