Posted inAndroid, Tech News

FluBot malware tricks Android users into installing fake security updates

Whenever you come across an ad with a panic-inducing warning that claims your Android device is infected with malware, chances are the ad is tricking you into downloading an antivirus that is malware itself. Devious cybercriminals know how people have clouded judgments when they’re overwhelmed by feelings of urgency. For instance, the latest scareware that’s […]

Posted inScience, Spotlight

Former Google exec warns of arrival of God-like artificial intelligence

Singularity, or a hypothetical future when technology has overwhelming advanced past the point of no return, may be happening in our lifetime. That could be the end of humanity as we know it. This warning comes from Mo Gawdat, a former Google executive from the search giant’s moonshot organization X Development. When interviewed by The […]

Posted inGovernment, Tech News

DICT to add resiliency route to National Broadband Program

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is building a redundancy system to future-proof the Philippine government’s implementation of its National Broadband Program. According to DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan III, the redundancy system serves as a resiliency route or insurance against unexpected circumstances that may delay the completion of NBP, which is currently in […]