A new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) lab will soon rise at the University of San Agustin (USA) in the Visayas. According to Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña, this laboratory will be the first one outside of Region 4-A and National Capital Region (NCR). “The NMR facility will be used […]
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Congress OKs bill for permanent validity of birth, marriage, and death certificates
House members approved on its third and final reading the bill which would grant permanent validity to birth, marriage, and death certificates in the Philippines. The proposed ‘Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act’ (House Bill 9175) managed to get 199 votes. Once officially enacted into law, birth, marriage, and death, […]
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Former Illegal manga website operator sentenced to 3 years in jail
Romi Hoshino, a 29-year-old Japanese who previously operated an illegal manga site has been sentenced to 3 years in prison in Japan. The man was found guilty of copyright infringement by the Fukuoka District Court for providing illegal copies of mangas on his website, Manga-Mura. In total, the manga industry reportedly lost over 300 billion […]
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AMD’s answer to NVIDIA’s DLSS is FidelityFX Super Resolution
It has certainly taken a while, but AMD finally has unveiled its own upscaling technology to compete with NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Super Sampling. Unveiled at this month’s Computex, the AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution is slated for a June 22 launch. To recall, NVIDIA’s DLSS is an upscaling technology that’s powered by machine learning and artificial […]
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Smart Magic SIM offers 24GB no-expiry data for only Php399
Smart Communications, Inc. has officially launched the Smart Magic SIM, a limited-edition SIM card that’s equipped with 24GB open access data with no expiry. For only Php399, Filipinos can get their hands on this new SIM and a huge amount of no expiry mobile data allocation. After the activation of the Smart Magic SIM, subscribers can […]
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NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti, 3070 Ti graphics cards officially unveiled
In less than a year, NVIDIA has announced during its Computex 2021 keynote the new RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti high-end graphics cards. As the Ti version, the RTX 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti are the beefed-up versions of the regular RTX 3070 and RTX 3080. Specifically, the RTX 3080 Ti has 2 […]
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Next-gen ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ game coming in 2022
An official teaser for a Sonic the Hedgehog game slated for release in 2022 was just released by SEGA. In celebration of SEGA’s 30-year anniversary for the iconic blue hedgehog, this game announcement is the next installment on Sonic Forces, the last Sonic game from 2017. Only a short clip, likely pre-rendered, was shown of […]
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LG finally stopped manufacturing smartphones
Since LG‘s last phones have officially shipped off the production line, the South Korean company will no longer be manufacturing smartphones. One of LG’s Vietnamese factories, which built many of its mobile phones, is set to become a house appliances factory. Its smartphone division cost LG a lot of money for many years, so it’s […]
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100kw on-grid solar power system inaugurated by Pasig LGU
A new sustainable energy initiative of the Pasig City Government was inaugurated on Monday, 100kw on-grid solar power system. Vico Sotto, Mayor of Pasig City, spearheaded the inauguration which was held at Pasig Sports Center. Sotto says the project costs Php6.6 million, which is way cheaper than previous executions of their LGU. The conservative estimate […]
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POCO M3 Pro 5G price in the Philippines
The POCO M3 Pro 5G has made its way to the Philippines with a really appealing price tag.
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Realme 8 Pro Review
The Realme 8 Pro is the company’s latest addition to its popular number series.
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Samsung Galaxy M12, M02 prices in the Philippines
Samsung has launched two new budget phones in the Philippines, the Galaxy M12 and M02.
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AMD is bringing ray tracing to Samsung smartphones
Earlier this year, we got news that Samsung will utilize AMD graphics for its next flagship Exynos processor, but some details remained unclear. Today at Computex 2021, AMD has released more information about its collaboration with Samsung, mainly that RDNA 2 will be the graphics architecture the former is bringing to the latter’s high-performance mobile […]
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Streamlined, quicker issuances of LGU permits speed up telco infra development
An upsurge in the number of permits issued by local government units to telecommunication companies has been cited as the direct cause of the more telecom towers and other infrastructure improvements in the Philippines. The significant increase in granted permits itself been observed as the direct result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement in July 2020, […]
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Realme X7 Max 5G: Dimensity 1200, 120Hz AMOLED, 50W fast charging
The Realme X7 Max 5G has been announced as the company’s latest high-end smartphone.