Victor Barreiro Jr.
Rappler
Philippines
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SpaceX announces Starlink internet now available in the Philippines
The hardware needed to get Starlink will cost P29,320, while users will have to pay P2,700 monthly after an initial 30-day trial period → Read More
Elon Musk's tweets boosted on Twitter over everyone else's – report
Twitter engineers build a system to algorithmically boost Musk's visibility on the 'For You' feed, bypassing filters and safeguards against flooding → Read More
Digital lending apps see growth, increased time spent by PH users in 2022 – analysis
Active Philippine users were on at least one of 10 digital lending apps for a total of about 75,305 hours in 2022 → Read More
Getty Images sues Stable Diffusion creators Stability AI for scraping its content
Getty Images says Stability AI 'unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright' → Read More
Singapore's SPH Media circulation numbers inflated, citing internal review
An internal review finds a discrepancy of about 10% to 12% of SPH Media's reported daily average circulation from September 2020 to March 2022 → Read More
Wrapping your head around Mastodon: A beginner’s guide
Let's discuss how to get started on Mastodon, what you should expect it to be and what it isn’t, and what some Filipino users have said about the service → Read More
Accountability journalism and why #BoycottCNN trended on Twitter
The hashtag #BoycottCNN is also a call by those who want CNN to succeed in providing accountability journalism → Read More
Meta clarifies live selling on Facebook can continue, but Live Shopping feature won't
Users in the Philippines can still sell items online using Facebook's livestreaming functions → Read More
Historian Timothy Snyder: No way we can have democracy without reporters
Snyder calls on citizens to support journalism, saying that when 'reporters go quiet, then a democratic system is going to fail' → Read More
Twitter bans US congresswoman Greene's personal account over COVID-19 disinformation
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene incurs five strikes against Twitter's rules on COVID-19 disinformation → Read More
What we know so far about Facebook's massive outage
For those wondering what happened to Facebook, here's a rundown of the likely scenario which caused their outage → Read More
'Mighty Magulang' TikTok video discusses how PH became poorer in the Marcos era
The video looks at the macroeconomic effects of the Marcos era on the lives of the Filipino people based on empirical economic data → Read More
Brazil president signs decree to limit tech companies' ability to remove content
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says the decree is a bid to protect 'freedom of speech' but critics say the move aims to prevent disinformation and hate speech from being removed → Read More
Twitter's Super Follows is live on iOS in the US
Being a creator that can wield Super Follows capabilities takes a bit of activity and popularity, however → Read More
'Axie Infinity' devs 'look forward' to working with gov'ts on play-to-earn games
'Axie Infinity' developers, in a tweet, encourage community members to 'abide by the laws of their home countries' → Read More
Twitter's top PH hashtags for the first half of 2021
From supporting celebrities to upholding an important opinion through the making and sharing of art, hashtags have helped these ideas spread → Read More
Photojournalist on Nas Daily issue: Uphold cultural rights if intent is pure
'Cultural education and innovation is good – but not when it leaves culture bearers at a disadvantage' photojournalist Jilson Tiu says → Read More
Philippine cosplayers win special award at 2021 World Cosplay Summit
Cosplayers Jin Joson and AC Hernandez win an award for best costume making at the 2021 World Cosplay Summit → Read More
Microsoft notes Azure services growth, net income up 47%
Microsoft posts revenues of $46.2 billion, with a net income of $16.5 billion in its fiscal fourth quarter for 2021 → Read More
Google parent Alphabet beats expectations in Q2 earnings
Google advertising revenue grows 69% to $50.44 billion year-over-year → Read More