Philippines stories
Investors face higher borrowing costs and weaker green incentives as the bill's tax cuts are offset by a larger deficit and fresh tariff pressure.
JLL appoints Andy Powell and JC Champalaune to lead its Asia Pacific Energy & Infrastructure team, boosting focus on energy transition across the region.
Alibaba Cloud expands in APAC with new data centres in Malaysia, the Philippines, and an AI Global Competency Center in Singapore to boost AI innovation.
Sumsub launches 'The Beast 2.0' to fight a 121% surge in digital identity fraud across APAC, promoting secure digital access and inclusion in fintech and crypto sectors.
Ignition is developing an AI tool to help service businesses set smarter prices using real billing data, aiming to boost confidence and optimise revenues.
Cloudflare has become one of the first firms certified under the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules, enhancing its compliance with international data privacy standards.
Cloudflare is among the first to gain global certification under new cross-border privacy standards set by nine governments to unify data protection.
Contractor and consulting roles surge globally, with Oyster reporting a 46% rise in contractor engagements and a tenfold increase in consulting hires in 2024.
Vantiq and Argosy Partners have teamed up to speed up real-time AI deployment in Southeast Asia, focusing on healthcare, public safety and smart cities in the Philippines.
Vantiq partners with Radenta to deploy real-time AI systems across the Philippines, boosting swift data-driven decisions in healthcare and public services.
Google launches new AI tools to boost ad targeting and creative output for brands and marketers across Southeast Asia's diverse digital landscape.
Tapway partners with ICS Compute, Metrodata, and Syspex to expand its Vision AI platform across Indonesia, targeting retail, logistics, and manufacturing sectors.
AI cloud workloads in Southeast Asia face greater security risks, with 70% showing critical vulnerabilities, warns Tenable's 2025 Cloud Security Risk Report.
Cyber experts warn that most Philippine SMEs lack cyber risk assessments, urging them to adopt tools like Nozomi Networks amid rising threats and costly breaches.
Cebu Pacific will implement Lufthansa Systems' NetLine suite to enhance operations, crew management and support its growth across Asia and beyond.
Sensay launches AI-led government on Sensay Island, governed by digital recreations of historic leaders to innovate transparent policymaking.
Southwest Power Pool, Hitachi, and NVIDIA will cut US power grid connection delays by 80% using AI to speed energy planning and infrastructure upgrades.
YouTube reaches 290 million in Southeast Asia, driving trust in creators and quadrupling video commerce's share of regional eCommerce GMV to 20%.
Equinix acquires three Manila data centres to bolster digital infrastructure amid the Philippines' USD $45bn digital economy surge in 2024.
WongPartnership and Thomson Reuters launch AI legal trial in Southeast Asia, using CoCounsel to enhance legal research across multiple countries.