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by Joon Ian Wong, Jun 21, 2017 The internet today is driven by smartphones, tablets, and personal computers: devices that deliver information for human consumption. In five years, those devices will be in the minority, outnumbered by machines designed to communicate with one another in “smart” homes, offices, cities, and cars, according to Cisco’s annual…

—Jamil Santos/JST, GMA News, Jun 21, 2017 Patay ang isang buntis matapos umanong bugbugin ng kaniyang live-in partner sa Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Bago bawian ng buhay, nakatawag pa sa kanyang ina ang biktima at naikwento ang pangyayari.

New findings show more men than women and that there will be 1bn over-60s next year for the first time Half the growth in population will come from nine countries, India among them. Guardian staff, Jun 21, 2017 The world’s population will break through the 8 billion mark in 2023, there are more men than…

Neuromorphic engineering is using clues from the human brain to revolutionize computer vision by Luca Verre, Jun 21, 2017 Much has been written and discussed about the merging of the physical, digital and biological worlds with machines.

By Zack Colman, Washingston Post, Jun 20, 2017 The future of the nuclear energy in the United States may well run through rural Idaho, where the federal Energy Department, a nuclear technology company and a power utility are collaborating on a power plant that nuclear advocates hope will boost the industry’s flagging fortunes.

Advisory firm says robotic programs free up tech pros to pursue more innovative work. By Bob Violino | June 20, 2017 There are some things that machines are simply better at doing than humans, but humans still have plenty going for them. Here’s a look at how the two are going to work in concert…

Associated Press, Jun 19, 2017 South Korea, one of the world’s largest nuclear electricity producers, will scrap plans to build new nuclear power plants.

President Moon Jae-In campaigned on promises to phase out atomic energy and embrace what he says are safer and more environmentally-friendly power sources including solar and wind power By Agence France-Presse, Jun 19, 2017   SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-In vowed on Monday, June 19, to scrap all plans to…

By ED UPRIGHT, Reuters, Jun 19, 2017 LONDON — Flight attendant Donna Hubbard was deeply concerned when a couple carried a boy who was sweating, lethargic and appeared to be in pain onto her flight from Honduras to Miami in October last year.

by Skip Chilcott | Jun 18, 2017 Today’s contact center agents must be able to communicate with customers not only on the phone but via social media, instant messaging, video conferencing and web chat. How can humans do it all? Increasingly, they can’t.

Philippine economic reality By BusinessMirror Editorial, Jun 18, 2017 The Philippines faces many problems. Some are critical, like the Marawi rebellion; others are merely annoying, like the fact that when school starts, so does the rainy season. However, overall, the Philippines does not have economic problems despite Filipinos being told constantly that we do.

by Therese Reyes, Jun 18, 2017 At age 12, Fidelina Geraldez, now 49, was already working at her uncle’s store, poultry farm, and piggery. She said working for relatives is common in her hometown of Cebu, a province in Visayas island. Utang na loob—or “debt of gratitude”—is a value that runs deep in Philippine society.…

By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat, Manila Bulletin, Jun 17, 2017 Majority or 89 percent of employees in the BPO/call center sector in the Philippines are at high risk from robotic process automation, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Job interviews probably aren’t comfortable for anyone, but they don’t have to be miserable. Here are some ways to make your next one easier. By Mary Shacklett | June 16, 2017 Job interviews can be nerve wracking for both interviewees and interviewers. Because you’re naturally nervous, you are likely to not be as on top…

by Charlotte Edmond, Jun 16, 2017 Tech companies from Google to Apple may be ploughing resources into driverless cars, but on our oceans, automated ships could be making bigger waves by the end of the decade.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees artificial intelligence as the future. Professor Stephen Hawking thinks robots will one day destroy all human life. Who do you side with on the AI debate? By Eileen Brown for Social Business, Jun 16, 2017 With bot-to-bot communications becoming common across many industries, are we ready to fully accept robots…

By Regine Cabato, Jun 16, 2017 The road to safer cities for women is paved with lapses in laws and a whole lot of misogyny. Illustration by JL JAVIER Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — “Violence begins with language,” women’s rights advocate Senator Risa Hontiveros says at the Safe Cities Metro Manila Mayors Conference. She is…

by Lorenzo Fioramonti, Jun 16, 2017 The growth economy suffers from a productivity paradox. Corporations compete to reduce the time and effort that goes into production processes, which is generally seen as a sign of efficiency, but in reality has a troubling outcome.

Decline traced to Saudi repatriation, stronger US dollar By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 16, 2017 Cash sent home by Filipinos working and living abroad through banks fell to a 15-month low of $2.08 billion in April partly due to a stronger US dollar as well as a decline in remittances from…

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CNBC, Jun 15, 2017 Asian financial centres Singapore and Hong Kong will attract more wealth from within and outside the region in the coming years – a development that will help to propel Asia Pacific to become the world’s wealthiest region by 2019, a study by Boston Consulting Group showed.

by Business Insider Australia, Jun 15, 2017 A startup in South Korea is making headlines for only hiring staff that are aged 55 years and over. Channel NewsAsia reports the founder of content monitoring company EverYoung established the rule to prove the futility of age discrimination – a phenomenon that’s reportedly prevalent in modern Korean…

By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Jun 15, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – About 250 million children worldwide live in areas affected by clashes and a majority of them are recruited to work as soldiers and spies, the International Labor Organization (ILO) reported yesterday.

Twenty-five years ago, U.S. tech companies pledged to stop using chemicals that caused miscarriages and birth defects. They failed to ensure that their Asian suppliers did the same. by Cam Simpson,  Jun 15, 2017 Results in epidemiology often are equivocal, and money can cloud science (see: tobacco companies vs. cancer researchers). Clear-cut cases are rare.…

by Brad Keywell, Jun 14, 2017 The world is changing. There’s no way around this fact. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now. And, whether you know it or not, it will affect you.

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