[DECODED] What a fake Duterte tells us about our bigger AI problem
Disinformation spreads rapidly because it’s becoming easier and cheaper to create fakes, while the systems behind them are outpacing the safeguards meant to mitigate the risks
Disinformation spreads rapidly because it’s becoming easier and cheaper to create fakes, while the systems behind them are outpacing the safeguards meant to mitigate the risks
Atty., nasa opisyal na pagresponde ang ambulansya at may sakay itong pasyente na naaksidente nang maaksidente rin mismo. Ano ang sinasabi ng batas tungkol dito?
To be fair, it seems the Philippine government appears to be listening to the warnings better than during the 2016 strong El Niño, or the moderate one from two years ago.
The sheer consumer power of the Philippine franchise is precisely why nervous financiers continue to sit at the bargaining table
Impeachment is once again dominating political conversation.
THREE years ago today, on Oct. 7, 2023, the State of Israel fell victim to a massive, coordinated terrorist attack launched from the Gaza portion of Palestine and led by the Palestinian group Hamas. More than 800…
Not to be cited for contempt or be accused of sub judice, political pundits are betting whether or not the latest petition of veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal will get the majority support of the 15-man Supreme…
THE diabolical accounting trick that unjustly tainted Chief Justice Renato Corona’s reputation 14 years ago, which was used as the smokescreen for the Senate impeachment court to convict him in 2012, is shamelessly…
VP Sara Duterte’s acceptance of P150-million contribution from China in 2019 merits full investigation.
MOTORISTS, transport workers and commuters are in a panic once more as fuel prices increase due to the conflict in the Middle East. And as we enter the “ber” months, we can only expect traffic congestion to worsen…
Even on the low-hanging fruit of boosting Philippine tourism, the Marcos administration is proving incapable.
FRANKFURT — In Bruges, one can spend an afternoon admiring medieval façades, watching tourist boats glide quietly along the canals, and wondering whether time has somehow been suspended. In Brussels, a short train ride…
There is a somewhat complicated Filipino saying that goes: “Hampas sa kalabaw, sa kabayo ang latay.”
Second of four parts FILIPINOS rarely worry about sea lanes. Fuel obligingly arrives. Food magically fills supermarkets. Ships unload and vanish like campaign promises — until suddenly they do not. Then something…
The executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, Ronel Buenaventura, was asked by Sen. Robinhood Padilla yesterday if he thought amendments were needed in the country’s laws against dirty money.
SUGAR was the “ new gold” in the late 19th century and the insatiable need for sugar was what led the United States, then a rising military power, to conquer five sugar producing areas: the Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba…
Valenzuela and Parañaque have suspended the implementation of the no-contact apprehension policy.
Last of two parts IN part one of this column, “The charm of unprescribed urbanism,” I wrote about why organic or unprescribed urbanism fascinates me. This part is about where we can actually see it happening. Metro…
NEW YORK — On Sept. 30, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) marked the 65th anniversary of its founding. Like many other aging international organizations, it has developed a taste for…
ISTANBUL, Turkey — On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel shocked the world by launching strikes across Iran and assassinating the country’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Civilian casualties quickly…
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