Newsletter: The Business of Cars: How Used Car Sales Are Evolving in the Philippines

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The used car market in the Philippines is growing rapidly, driven by digital platforms, increasingly savvy consumers, and a steady supply of pre-owned cars. Mobee Cars leads this shift by offering a complete end-to-end online selling process, from valuation to payment, making car selling easier, safer, and more transparent.

Newsletter: Study Proposes Framework Integrating Architectural Design Standards into Urban Microbiome Research

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By: Eunice Jean C. Patron

Plate Count Agar (PCA) exposure plates showing microbial growth under natural ventilation with different window sizes (low, medium and high). (Photo credit: Ma. Beatrice Villoria)

Human-built environments, such as the spaces we live in, can influence our health through microbiomes—communities of microbes like bacteria and viruses. People have long been unconsciously influencing microbes through the way we design our built environments. With the right knowledge, we can intentionally shape these microbial communities to support better health—an idea currently explored by Filipino researchers in a recent study.

Newsletter: Plastic Credits Are Booming. This Platform Wants to Keep It Honest.

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A new global resource aims to bring transparency and credibility to the global plastic crisis’ rapidly growing solution: plastic credits.

Newsletter: Tenable Uncovers “GerriScary” Supply‑Chain Compromise Vulnerability in Popular Google’s Open‑Source Projects

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Tenable, the exposure management company, has identified a vulnerability in Google’s open-source code review system, Gerrit, dubbed GerriScary. The vulnerability allowed unauthorised code submission to at least 18 major Google projects, including ChromiumOS (CVE-2025-1568), Chromium, Dart, and Bazel. GerriScary could have allowed attackers to submit unauthorised code revisions to existing change requests, bypassing manual approvals and enabling malicious code injection into major projects.

Newsletter: Achieve Breakthroughs with the realme GT 7 Series

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Change is often scary, but it usually holds space for growth and courage. Whether it’s shifting career, choosing to live independently, or prioritizing passion over career, exploring something new always requires thoughtful consideration and a lot of preparation, but it can also lead to something deeply fulfilling and meaningful.

Newsletter: Bookshelf PH Launches Sari-sari Stories: Book of Pride

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Bookshelf PH launched Sari-sari Stories: Book of Pride on June 11, 2025, featuring eight original stories by Filipino authors that celebrate LGBTQIA+ love, identity, and courage. Released for Pride Month, the anthology continues the publisher’s mission to amplify diverse voices in Philippine literature.

Newsletter: Tablevibe partners with GCash to bring food services to millions of customers across thousands of restaurants

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In its continued bid to champion digital transformation in the Philippines, GCash is partnering with digital ordering platforms for restaurants, starting with Tablevibe. GCash users can now order food for delivery, pickup, or dine-in directly in the GCash app. As a gateway, this initiative aims to accelerate the trial and growth of food delivery, since a majority of its millions of GCash users have not yet tried the service.

Newsletter: Rock Opong finds beauty in goodbye with new single “We Tried”

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Filipino singer-songwriter Rock Opong drops his latest single, “We Tried”—out now on all digital music platforms worldwide via Sony Music Entertainment.

Newsletter: Bitget joins UNICEF Game Changers Coalition to provide blockchain education to 300K people in 2025

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Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has entered a three-year partnership with UNICEF Luxembourg to advance digital skills and blockchain literacy among young people.

Newsletter: Hitachi Vantara Recognized as a Leader and Fast Mover in GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads

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Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced it has been named a Leader and Fast Mover in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for High-Performance Storage Optimized for AI Workloads. This marks the first iteration of this GigaOm Radar report in this category, and Hitachi Vantara’s inclusion as a leader highlights the company’s ability to deliver high-performance, enterprise-ready infrastructure to meet the complex demands of AI and machine learning workloads.

Newsletter: PNP-ACG and GCash target cybercriminals in joint social media patrols

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As part of its ongoing campaign to patrol social media platforms to reinforce public trust and ensure the security of cashless transactions, the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG), in collaboration with GCash, recently apprehended multiple suspects involved in cyber-related crimes that include child exploitation and illegal sale of pre-registered SIM cards.

Newsletter: Taxumo and Cebuana Lhuillier to Fuel Business Growth for Filipino Entrepreneurs

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Taxumo, the trusted online tax filing platform, has partnered with Cebuana Lhuillier, one of the Philippines’ largest and leading microfinancial services provider, to empower Filipino entrepreneurs through accessible business loans and empower MSMEs with simplified tax compliance.

Newsletter: Building Beyond Borders: P.A. Properties Hankyu Hanshin marks 8 years of redefining community living

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Eight years ago, a vision shared by two real estate firms—one Filipino, one Japanese—gave birth to P.A. Properties Hankyu Hanshin (PAHH). Today, that vision stands as a living blueprint for purposeful, people-centered housing development.

Newsletter: Kaspersky study: Only a quarter of organizations in APAC perform regular cybersecurity assessments

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This leaves them exposed to unplanned downtime, production losses and the reputational and financial damages that can result from possible cyber breaches. This alarming trend was highlighted in a recent joint survey conducted by VDC Research and Kaspersky.

Newsletter: CRAVITY Second Full-Length Album Dare to Crave Out Now Lead Track “SET NET G0?!” Unveils a Dreamy Summer Vibe

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K-pop group CRAVITY, comprised of SERIM, ALLEN, JUNGMO, WOOBIN, WONJIN, MINHEE, HYEONGJUN, TAEYOUNG, and SEONGMIN, is back with their second full-length album, Dare to Crave, available on all major streaming platforms now. This release marks a bold new chapter in their ongoing exploration of youth and longing, as they dive deeper into the concept of yearning.