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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued an advisory on August 1, 2026, reminding parents and guardians that influencers and content creators below 15 years old need to have work permits. DOLE issued the Labor Advisory No. 12 to remind “employers, advertisers, content creators, and parents” that children below 15 must first secure a work permit from the agency “before they can participate in public entertainment or information, including television, theater, advertisements, social media, and other online platforms.” The advisory notes that the Republic Act No. 9231, or the law that eliminates the worst forms of child labor, also applies to digital platforms where children create or appear in content, and not just to traditional media. Under the law, children under 15 years old are generally prohibited from working, unless they work directly under the sole responsibility of a parent or legal guardian, or only family members are empl...

AMD has launched the Radeon RX 9050 GPU. It’s fairly affordable, considering the shake-up in current tech pricing. The AMD Radeon RX 9050 GPU is an AMD RDNA 4 GPU made for 1080p gameplay. It has 16 compute units, 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, a 1.9GHz base clock, up to a 2.60GHz boost clock, and 92W TBP. It then has 16 ray accelerators, 32 AI accelerators, 32MB Infinity Cache Technology, up to 10Gbps memory speed, and uses a 128-bit memory interface with up to 288GB/s memory bandwidth. For connectivity, it supports 2.1a DisplayPort and 2.1b HDMI. AMD claims it supports rendering formats of HDMI 4K, 4K H264 Decode, and 4K H264 Encode. As per AMD, it can handle these games under 1080p Medium Settings: 007: First Light: 60fps Cyberpunk 2077: 96fps Forza Horizon 6: 131fps Pragmata: 85fps Counter-Strike 2: 227fps Call of Duty: Black Ops 7: 116fps Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege: 206fps Valorant (High Settings): 593fps The AMD Radeon RX9...

TECNO is turning heads again with another bold concept. At next month’s IFA show in Berlin, the company will show off what it calls the first smartphone with a completely borderless display. Most high-end phones today have very thin edges, but they still have some visible frame. Apple and Samsung models usually sit at around 90 percent screen-to-body ratio. Xiaomi and Honor have pushed that to 95 percent by hiding cameras and trimming down the sides. Tecno says its new design goes all the way to 100 percent. The company says it achieved this by reworking the internal layout and using new methods to seal the screen. These changes remove the last bit of space needed for wiring and safety margins. TECNO measures the border at 0 microns, which is effectively zero. For now, this is only a prototype. We will not see a working version until IFA 2026. TECNO believes the design will make watching videos and playing games feel more immersive because there are no black bars ...

Some of the biggest names in the music business are teaming up to stop AI-generated songs from appearing on official charts. Sony, Universal, and Warner are leading the charge, with support from many smaller independent labels. The reason is simple: there is just too much AI music out there right now. Every single day, people upload tens of thousands of computer-made tracks to streaming services. Some of these songs have already become huge hits, landing high on Billboard and Spotify lists. And that does not sit well with the record labels. So, what are they asking for? They want chart companies to bring in stricter rules. Their main demand is that only tracks made mostly by humans should be allowed in the rankings. If a song uses AI, the labels say that use must be completely legal and above board. The coalition is also worried about cheating. They believe some AI tracks could be part of streaming fraud schemes, where people use bots to fake millions of plays. They do ...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officially introduced One QR PH . The system replaces the old setup where stores had to display different QR codes for GCash, Maya, and other digital wallets. Now, one code works for all. Before this change, customers often scanned the wrong code or got confused by mismatched formats. That slowed down lines and frustrated both buyers and sellers. With One QR PH, people can open any participating bank or e-wallet app, scan the same QR, and complete the payment in seconds. The system runs on InstaPay, the central bank’s 24/7 transfer network, so transactions go through even on weekends and holidays. Customers do not pay any fees when using One QR PH to pay merchants. Sellers absorb the charges instead, which makes the system a strong alternative to cash for everyday purchases. Person-to-person transfers still have separate rules and may include fees depending on the app or bank used. The numbers show that Filipinos are embr...

The new Nubia Neo 5 GT 5G Special Edition is now in the Philippines through the brand’s official store on Shopee. A big highlight of the Nubia Neo 5 GT 5G Special Edition is the AquaCore Cooling system that combines active liquid and air cooling, a first in its class. The liquid cooling is powered by a piezoelectric micropump. This special system provides a large 33,652mm2 cooling area. As per Nubia, you can play an intense game for an hour and only get 38.9°C of peak temperature and an average frame rate of 119.96fps. A true gaming phone, the new Neo 5 GT 5G also has the Neo Triggers 5.0 with 550Hz touch sampling rate and <5.5ms hardware latency. The screen itself has a 3049Hz instant touch rate for faster response times. Like the standard Neo 5 GT , it has a 6.8-inch 1.5K AMOLED display with a high 144Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 processor, a large 6,210mAh battery with 80W charging, and 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It ...