Foreigners can now own 100 per cent of internet businesses in the Philippines, as part of new changes to ownership rules. President Duterte has approved a new list of investment areas where foreign ownership is allowed — including internet businesses. The 11th Regular Foreign Investment Negative List is only slightly shorter than the previous list… Full Story »
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More than 755,000 Facebook accounts hacked in the Philippines
Personal information of more than 755,000 Facebook users in the Philippines was compromised last month, a data watchdog has revealed. The National Privacy Commission (NPC) made the disclosure after a compliance order was filed against Facebook, following a data breach in September that compromised the personal information of tens of millions of users across the… Full Story »
Orgasm faces: They are different in the East and West, say psychologists
A group of psychologists from Scotland have proved that Western and Eastern people make distinctly different facial expressions when they orgasm. The research, by University of Glasgow psychologists, contradicts earlier studies that suggested facial expressions of pain and sexual pleasure were indistinguishable across the two hemispheres. The study, published on Proceedings of the National Academy… Full Story »
WATCH: Young Filipino’s flying car can rise above country’s traffic gridlock
A young Filipino inventor has found a way to rise above his country’s crippling traffic congestion — a drone-style flying car. Kyxz Mendoza from Quezon City has been working on his prototype for six years. In a YouTube video posted yesterday (Sunday, September 2) he filmed himself flying his ‘Compact Electric Vtol sports flyer’ around… Full Story »
Teenage Filipina invents revolutionary air conditioning unit
A 19-year-old Filipina has developed an energy-efficient air conditioning unit that does away with hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) as a cooling agent. Maria Yzabell Angel Palma, a mechanical engineering student at the De La Salle University in Manila, has earned plaudits for inventing an AC unit that works on low power — and without a refrigerant. The… Full Story »
