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DECODED: TECH, TRUTH, AND THREATS By Art Samaniego Back in 2024, when I started calling out the dangers of online gambling, I engaged in a dialogue with GCash about what could be done to address the problem. One of the…
Photo from Pixabay By TechWatch PH Staff The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Saturday, August 16, has directed e-commerce and other digital platforms to immediately take down illegal vapor product listings, after monitoring efforts revealed that uncertified vape…
By TechWatch PH Staff The Philippines has become the first Asian country to receive full sponsorship from HighLevel (HL), a milestone marked by the HL Accelerator Summit held recently at the Quezon City MICE Center. The event drew over 1,500…
DECODED: TECH, TRUTH, AND THREATS By Art Samaniego For years, the digital payments industry has quietly adopted the term “gaming” to soften the reality of what it was enabling: online gambling. By using a lighter, more harmless-sounding word, platforms blurred…
Photo from Gcash By TechWatch PH Staff E-wallet platform GCash has suspended online gambling access on GLife starting 8 p.m. on August 16, after receiving a directive from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). “In compliance with Bangko Sentral ng…
Photo credit to GCash By Art Samaniego Mobile wallet giant GCash on Thursday, August 14, said it will fully comply with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) directive ordering payment service providers to remove all links and icons connecting their…
Photo courtesy to Maya By TechWatch PH Staff E-wallet platform Maya has affirmed its commitment to fully comply with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) directive to take down links to online gambling platforms from its app. In a statement…
Photo from Pixabay By TechWatch PH Staff The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered all e-wallet platforms to remove links to online gambling sites within the next 48 hours. During a Senate hearing of the Committee on Games and…
Over 1 million DepEd-linked accounts were found compromised in a recent breach, according to Deep Web Konek’s monitoring. The affected accounts include 111,952 belonging to employees, 613,105 linked to third parties, and 293,768 from customers — many with weak or…
PRESS START TO CONTINUE By Theresa Raine De Guzman Sony Senior Vice President Sadahiko Hawakawa’s recent statement about moving away from a hardware-centric model toward a broader platform-based approach has sparked intense speculation among gamers and industry watchers. His comments…