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The Future Beyond OLED: TCL SQD-Mini LED Raises the Bar for Premium Picture Quality

TCL, recognized as the No. 1 Panel TV Brand in the Philippines for three consecutive years according to the 2025 Annual Cumulative Market Share Report by TRS Research, is pushing the boundaries of home entertainment with its latest display innovation: Super-QD Mini LED (SQD-Mini LED). As a global leader in display technology and a pioneer in Mini LED, TCL is taking a different approach to improving picture quality. Rather than focusing on a single hardware upgrade, SQD-Mini LED brings together advances in light control, color, and panel technology to create a more complete premium viewing experience. SQD-Mini LED marks the next chapter in TCL’s display innovation and its continuing effort to redefine what consumers can expect from a premium TV. The technology has already received international recognition. The TCL X11L, the world’s first SQD-Mini LED flagship TV, won a Gold Award for Innovative Display Technology at the Global Top Brands (GTB) Awards during CES 2026. Presented by Int

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Manulife Philippines Appoints Ganesh Murugesan as Chief Information Officer

Manulife Philippines, the local arm of leading international financial services provider Manulife, announced the appointment of Ganesh Murugesan as Chief Information Officer. He will be part of the company’s executive committee. Prior to his appointment, Ganesh served as Head of Delivery for Manulife Philippines and was part of Manulife’s Regional Technology team in Hong Kong for the past eight years. During this time, he has played a key role in strengthening delivery capabilities and leading major transformation programs across the region. With nearly 25 years’ professional experience, Ganesh draws on a strong track record of shaping and delivering technology solutions that support distribution growth, enable operational transformation, and enhance customer experience across insurers in Asia. “Ganesh brings deep expertise and a strong execution track record that will be critical as we continue to strengthen our technology capabilities and drive transformation across the business,”

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Anker Innovations Unifies Its Brands Under a Single Name: Anker

Almost 15 years after selling its first battery product, Anker Innovations announced that its five brands will be unified under a single name, Anker. The company also announced new products across charging, audio, home security, robotics and home energy. Anker: A Unified Brand for the Next Era Since its founding in 2011, Anker has grown from a charging company into a global consumer technology company serving more than 200 million customers in over 180 countries and regions. Along the way it built dedicated brands to move faster in distinct categories: Anker for charging, eufy for the smart home, soundcore for audio and entertainment, SOLIX for energy and eufyMake for creative tools. Each built a strong following, and that success is what makes this step possible. As AI, robotics, local computing and connected systems bring once-separate technologies closer together, the boundaries between those categories are disappearing. Anker is bringing its products and technologies together u

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Epson Document Capture Pro helps organizations move information documents into digital systems with greater ease and consistency

In many offices, a single document can pass through several steps before the work around it is complete. An invoice may need approval before it is filed for future reference. A signed contract may need to be stored in a shared folder, while a completed form may need to be scanned, named, sorted, and sent to another team. As businesses bring more of their operations into digital systems, they are also reviewing how physical documents fit into those processes. Printed forms, contracts, invoices, receipts, and records continue to move through many workplaces. Businesses need an efficient way to capture the information on those pages and make it available through the systems their teams already use. Epson Document Capture Pro supports this process by helping businesses create structured scanning workflows through compatible Epson DS series devices, allowing organizations to access its document capture and workflow capabilities without purchasing separate software. A Smarter Way to Captu

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Pioneer Launches Biz e-Protect to Shield SMEs vs. Evolving Cyber Risks

Pioneer Insurance has introduced Biz e-Protect, a cyber insurance solution that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from cyber threats through coverage for financial losses, business interruption, and incident response costs. Pioneer Group Head Lorenzo Chan Jr. shared, “Biz e-Protect aims to support SMEs facing risks such as cyberattacks, data breaches, digital fraud, ransomware, and system failures that can interrupt operations and impact business reputation.” The new product was introduced during Pioneer Insurance’s “Protection in a World of Cyber Risks” forum held on July 7 at Makati Diamond Residences. During the event, Pioneer General Accident Head Jenny Tolentino shared that as cyber risks increasingly affect businesses of all sizes, SMEs may be especially vulnerable as many operate with limited financial reserves, lean manpower, and little or no dedicated cybersecurity capability. Recognizing this, Pioneer developed Biz e-Protect with complimentary cyber risk man

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Salesforce Agentic Enterprise Index: Agent Deployments More Than Double Year-Over-Year

Salesforce has released its 2026 Agentic Enterprise Index, which analyzes aggregated AI usage data from the Agentforce platform to uncover how businesses are deploying, using, and getting value out of AI agents. The results this year show a tale of two rollouts, a bifurcation in the global business landscape in which an industry’s operational DNA and business needs can dictate how its digital workforce is deployed. High-volume, task-specific deployments: Most common among consumer-facing sectors, this approach leans into high volume and speed to tackle immediate customer needs. Versatile, multi-step deployments: Seen in more operationally complex and heavily regulated fields like Manufacturing and Public Sector, this strategy prioritizes building agents capable of taking on a wide variety of tasks that require cross-functional business logic. Each type of rollout deepens trust and results in ROI, but the future of agentic AI rests on the coexistence of both deployment models—delive

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Palawan Group’s Tech-Driven Upgrade: Introducing the 'Palawan for All' Financial Platform

Life comes with different financial priorities. A young Filipino may be learning to manage a first paycheck, a parent may be sending money home, an entrepreneur may be looking for ways to grow a business, while a family may be preparing for the future. As these priorities take shape, access to financial services that are affordable, accessible, and easy to use becomes increasingly important. For more than four decades, the Palawan Group of Companies has been part of these everyday financial journeys. As it celebrates its 41st anniversary, the company is taking its next step with the launch of “Palawan for All,” a campaign that brings together its expanding range of financial solutions under one commitment: to serve Filipinos in the ways that matter most to them. Unveiled during a media gathering in Makati, Palawan for All reflects the Group’s expansion from its established pawning and remittance services into a broader range of financial solutions. Its portfolio now spans digital pay

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SONA Marks Turning Point in the Philippines' Energy Transition, Says Alpas Pinas

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s renewed commitment to nuclear energy during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) marks a significant milestone in the Philippines' energy transition, signaling the strongest national endorsement of nuclear power yet since the country adopted its nuclear energy roadmap, according to Alpas Pinas. In his address before Congress, President Marcos reaffirmed the government's commitment to pursuing nuclear energy as part of the country's long-term strategy to ensure energy security, stabilize electricity supply, curb the rising cost of electricity and address rising power demand. The statement places nuclear energy firmly within the administration's broader vision for the country's economic and infrastructure development. In a press briefing held recently at the Richmonde Hotel in Iloilo City, the group renewed its call to include nuclear energy to be part of the country’s development program. Similar media events have been held in Metro Manila, L

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Kaspersky GreAT Expert Details Risks When Blind Trust in AI Moves Faster Than Verification

With the current speed of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development known to speed up and improve enterprises’ productivity, Kaspersky researcher underscored the dangers of “blind trust” and lack of verification on AI, and how cyberattackers exploit these gaps with no vulnerability but with just trust. “AI has advanced at a tremendous pace over the past few years. In its early stages, AI took the form of tools that could generate, summarise, and draft content. The next phase brought copilots, embedding AI directly into workflows to assist, suggest and guide users as they worked. Fast forward to now, we have entered the era of AI agents, which can plan, use tools, call APIs, and act autonomously. While humans remain present to verify each stage of an AI-driven development, we see more and more incidents where verification is often overlooked to maximise productivity, and when speed outpaces verification, that speed can also amplify risks,” warns Sojun Ryu, security researcher at Kaspers

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Samsung Galaxy Z8 Series Drives Record-High Foldable Pre-Orders in Southeast Asia and Oceania

Samsung Electronics has achieved a record high volume of pre-order sales in Southeast Asia and Oceania with the launch of the Galaxy Z8 series. Pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra devices have increased by almost 60% compared to the Galaxy Z Fold7. With the pre-order period ending on August 13 in the region, consumers here have a few days left to enjoy pre-order benefits. Since its unveiling, the Galaxy Z8 series has seen positive consumer response across the globe and similarly in Southeast Asia and Oceania, demand for the new devices has been robust. The Galaxy Z Fold8 has currently emerged as the most popular option in the region, accounting for almost six in every ten Galaxy Z8 devices ordered. This strong performance reflects clear consumer preference for the new form factor. In the Philippines, the Galaxy Z Fold8 has emerged as Samsung’s best-selling foldable ever within the pre-order period and accounts for almost 60% of Z8 orders since July 22. At its

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