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Spotify to test full music videos in potential YouTube faceoff

Swedish music streaming company Spotify is rolling out full-length music videos in a limited beta launch for premium subscribers, venturing into an arena that YouTube has dominated for nearly two decades.

Renowned denim jeans maker eyes PHL expansion

SM Group executives count on brand names with popular recall such as Levi Strauss and Co. to expand its retail operations. 

DENR team out to ensure Chocolate Hills resort remains closed as ordered

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Wednesday organized an inspection team to see to it that the closure order against an alleged illegally operating resort within the Chocolate Hills in Bohol is enforced.

Core unit contributions push Ayala Corp. income 39% higher in 2023

Conglomerate Ayala Corp. on Wednesday reported net income growing 39 percent in 2023 to P38.07 billion from P27.39 billion in 2022 on the back of strong contributions from its banking, property development and energy businesses. Revenue grew 11 percent to P341.89 billion from P306.64 billion. 

Mined metals value up 4.8% in 2023 to P249 billion

Improved metals prices, particularly in gold and nickel, allowed the country's metallic minerals industry to grow 4.8 percent in 2023 to P249.05 billion from only P237.66 billion in 2022, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) reported on Wednesday,

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Philip Morris seeks clearer rules to expand Philippine exports 

Philip Morris International (PMI) is eyeing further investments in the Philippines, but says regulatory uncertainty, cumbersome paperwork and infrastructure gaps threaten the country’s ability to compete with regional manufacturing hubs.

Special bus service to fill LRT-2 service gap

Transport authorities are rolling out a plan to ease the squeeze from limited LRT-2 operations. Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez has ordered the LTFRB and LRTA to study issuing special permits for buses to run the full LRT-2 route—Antipolo to Recto and back—stopping at all stations.

A simple formula may predict when AI chatbots go rogue

Artificial intelligence can sound like the smartest person in the room, until it starts giving advice that could do real harm. Now, two physicists at The George Washington University say they may have found a way to predict when that happens, using a surprisingly simple mathematical formula.

OceanaGold boosts Didipio mine safety monitoring

OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc. has improved how it monitors the tailings storage facility at its Didipio Mine, using new technology to track changes in the structure, especially during the rainy season when heavy rainfall can increase risks.
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