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  • German Court Rule Against Eyeo in Ad-block Case

    Eyeo, an Ad-block service provider, can no longer charge publishers for the privilege of being placed on the software’s ‘white list’ which will exempt their…

  • Ancient African Soil Technique to Fight Climate Change

    In West Africa, a 700-year-old practice called “African dark earths” is said to change poor rainforest soil into fertile land. A study carried out by…

  • Unicode Standard Version 9.0 Reveals 72 New Emojis

    In celebration of the World Emoji Day next month, Unicode 9.0 revealed 72 new emojis. The character coding system covered different kinds of emojis including…

  • NEDA: Imports Fuel Strong Growth for Second Quarter

    The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported a strong 29.2 percent growth on imports in April 2016 due to a double-digit growth in the purchases of…

  • First Philippine-Made Electric Train Revealed

    Last week, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), together with the Philippine National Railways (PNR) revealed the first ever Philippine-made hybrid electric train. Led…

  • E-payments Fuel P4.6B to 5-yr PH GDP

    According to a Moody’s Analytics study for Visa, credit, debit and prepaid card purchases boosted the economy’s growth in the last five years. In an…

  • Cameron Resigns as PM After Brexit Vote

    In an emotional speech just hours after the Britons have voted to leave the European Union, David Cameron dramatically announced his resignation as Prime Minister.…

  • Incoming DOH Sec to Push Higher Health Spending

    Dr. Paulyn Ubial,Incoming Department of Health (DOH) Secretary, declared that the department will aim for higher health spending to serve the Filipino people better. In…

  • Converse Makes Sneakers with Wah-Wah Pedal

    Converse has created something that guitar players all over the world will love The company is set to launch a sneaker that has a built-in…

  • PCCI: Brexit Has No Significant Impact on PH Economy

    In the recently concluded UK’s EU referendum, on whether Britain should remain or stay in the European Union, the Britons have voted to leave the…