Jakie and the Beadstalk

  SM City Cabanatuan and SM Megacenter Christmas Centerpiece Launch Held on October 22 and 23, respectively, the Christmas Centerpiece Launch is part of SM Supermalls’ annual tradition of simultaneously unveiling festive holiday displays that bring the magic of Christmas to life and delight mallgoers. The most wonderful time of the year shines brighter as your most loved SM City Cabanatuan and SM Megacenter Cabanatuan unveil their enchanting Christmas displays, bringing festive magic, dazzling lights, and heartwarming holiday experiences to shoppers and families across the city. With “A Symphony of Sparkles” at SM City Cabanatuan and “An Elf-Tastic World of Sparkles” at SM Megacenter Cabanatuan, the two malls invite everyone to celebrate the season through captivating holiday wonderlands filled with imagination, joy, and the spirit of Filipino Christmas traditions. Each destination offers its own magical experience, creating more reasons for families and friends to come together ...

    A difficult search for a treadmill technician inspired Julian Markus Villaflores, 11, to start No DIY in Cebu. Built with student developers and supported by his family, the home and repair services marketplace is inviting service professionals to register ahead of its customer rollout. A broken treadmill at home gave 11-year-old Julian Markus Villaflores the idea for No DIY, a marketplace that aims to help households find skilled workers and service professionals. The Cebu-based platform is now inviting professionals to register ahead of its customer rollout. It started with one repair Julian Markus watched his father ask around, search online and call for help, yet finding a treadmill technician still took time. A household needed a repair, but reaching the right person was difficult. No DIY aims to give families another place to look and professionals another way to reach customers beyond their existing contacts. "I saw my dad try so hard just to find one person who cou...

FAWCAR held the Philippine launch event for JOYEE, its mid-to-high-end new energy vehicle brand, at the World Trade Center Metro Manila. The event marked the grand debut of three key models: the JOYEE S04, S08 and N09. The pure electric urban SUV JOYEE S04 is priced starting at ₱1,188,000; the JOYEE S08 full-size hybrid SUV is priced starting at ₱1,628,000; and the JOYEE N09 flagship B+ segment coupe, available in range-extended electric (REEV) and battery electric (BEV) versions, is priced starting at ₱1,968,000. Designed to meet the diverse needs of different families, these three models mark a new chapter in JOYEE’s commitment to the Philippine market. With over 70 years of automotive manufacturing heritage and cumulative production and sales exceeding 65 million vehicles, FAW has established a strong presence in the global automotive industry. As a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW, FAWCAR builds on the Group’s extensive automotive expertise and technological heritage. Its portfolio i...

New research from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), developed in collaboration with Gogolook, the developer of Whoscall, reveals the scale and impact of scams across Asia. Among adults surveyed in 13 Asian markets, 71% encountered a scam in the past year. The study estimates that consumers across those markets lost a combined US$136.5 billion to scams over the same period. The State of Scams in Asia 2026 report, based on a survey of 17,460 adults, also identifies a gap between confidence and outcomes. While 66% of respondents said they were confident in their ability to recognize scams, 62% of those who encountered one interacted with it. Among respondents who interacted with a scam, 26% lost money.  The findings are being released ahead of the Global Anti-Scam Summit Asia 2026, taking place in Bangkok on 10–11 November. Following previous editions in Taiwan and Singapore, the summit will be held in Thailand for the first time, bringing together leaders from across sectors to s...

B1G2 Technologies International Inc. has been appointed as the official distributor of KinoSec in the Philippines, bringing autonomous penetration testing technology to enterprises, managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), and IT service companies. KinoSec is making waves in cybersecurity with its autonomous penetration testing platform, designed to identify and validate vulnerabilities across web applications, APIs, cloud environments, and networks. The platform's capabilities include a standout benchmark result: KinoSec's Zeus engine achieved a 99.04% exploitation success rate across a 104-challenge black-box web benchmark, outperforming the published results of a five-person human pentesting team at 87.5%. KinoSec also reports that Zeus can pentest 1,000 companies in a single day, compared with the typical capacity of a human pentester handling 5–10 companies per month. From AI Innovation to the DEF CON Competition Stage KinoSec's mom...

The 2026 ASEAN-Korea Innovative Culture Forum will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at the Ayala Museum in Makati City, co-hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) — led by President Chang-sik Park, widely credited as the “Father of K-Drama” — and the ASEAN Foundation. The free event, open to the public with pre-registration, features masterclasses on transforming creative ideas into high-value intellectual property, along with Korean culinary experiences, curated art exhibitions, and K-pop giveaways. ‘Father of K-Drama’ Chang-sik Park and Global IP Visionaries Gather in Manila: Why You Cannot Afford to Miss the 2026 ASEAN-Korea Innovative Culture Forum MANILA, PHILIPPINES — On Saturday, November 7, 2026, the Ayala Museum in Makati City will host an unprecedented gathering of the masterminds behind Asia’s most iconic cultural phenomena. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Touri...