OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — OpenAI on Friday revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners.
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Rotary District 3830, Tiger22 ink partnership for Discon 2024
THE Rotary International District 3830 Conference (Discon) 2024 Committee, led by Gov. Antonio «Jay» Tambunting 3rd and this year's Discon Chairman Gil Chua recently signed a media agreement with Tiger22 Media Corp., a unit of Quest Broadcasting Inc.
Cebu set to welcome Mister International 2024 competition
MANILA, Philippines — Cebu will be hosting this year’s Mister International on November 3 to 10.
Filipina rescued from mail-order bride syndicate
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) rescued a suspected victim of a mail-order bride syndicate, targeting Filipinas sent to China under false pretenses.
Humanitarian orgs raise alarm on heat as summer nears
WASHINGTON, United States — Extreme heat is one of the most deadly problems from climate change even though it receives less attention than other knock-on effects like hurricanes and flooding, two of the world's leading humanitarian organizations warned Thursday.
World’s biggest floating book fair docks in Manila
MANILA, Philippines — Books as cheap as three for P100 are among the reasons not to miss MV Doulos Hope, reportedly the world’s biggest floating library and book fair that docked near Eva Macapagal Cruise Terminal in Pier 15, Port Area, Manila and opened to the public last March 27.
The U.S.’s Delicate Balancing Act in the South China Sea | TIME
For years, China has been testing the limits of its aggression in the South China Sea to see how much it can push before someone, meaningfully, pushes back. It’s a dangerous game that recently left three Philippine Navy personnel injured after their resupply ship to the Second Thomas Shoal—an atoll at the center of disputes over rival territorial claims of the all-important waterway through which a third of the world’s trade passes—was surrounded and fired upon with a water cannon by Chinese coast guard and militia vessels.
Marcos: Philippines won’t be ‘cowed into silence, submission’ by China
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday the Philippines will not be bullied into silence as he vowed actions to counter China’s aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea.