Meta Lays Off 11,000 Employees

It seems that the tech industry is also suffering a significant slump in today’s time. Following new Twitter owner Elon Musk’s mass firing of staff last week, Meta will also be laying off 11,000 of its employees. That’s right, the number covers 13% of the company’s workforce, which includes the research lab of its metaverse […]

Facebook Live Shopping Will Be Taken Down In 3 Months

You heard it right. From October 1 of this year onwards, users will no longer be able to schedule or host any live shopping events over the Facebook Live platform. This announcement was made very recently and could spell trouble for those who use the service as a primary means of e-commerce. Here’s what is […]

Facebook Undergoes Major Overhaul To Compete With TikTok

It may not be surprising at the moment, but TikTok has boomed into one of the most popular social media websites ever. All people from young to old tend to download the app out of curiosity and are immediately sucked in by endless streams of tailored content. Finally, Facebook is baring its fangs to combat […]

Meta Faces Unprecedented Competition from TikTok

According to the recent quarterly report of Meta, the company has lost approximately $240 billion of market value due to daily users falling daily. This is for the first time ever. In a virtual companywide meeting, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told staff their way up again would be through videos. That’s right, the CEO has […]

Facebook Loses Daily Users for the First Time Ever

Even if there are a lot of people using Facebook for various things, this does not necessarily translate to growth for the social media platform’s number of users. In fact, parent company Meta reported that the number of daily users on Facebook declined for the first time ever since the platform was conceived. In Meta’s […]

Facebook to Shut Down Face Recognition System

In the midst of the multiple criticisms it is facing that include a lawsuit, Facebook said in a statement that it will shut down its face recognition system and commit to “delete more than a billion people’s individual facial recognition templates.” With this move, those who have opted to enable Face Recognition will no longer be […]

ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DU Hands-On, Quick Review: Metal-Clad Upgrade

We check out the latest FX505 refresh! As part of its second-quarter 2019 refresh, ASUS recently unveiled its updated TUF Gaming FX505 laptops. But aside from the new Ryzen 7 processors and NVIDIA’s new GTX GPUs, the FX505DU looks virtually identical to the FX505DY we reviewed last month. What exactly has changed? Let’s check out […]

Huawei Begins Teasing New Phone In Facebook, Is This The Nova 2i?

Is the four-cam mid-range device coming to the Philippines? Huawei recently announced the Nova 2i AKA the Maimang 6 in Malaysia the other day, and it looks like that new mid-range phone may be coming to the Philippines as well. Huawei’s Facebook account has posted a teaser video, with the hashtag #OOOO.  Judging from Huawei’s […]

Metal Gear V Phantom Pain Physical Release in PH Delayed Due to Customs Issues

Steam is obviously not affected If you’ve been waiting to get Hideo Kojima’s latest (and last) entry to the Metal Gear franchise, The Phantom Pain to get to physical stores like Datablitz, Gameline and iTech, we have some bad news. It seems like the arrival for the physical disks for the game has been delayed, […]

Xiaomi Mi 4 to Be Launched On July 22, Feature Metal Body?

The Xiaomi Mi 4 is coming! After our review of Xiaomi’s Mi 3, we’re understandably excited for the company’s next flagship, the oft rumored Mi 4. Well, the company’s President Bin Lin has posted the image above showing when exactly the unveil will take place, and in case you don’t read Mandarin, it’s on July […]

Unskippable Ads Might Be Coming to Instagram

If you’re annoyed at all the tactics YouTube is doing to discourage the use of ad blockers and subscribe to YouTube Premium, Instagram is reportedly trying out unskippable ads. It’s different from how Facebook does it with videos, as Instagram’s approach will reportedly cover all content on your feed.  Holy moly! Meta seemingly is now […]

You Shouldn’t Buy A 128GB Phone in the Philippines this 2024

We made a list of the most affordable phones in the Philippines with 256GB storage a few days ago to prove that even budget phones should not scrimp on this part. Even at an under Php 10k price tag, we believe that consumers deserve to get a device that has AT LEAST 256GB storage. Yes, […]