OP-ED | The false binary of anonymity online
The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) proposal to require social media user verification rests on a familiar premise:...
Ira James
Ira James is an enthusiast who has his roots on PC hardware and gaming. His career as a tech journalist began after working in the PR industry for two years. He started GGWPTech to write PC hardware reviews, gaming, cyber security, and enterprise tech news. His works are also syndicated by other media publishers: Tech Sabado, and the Sunday and Business I.T. section of Manila Times.
SPECIAL FEATURE | It’s 2026, is the Philippines now EV ready?
Electric vehicles are no longer a speculative technology. Across Asia, they are being framed as industrial policy, climate response and...
GADGETS | Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of powerful creative apps
Apple today unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a collection of creative apps designed to put studio-grade tools into the hands of...
BURNING CHROME | Multimedia: Evolution and transformation
NOTE: This article orginally came out in 2006 for RealtimeArts, a national arts magazine based in Australia. In a square...
TELECOM | PLDT Group advances global standards, AI readiness, last-mile connectivity
PLDT Inc. capped a year of international, national, and community-facing initiatives with milestones spanning global quality certification, artificial intelligence infrastructure,...
SPECIAL FEATURE | AI data center boom: Jobs machine or energy sinkhole—and should Asia follow?
The United States is building AI data centers at a scale that now resembles heavy industry rather than digital infrastructure....
GADGETS | Gadget brands enter 2026 targeting creators, power users
MANILA, Philippines — Major smartphone and consumer electronics brands are opening 2026 with new device launches in the Philippines that...
TECHSABADO | On the current state of the internet, social media and AI (January 10, 2026)
Tonight we talk to Winthrop Yu of Internet Society Philippines (InsocPH) on the current state of the internet, social media...
BURNING CHROME | Progressives, conservatives, and the politics of violence
The eternal battle lines between left and right are not written in the stars but in the bloodied streets of...
TELECOM | PLDT initiatives span disaster relief, digital safety, infrastructure protection
Philippine telecom giant PLDT Inc. reported a series of community-linked initiatives in late 2025, covering disaster relief support, digital safety...