A Short Discord Outage Showed How Deep It Runs in Filipino Life
Discord went down briefly in the Philippines. Servers stalled. Voice calls cut out mid conversation. Messages sat unsent, mid reply. In one server, a voice note was still playing and reactions were still stacking under an unread message when it happened.…
Carlos Yulo Wins Second Straight Asian Games Gold
Carlos Yulo topped the men’s vault final Friday at Nagoya City General Gymnasium in Japan, scoring an average of 14.599 across two vaults. The result gave the Philippines its second gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, both won by…
Why More Filipinos Are Picking Up a Controller Again
A console used to be a kid’s thing. Something you outgrew, sold, or left behind at your parents’ house. That’s changing. More Filipino adults are buying consoles again, and not for nostalgia alone. It fits how they actually live now.…
What Happened at Meta’s Livestream
Meta Connect 2026 kicked off from Menlo Park on September 23, opening a few minutes after its scheduled 7 PM ET start as the room filled with employees and press. When the lights dropped, the show opened on a video labeled “live demo,”…
Taylor Swift’s New Single “Patient Zero” Drops This Friday
On Tuesday, Taylor Swift announced a new single titled “Patient Zero.” She wrote on Instagram that she had been “impatiently waiting” to share the news and confirmed the song arrives September 25. The reveal followed a countdown…
Carlos Yulo Wins Philippines’ First Gold At The 2026 Asian Games
Carlos Edriel Yulo delivered the Philippines’ first gold medal of the 2026 Asian Games on Thursday, September 24, ruling the men’s floor exercise final at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium in Japan. The two-time Olympic gold medalist scored…
Discord Blocked on Globe, TNT, GOMO, and DITO. No Official Ban Exists.
As of September 23, Discord will not load for subscribers on Globe, GOMO, TNT, and DITO. Smart and Converge users open the app fine. No telco has published a blocking order. The CICC has not announced a nationwide ban either. Nobody ordered this.…
The Philippines’ Night Shift Runs On Burgers, Data Shows
Between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., burgers made up 25.3% of all foodpanda orders placed nationwide from January to June 2026, according to data the company released this month. Roughly one in every four late-night orders on the platform was for a burger. The…
SB19’s Josh Cullen Collaborates With Jay Park on ‘Like Me’
Josh Cullen of SB19 is releasing a new single called “Like Me.” The track pairs him with Korean-American rapper Jay Park and lands September 24 at 7 PM Philippine time. The Match-Up Jay Park has been vocal about being a fan of SB19, joining…
Alex Eala’s Calvin Klein Appearance Generated $502,000 in Media Value at NYFW
Alex Eala closed out her US Open campaign with a third round finish. Days later she was in New York for a different reason, working through three of Fashion Week’s biggest shows: Tory Burch, Michael Kors, and Calvin Klein, in an all-white Calvin…
