Toshiba has spent roughly ¥60 billion ($380 million) expanding its hard drive assembly facility in the Philippines, aiming to double nearline HDD production capacity by fiscal 2027 versus fiscal 2025. New manufacturing lines at the Laguna Technopark site are already installed and shipping, positioning Toshiba to launch 30TB-class drives in 2027, 65TB-class drives by 2030, and eventually 100TB-class drives using MAMR technology with up to 11 platters.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-02
Doctors in the Philippines documented a case of a rice farmer who suffered a brief seizure affecting one side of her body despite otherwise appearing healthy. Brain imaging showed a cluster of nodules in her frontal lobe that physicians suspected were eggs from a Schistosoma parasitic worm, and lab testing later confirmed the eggs could hatch and grow tails, verifying the diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-22
Hackers used a known, unpatched vulnerability in ownCloud software to gain initial access into systems belonging to the Philippines' nuclear regulatory agency. The breach reportedly resulted in the theft of reactor databases, personnel records, and stored credentials.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-02
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