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As aid and support from the West dwindles, Ukraine is turning to the rest of the world for vital assistance in its existential war against an expansionist Russia. Yes, its government admits, Ukraine has taken a humble position by passing the hat, aiming to shore up whatever little support smaller countries could offer. But it also reminds the rest of the world that Ukraine’s war with Russia is a battle for the rules-based world order, and against the threat from other expansionist countries in other regions, including the Indo-Pacific.

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Rappler’s JC Gotinga reports from Ukraine, upon invitation by the Ukraine Crisis Media Center. – Rappler.com

The first edition of the festival was launched in the 1990s, following the deadly 1990 Luzon earthquake which devastated the City of Pines. Then called the “Baguio flower festival,” it was created to uplift the spirit of Baguio residents and those in nearby provinces affected by the earthquake.

Rappler multimedia producer Cara Oliver reports live from Session Road in Baguio City. — Rappler.com

So, in hopes of discouraging Filipinos from pursuing security ties with the Americans, China tries to frame its encroachment in the West Philippine Sea as a contest between itself and the US. The premise: the Philippines ought to side with China, the “friendly neighbor,” and shun the US, the “intrusive outsider.”

But, as Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug shows us in this episode, this narrative is evidently false, because it’s not the US that suffers every time China carves out territory or harasses vessels, but the Philippines. The US may be pulled in as a treaty ally, but the West Philippine Sea is an issue of the Philippines. – Rappler.com

Presenter & writer: Marites Vitug
Producer & writer: JC Gotinga
Video editor: Jen Agbuya
Videographers: Errol Almario, Ulysis Pontanares
Graphic artists: David Castuciano, Marian Hukom, Alyssa Arizabal

Duterte hits the right notes in her speech, touching on the country’s worsening learning gap and promising reforms teachers have long been clamoring for. But all this takes place amid speculation that her rapport with “Uniteam” partner Marcos is deteriorating, and her own actions that signal a change in what appeared to be the plan, and that she might not keep for long her second-fiddle act to Marcos.

Rappler’s Bonz Magsambol takes a look at Duterte starting 2024 at a crossroads. – Rappler.com

Reporter: Bonz Magsambol
Videographer and video editor: Ulysis Pontanares
Graphic artist: Andoy Edoria
Producer: JC Gotinga
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso

The survivors testified live or via video recording at a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, January 23. The victims claimed that Quiboloy made them believe they were sacrificing their bodies to God.

Rappler’s Senate reporter Bonz Magsambol tells us more in this video report. – Rappler.com

The Samsung Galaxy S24 processes the voice data on the device itself – cutting the need to send the data to the cloud, which can slow down translation and make for awkward conversations with lots of dead air. On-device processing is also theoretically better for data privacy, as the information remains on the phone and not uploaded to a cloud service.

Rappler tech editor Gelo Gonzales tries out ‘Interpreter’ in this video. – Rappler.com

The Samsung Galaxy S24’s generative AI-powered image editing features allow users to select an object in a photo and move it around the frame, or to completely delete it. The generative AI technology is capable of filling in the holes left by the selection.

Rappler tech editor Gelo Gonzales is in San Jose, California for the launch of the new devices, and demonstrates the image editing feature in this video. – Rappler.com

The “AI Live Translate Call” allows a user to call and converse with another person speaking in a different language. As a user speaks, the phone provides a text translation that the person being spoken to would be able to understand. The phone also reads aloud the translation.

The words of the person on the other end are also translated for the user. 

The processing for AI call translation is done on-device. This means that the voice data doesn’t have to be sent to the cloud, where it can be translated, and then sent back to the device. The S24 processes the data right on the device, which makes the process faster – a key element as slow translations would make for a potentially awkward, time-consuming conversation. 

Rappler’s tech editor Gelo Gonzales is in San Jose, California for Samsung’s Unpacked event on January 18 (Manila time), where the tech giant is unveiling its new flagship device. He tries out the AI-powered call translation tool in this video. – Rappler.com

Zubiri told reporters in a briefing on Monday, January 15, that he met with the President and his cousin, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, regarding the ongoing “People’s Initiative” to change the charter.

Will this fresh push for charter change succeed this time? Rappler’s Senate reporter Bonz Magsambol gives us the big picture in this video report. – Rappler.com

In this video, Rappler president Natashya Gutierrez walks us through 10 hopeful stories from the past year. The COVID-19 pandemic officially ended, world leaders agreed to transition away from fossil fuels and boost renewable energy sources, a baby Sumatran rhinoceros was born, and people are going to the movies again – just some of the positive things to remember 2023 by. – Rappler.com