UP Alchemes Presents Chemical Engineering Students Summit Philippines

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Driven by the passion to serve others, UP ALCHEMES organizes Chemical Engineering Students Summit Philippines (ChESSPH) – an annual gathering of Filipino chemical engineering undergraduates in celebration of the country’s growth and excellence in the field of chemical engineering. In aim to spur the minds of these promising Filipino chemical engineers, professionals of the field are invited to share their experiences, providing the students an extensive view of the field, and inspiring them to contribute to the development of chemical engineering in the Philippines.

Now on its eighth year, ChESSPH continues to share knowledge, to inspire ideas, and to spark change in chemical engineering students nationwide. This year’s summit aims to strengthen its roots and to uphold its legacy through a series of seminars and activities tackling the current issues, trends, and innovations in chemical engineering.

ChESSPH becomes timeless as it strengthens its foundation through talks about what lies ahead and how to be a step closer to that; interactive workshops about the skills and knowledge one needs to be able to conquer the larger world; an outdoor learning exposure essential to future chemical engineers; an escape to test strategic thinking; and of course, a networking celebration to cap off the whole ChESSPH experience.

Propaganda: Revolutionary Art and Literature Aided by Technology at the Lopez Museum

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Myth-making may be the key element to what transpired during the yesteryears of war and election. It was a generation when outright fallacies are often promised to people hopeful for change to experience a life that is better. But wait! Who am I kidding? It is still the present day scenario. We are still in a time when man would do all in an attempt to overpower or redeem.

People revolt when the change they long for are forgotten or taken for granted. Most of the times our emotions overpower our logic. Our first impulse is to undermine our faulty government or leaders as if expecting they are faultless and know-it-all.

The past years were never free of anger and raging emotions. There would always be appalling incidents when man attacks his fellow man due to various inexplicable reasons, mostly trivial, lots of times inhuman, due to excessive greed or misguided passion. I hate to accept the glaring impressions that man is naturally barbaric.

The Propaganda exhibit happening from February 6  to May 30 at the Lopez Museum (located inside the Benpres building in Ortigas Center) showcases several images of, as what artist Nunelucio Alvarado keep saying during our tour, "Puro-paganda" - the days of our grandparents from a long time ago that still evokes similarities of the present day.

Scan Safely Using Secure QR Scanner of Kaspersky Lab

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Kaspersky Lab recently introduced its latest mobile application called Kaspersky QR Scanner. This program is compatible with Google Android and Apple iOS and can not only read information from QR codes, but also warn users about potentially dangerous links within them.

Fraudsters are constantly coming up with new tricks to lure users to their malicious sites. One dodge that has become popular recently is to encrypt a phishing link in a quick response (QR) code.

QR codes offer a convenient tool to send links to a mobile device, from computer screens or printed pages.

However, while experienced users can recognize fake URLs on screen, there is no way of identifying a rogue QR code with the naked eye.

This means cybercriminals are not only able to replace pictures with codes online; they can also physically glue their malicious QR codes over genuine ones on real-world posters and notices.

Phishing itself – the creation of fake pages in order to obtain users' personal data or infect their devices with malware – Is nothing new. It has been used by cybercriminals for many years.