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Many firms keen on SET listing
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 29/04/2024
» Many local technology and IT-related firms are gearing up to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in 2025 or 2026, emphasising strategies for business expansion and cost reduction.
Hazardous waste
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/06/2023
» Re: "Get tough on plastics", (Editorial, May 24).
Asian trade subdued as economic outlook weakens
Business, Published on 13/05/2023
» RECAP: Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from the US and China fuelled concerns about a global slowdown.
YouTube ramps up ads, moderation
Life, James Hein, Published on 01/03/2023
» If this was a YouTube video you would have to sit through up to 30 seconds of ads before you could even start. YouTube seems to be stepping up its advertising while at the same time providing less service. I still use it because it has things I'm interested in, like Chinese martial arts series and info on music products I like. If I'd written this using ChatGPT you would not see some of the material because the trust and safety filters on the AI product have repeatedly been found to be biased towards the US political left in the content it will return. Some people associated with ChatGPT have acknowledged this but it remains to be seen if anything will change.
How tyrants use tech to spy on us all
News, Published on 08/02/2023
» Parmy Olson: You're the co-authors of a new book, Pegasus: How a Spy In Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy, which tells the story of Pegasus, a powerful spyware developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group. In recent years, a range of governments around the world purchased this technology, allowing them to gain remote-control access to people's mobile phones without their knowledge. In 2020, a secret source leaked a list to your team of investigative journalists in Paris that contained 50,000 phone numbers that NSO Group's clients wanted to spy on. Among the names on the list were French president Emmanuel Macron, the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and a raft of journalists, including your own colleagues.
Silver linings in the crypto cloud
Business, Published on 03/02/2023
» It was a tough year for crypto and blockchain. We experienced severe breaches of trust, resulting in an adverse hit to the public and regulators' perception of the industry.
Tencent Cloud promotes digital shift
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/06/2022
» Amid the volatile global challenges, digital transformation is now more essential than ever for enterprises to survive, stay agile and pursue growth while responding to customer needs.
Explainer: What is PDPA, Thailand's new data law?
Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 01/06/2022
» Thailand's drive to provide more comprehensive online safety for individuals begins Wednesday with enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).
A break-dancing opera singer
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» When foreign stars visit the Glyndebourne opera festival in the countryside outside London, it's common for them to participate in some time-honoured English rituals, like sipping Pimm's on the lawn or nibbling on a scone for afternoon tea.
We cannot lose control of technology
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/01/2022
» The advent of Covid-19 has accentuated digitalisation and its close linkage with automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence ("the three A's"). The Asian region interfaces closely with this phenomenon, especially because it is the most populous continent. It is also a region with a large number of non-democracies and semi-democracies. This panorama invites care to prevent misuse of those three As.