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Social media moderators seek improved working conditions in battling toxic content
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2023
» BERLIN: Hundreds of social media moderators in Germany – who remove harmful content from platforms such as Facebook and TikTok – are calling on lawmakers to improve their working conditions, citing tough targets and mental health issues.
$3,500 headset will test Apple’s marketing might
Published on 06/06/2023
» Apple Inc will charge an eye-popping $3,499 — that’s just over 120,000 baht — for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend huge sums on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing.
Meta unit touts hybrid shopping experience
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 10/05/2023
» Facebook Thailand advises brands to leverage new technologies in augmented reality (AR) and video to provide consumers with a hybrid shopping experience, according to Prae Dumrongmongcolgul, country director at Facebook Thailand.
BuzzFeed, Vice woes signal crisis in digital-only media
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» NEW YORK: With the closure of BuzzFeed News and bankruptcy looming at Vice, the once promising world of free digital media finds itself at a crossroads, seeing ad revenues dry up at the same time as disappointed investors begin walking away.
Microsoft AI chatbot will let users post images
Published on 04/05/2023
» NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp is getting rid of the waiting list to try its new AI-based Bing search and chat, and adding features like the ability to request and post images in an effort to sustain its momentum in the market.
Hackers ‘promise AI, install malware’
Published on 03/05/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has warned that hackers are using the promise of generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trick people into installing malicious code on devices.
EU rolls out stricter rules for online platforms
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday designated 19 online platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as having user numbers so big they will come under stricter regulatory rules for content.
Digital business estimated to reach B895bn this year
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/04/2023
» Thailand's digital business still has great potential for growth, with the value of goods and services purchased via digital platforms (business-to-consumer) estimated to total 895 billion baht this year, up 17.9% year-on-year, according to a recent study.
What would you do without internet?
Life, James Hein, Published on 12/04/2023
» India recently blocked all internet, phone and SMS access to the state of Punjab for four to five days as they search for a Sikh separatist. I had a friend who was there at the time and they told me how eerie it was to see no one on a phone for a few days. Someone would occasionally pull out the phone to see if service had returned but apart from that, there were no people talking loudly on phones in restaurants or on public transport. This impacted 27 million people, which is more than the population of Australia.
Video the next AI frontier
Published on 07/04/2023
» Ian Sansavera, a software architect at a New York startup called Runway AI, typed a short description of what he wanted to see in a video. “A tranquil river in the forest,” he wrote.