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Expanding for the long term
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/04/2024
» Executives at long-standing conglomerate Yip In Tsoi Co Ltd credit expansion of its empire and navigating through challenges to foresight, business diversification and strong partnerships.
Curbing govt internet surveillance
Oped, Published on 24/10/2023
» Government efforts to access private communications are nothing new. In decades past, such attempts at prying were often justified on national-security grounds. Today, however, policymakers point to child safety and disinformation as reasons to limit privacy protections. Established democracies are often leading this charge, inadvertently paving the way for the world's autocrats.
Cybersecurity agency sets its agenda
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/10/2023
» The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) is focusing on implementing a proactive approach by improving critical infrastructure capabilities and lifting the public's cyber-immunity and cybersecurity awareness.
ChatGPT drafts law as Latin America seeks to regulate AI
Published on 11/07/2023
» MEXICO CITY: When Costa Rican lawmakers wanted to draw attention to the need to regulate artificial intelligence, they asked ChatGPT to write a new law to do it for them.
Firms rejig to survive in lean times
Business, Published on 07/06/2022
» Businesses adopted cost reduction, increased productivity, and emphasised environmental standards to cope with the pandemic and global challenges stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, panellists told the Forbes Thailand 2022 Forum on Monday.
Cities Take the Lead in Setting Rules Around How AI Is Used
Business, Published on 12/04/2022
» As cities and states roll out algorithms to help them provide services like policing and traffic management, they are also racing to come up with policies for using this new technology.
Dtac adds on gaming, cybersecurity
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 03/03/2022
» Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (Dtac) is expanding its services beyond mobile connectivity by tapping into cybersecurity, gaming SIM cards and payments, while upgrading its app to cater to people's new lifestyles, including non-Dtac users.
Prospect of Ukraine talks calms investors' nerves
Business, Published on 19/02/2022
» Recap: Global stocks rose yesterday as the announcement of talks between Russia and the US over Ukraine scheduled for next week helped ease investors' concerns over geopolitical risks.
A year after Myanmar coup, growing surveillance threatens lives
Published on 31/01/2022
» A group of young men were recently stopped at a security checkpoint in Yangon and asked to hand over their mobile phones. After being questioned about social media apps on their phones, one was fined for using a virtual private network (VPN).
Time to take data security seriously
News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2021
» As we enter the last weeks of 2021, there's no better time to reflect on the past 12 months than now. While Covid-19, vaccine inequity, reversals on gains made in the fight against poverty, climate change, and shifting geopolitical conflicts captured the public's imagination, another scourge also made its presence felt, although rather discreetly.