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Indonesia minister says Musk to consider offer to build EV battery plant in country
Published on 20/05/2024
» DENPASAR: Indoonesia's coordinating minister of investment said that Elon Musk will consider an offer to build an electric vehicle battery plant in the country, after the CEO of Tesla met with President Joko Widodo on Monday.
Elon Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali for planned Starlink launch
Published on 19/05/2024
» JAKARTA: Tycoon Elon Musk arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday ahead of the planned launch of SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which the Indonesian government hopes will boost internet penetration and health services in remote parts of the sprawling archipelago.
Solar storm disrupts Starlink satellites
Published on 11/05/2024
» Starlink, the satellite arm of SpaceX controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, warned on Saturday of “degraded service” as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm due to solar activity in two decades.
Solar storm brings dazzling aurora, threatens power grids
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2024
» LOS ANGELES - A severe solar storm this weekend brought a dazzling display of the Northern Lights that could be seen across Europe and as far south as Alabama in the United States, while threatening to trigger blackouts and disrupt navigation systems around the world.
US-China to discuss arms control and artificial intelligence
Published on 07/05/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and Chinese diplomats plan to meet later this month to begin what amounts to the first, tentative arms control talks over the use of artificial intelligence.
X remains an influential platform
Life, James Hein, Published on 24/04/2024
» How influential is Twitter/X? Some will remember a while back when Elon Musk gave his opinion on Disney. I won't repeat it here but it was very direct. Up until recently, Disney hadn't posted anything on X but about a week before you read this, they were back with a gold checkmark. These cost about US$10,000 (368,000 baht), which while not expensive for Disney, indicates how they see X as a platform for communicating to all those potentially interested in all things Disney. Elon Musk is still supporting people like Gina Carano in suing Disney for what they did to her and others based allegedly on their political and religious views.
Q&A, truth, lies, the web and you
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/04/2024
» The online world is changing and not necessarily for the better. I'm old enough to remember what you were looking for came up as the first search result, when there was a search facility, that is. The old Bulletin Boards kept their subject matter to the topic of the board with opinions kept to opinion sites. Sites on science were not one-sided as they presented the facts along with the supporting data for checking and verification. If people disagreed, they also brought their data along to challenge a thesis and a healthy and often robust debate followed. That was then.
26 Thais on global billionaires list
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/04/2024
» Twenty-six Thais are among a record 2,781 billionaires worldwide, according to an annual survey by Forbes magazine.
26 Thais on global billionaires list
Published on 03/04/2024
» Twenty-six Thais are among a record 2,781 billionaires worldwide, according to an annual survey by Forbes magazine.
China’s advancing efforts to influence the US election raise alarms
Published on 01/04/2024
» Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Joe Biden ahead of the election in November, according to researchers and government officials.