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McKinsey analysis homes in on 13 frontier tech trends
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/08/2025
» Agentic artificial intelligent (AI), application-specific semiconductors, and robotic and bioengineering innovations are emerging as the key technological forces transforming the business landscape in 2025, according to the latest report released by McKinsey & Company.
DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’ exposes holes in US chip curbs
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of the AI startup DeepSeek, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in artificial intelligence.
UNODC Launches #TechSafeSpace Campaign for Digital Safety
Published on 15/07/2024
» With the misuse of technology posing a serious threat across Southeast Asia for the past few years, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is launching a regional campaign for governments and the public to raise awareness about the safe and responsible use of technology. The campaign, titled #TechSafeSpace, aims to promote a secure digital environment, promote digital inclusion and responsibility, and uphold human rights.
Reshaping Japan research funding
Oped, Published on 08/11/2023
» Rightly concerned about a decline in Japanese universities' research capabilities, the Japanese government has created a ¥10 trillion (2.4 trillion baht) fund to address the problem. While cash accounts for around 11% of the new University Fund of Japan (UFJ), the remaining 89% takes the form of a 20-year "loan" from the government, which borrowed the money from the market at a very low interest rate.
Generative AI seen as key tech trend for year ahead
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/08/2023
» Generative artificial intelligence (AI), immersive technology and climate technology are the top three trends that will impact Thailand the most in the next 12 months, according to the Thai branch of global consultancy McKinsey & Company.
Building a Sustainable, Digital Business
Published on 25/03/2022
» Asia-Pacific is ripe with opportunities for digital transformation and the pandemic has accelerated it. As 5G rolls out at scale, connectivity, cloud, AI, computing, and industry applications have all come together to create unprecedented opportunities for the ICT sector.
WhatsApp flap shows importance of message platform to Facebook
AFP, Published on 10/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: When WhatsApp users began to raise concerns about a new privacy policy being rolled out, members of a Washington pickup soccer group decided to switch their communications to rival messaging platform Signal, ditching the Facebook-owned service.
Google moves away from diet of 'cookies' to track users
AFP, Published on 07/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders.
SMAC in the DARQ: the tech trends shaping 2020
AFP, Published on 05/12/2019
» LONDON - In 2020, will the wow factor return to consumer hardware? Will blockchain and 5G punch into the mainstream? Or will the world unify against Big Tech's privacy-busting, tax-avoiding practices?
Reaching for the digital summit
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/01/2017
» Organisations in Thailand have a long way to go in their 2017 digital transformation journeys to keep pace with new innovations and disruptive digital technologies, as well as drive differentiation and their competitive positions.