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Climate-driven consumer trends
Business, Published on 09/02/2023
» Almost 99% of the 15,000 global early technology adopters surveyed by Ericsson say they expect to be proactively using internet and connectivity-based solutions by 2030 to personally address the impact of climate change and global warming.
NBTC restates SIM registration warning
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/11/2022
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has reiterated warnings against the use of one ID card to register for more than five SIM cards, which violates the regulation, as it is ramping up efforts to combat fraudulent online activities and illegal transactions.
Apple's dynamic iPhone duo get bigger and better
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/11/2022
» Purple is my favourite colour and according to my mum, it was also the first colour I uttered as a child. Needless to say, that when Apple announced purple as being one of the new colours for the new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max I was ecstatic!
Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy if cash burn continues
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it does not start generating more cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
EU demands Apple play fair
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/06/2022
» It looks like the Apple-specific charging cable may be a thing of the past with the European Union demanding that all smartphone makers use a universal USB-C port for wired charging by 2024. The same rule will be applied to many other electronic devices like tablets, cameras, headphones, handheld video game consoles and e-readers. In the future, laptops will need to follow the same rule.
Unease as PDPA comes into force
Business, Tharittawat Samejaidee, Published on 27/05/2022
» After two years of delayed enforcement, the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) is set to come into force on June 1, with the authorities hoping the law sets a clear standard for personal data protection and raises international confidence in local businesses.
Tech giants, gatekeepers of the cloud
Life, James Hein, Published on 11/05/2022
» AWS, Microsoft and Google collectively made up 65% of global spend on cloud computing in Q1 2022, and their share is increasing year-on-year. At least two of these organisations have shut down users and companies they decided did not align with their ideologies. If you put your data on the cloud, it sits somewhere. In many cases, it's on the servers of these three companies who may or may not decide to cut you off without warning sometime in the future. It is also important to remember these three companies have servers across the globe and if a country decides to remove itself from the pack, it could take a peek at what you are storing there.
Robot tractors cause furrowed brows at Vegas tech show
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - Driverless ploughs and autonomous tools to weed vegetable plots are the latest innovations ready to help farmers juggling labor shortages, climate change and environmental protection, while trying to feed a growing world population.
The new year will see incremental growth in IT sector
Life, James Hein, Published on 05/01/2022
» Here we are in a bright and shiny new year. Let's see what this one might bring.
Alternative social platforms can be expensive
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/11/2021
» The alternative social media platform Rumble recently bought out another platform for creators called Locals. Rumble is a YouTube-like platform and Locals is aimed more at the alternative blogging community, including names like Scott Adams and Dan Bongino. I don't think this will be a long-term successful merger for a simple reason, and that is money. To be fair Locals is an alternative to Patreon, a platform that will nuke your account if it doesn't like your politics as evidenced by a long list of conservative commentators being axed without warning.