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Klook sees 2m bookings for Thai packages
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 14/02/2024
» Online travel platform Klook expects at least 2 million bookings for tourism packages in Thailand this year, doubling growth from last year, as the country remains a top destination in Asia, particularly for tourists from China and the US.
1,168 platform operators register
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/02/2024
» More than 1,000 digital platform service operators have registered with the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) system, in line with the digital platform service (DPS) law.
Ministry preps cell broadcast entity warning system
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/02/2024
» The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) is set to submit a plan to develop a cell broadcast emergency warning system to the cabinet next month, with the aim of getting the system off the ground this year to deal with incidents of public disorder and disasters.
Indonesia says rice stock adequate amid sale restrictions, seeks imports from Thailand
Published on 12/02/2024
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's government on Monday sought to assure consumers that rice stocks were adequate amid increasing sale restrictions in mini markets and supermarkets since the end of 2023.
Council reveals mass data leak of 19.7m seniors
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 11/02/2024
» The Thailand Consumers Council is urging the Department of Older Persons (DOP) to take action and inform 19.7 million of its members that their personal data is being sold on the dark web.
Key portals to Global Digital Compact
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/02/2024
» This year will witness the formulation and adoption of the UN-backed Global Digital Compact if all goes as planned. It will provide a policy framework for digital relations worldwide, although not yet equivalent to a binding treaty. What, then, are the stakes, the key portals to the digital future?
Google's once happy offices feel the chill of layoffs
New York Times, Published on 08/02/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — When Diane Hirsh Theriault's co-worker returned from lunch to Google’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, office one afternoon in October, his work badge could not open a turnstile. He quickly realised it was a sign that he had been laid off.
Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Like millions worldwide, Southeast Asians have been trying out large language models (LLMs) such as Meta's Llama 2 and Mistral AI - but in their native Bahasa Indonesia or Thai. The result has usually been gibberish in English.
Hunger-striking activist Netiporn taken to hospital
Published on 06/02/2024
» Political activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was taken from prison to the Correctional Hospital on Tuesday, the 11th day of her hunger strike, according to her lawyers.
Thai business leaders must embrace AI now
Published on 05/02/2024
» Every once in a while, you listen to someone who changes how you see or understand something important. I had the chance to learn from Amir Goldberg, a professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and he did just that.