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GenAI shaking up the entire IT landscape
Business, Published on 21/01/2025
» Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already beginning to affect areas where most people would assume only humans can have lasting impact. It is a trend that underpins many of the top IT predictions for 2025 and beyond, according to the market research firm Gartner Inc.
Initiative to develop corruption risk index
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/01/2025
» The Comptroller General's Department has teamed up with the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) to develop a risk index for corruption in government procurement.
LA fires reveal limits of California's utility fund
News, Published on 21/01/2025
» Financial losses from the devastating Los Angeles wildfires are mounting after the blazes incinerated entire neighbourhoods and destroyed thousands of homes. And now, investors are growing increasingly concerned that a US$21 billion (720 billion baht) state fund crafted to backstop utilities will fall far short of what's needed if companies are found liable.
AI alone cannot save the planet
Oped, Published on 21/01/2025
» This year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos held during Jan 20-24, where participants will address the theme of "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age," comes at a critical juncture for the planet. Ecosystems are straining under the pressure of climate change, and the interconnected cycles that maintain freshwater availability, soil moisture, ocean health, and plant growth are spinning out of balance at an alarming pace.
Power price trap
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2025
» Re: "Power tariff faces trim of 17 satang", (Business, Jan 17).
Lands Department undeterred by Alpine compensation risk
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/01/2025
» The Department of Lands (DoL) has expressed no concern about possibly paying up to 7.7 billion baht in compensation after the Interior Ministry ordered the revocation of ownership titles for the Alpine Golf and Sports Club and nearby residential properties in Pathum Thani province.
Philippines plans $3.5 billion in global bond sales
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2025
» MANILA — The Philippines plans to sell US$3.5 billion in overseas debt this year, lower than last year, as heightened global uncertainties may prompt the government to borrow more domestically as rate cuts continue, according to its finance chief.
Champions League giants scrap for knockout spots
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» PARIS - A year of unprecedented pressures on the global football calendar begins with a Champions League first, as two rounds of matches in Europe's elite club competition take place in January and some of the continent's biggest names face a scrap to avoid a humiliating exit.
New 'oligarchy' under fire as global elite descend on Davos
AFP, Published on 20/01/2025
» DAVOS, Switzerland - A leading NGO warned on Monday of an emerging "aristocratic oligarchy" with massive political clout and primed to profit from Donald Trump's presidency, as global elites descend on Davos for their annual confab.
Hitting the jackpot?
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 20/01/2025
» At the cabinet meeting last week, the government pressed ahead with a major initiative to stimulate the economy by approving the legalisation of casinos under the cloak of an "entertainment complex".