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Tech veteran turns focus to Thailand 4.0
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/12/2019
» Being sincere to build trust, staying positive, pushing boundaries and having a long-term plan are aspects of the philosophy that has cast Dhanawat Suthumpun, managing director of Microsoft Thailand, as one of the leaders of a local tech industry in which he has had a hand for more than 25 years.
Life in the low-code cloud
Asia focus, Published on 02/12/2019
» Zoho Corporation, a comprehensive IT management software provider, is gearing up to serve the vibrant startup community and digital transformation trends in Southeast Asia where different countries are at different stages of development. It is doing this by helping companies and developers make mobile and web applications with low-code platforms.
What will 5G do for me?
Business, Published on 12/11/2019
» 4G wireless communication -- compared with 3G and 2G -- has delivered huge gains in performance in the past decade. Heading into the next decade, 5G will build on this with not only evolutionary growth in bandwidth, but also better use of wireless spectrum.
Don't call AI bigoted
Life, James Hein, Published on 06/11/2019
» Despite what some claim, Artificial Intelligence is not racist. Google built a system to detect hate speech or speech that exhibited questionable content. Following the rules given, it picked out a range of people with what some try to claim was a bias toward black people. Wrong. The AI simply followed the rules and a larger number of black people and some other minorities, as defined in the US, were found to be breaking those rules. It didn't matter to the machines that when one group says it, it isn't defined as hate speech by some; it simply followed the rules. People can ignore or pretend not to see rules, but machines don't work that way. What the exercise actually found was that speech by some groups is ignored while the same thing said by others isn't. As the saying goes, don't ask the question if you're not prepared to hear the answer.
Google lays claim to 'quantum supremacy'
Business, Reuters, Published on 25/10/2019
» BERLIN/SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc's Google says it has achieved a breakthrough in computing research by using a quantum computer to solve in minutes a complex problem that would take today's most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack.
Top tech firms tout AI
Business, Published on 31/05/2019
» Artificial intelligence (AI) is already integrated into the private and public sectors across Asia, and companies are optimistic about its potential to improve not only efficiency but also personal welfare, according to officials at top technology firms.
Learning to excel in a disruptive era
Business, Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 30/04/2019
» Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, machine learning, big data, digital marketing, blockchain, fintech, Industry 4.0, Business 4.0 and even Human Resources 4.0 -- no doubt you've read about most or all of these topics in the past few years. What they all have in common is technology that is getting bigger and better in all possible ways, disrupting businesses and organisations in all directions.
Human override here to stay
Life, James Hein, Published on 10/04/2019
» Computers are useful tools and they will emotionlessly churn through thousands of operations in the blink of an eye to produce whatever results they were programmed to do. Most of the time the results are welcomed. When it comes to malware the results generate a different reaction, and then there are those spaces in the middle. The situation surrounding the Boeing 737 Max MCAS aircraft and the recent crash is an excellent example. The latest analysis would seem to indicate that the computer engineers made some choices that have had unintended consequences. In this case overriding the wishes of the pilots by assuming the plane was crashing, when it wasn't, and not allowing the human pilots to correct the computer's decisions.
The world knows where you've been
Life, James Hein, Published on 16/01/2019
» A reminder for those operating in the digital world. This includes the internet, your phone, social media and basically anything in the public sphere. You can all but guarantee that everything you post online is eventually available to everyone. It doesn't matter what promises your provider might offer -- and maybe they're even being as honest as they can be -- eventually your data will turn up on a public server somewhere. The golden rule is simple: if you don't want everyone to see something, then don't post it anywhere on public networks.
Big Blue's SE Asian hub builder
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/12/2018
» She is the first managing director of IBM Thailand in its 66-year history who is not a veteran of the company.