Showing 1 - 10 of 48
Return to Silent Hill: A psychological and survival horror that cannot be dethroned
Nonthawat Phakham, Published on 05/02/2026
» Sometimes overcoming the sins that rot inside us is not about therapy, treatment or running away but about returning to face them once more. If you choose that path, welcome back to Silent Hill.
Gaggan in Bangkok is Asia's best restaurant
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 25/03/2025
» Gaggan under the helm of chef-patron Gaggan Anand took the top spot at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, this evening. Gaggan was declared also the best restaurant in Thailand and this is the fifth time the restaurant has brought home the No.1 spot.
The euthanasia debate
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/02/2025
» A request for euthanasia from a terminally ill patient -- a controversial practice that remains illegal in Thailand -- inspired Dr Isaree Siriwankulthon, a palliative care physician-cum-author, to write a popular novel in 2023.
Doom, not gloom kicks off my 2025
Life, James Hein, Published on 29/01/2025
» Over the years, the game Doom has been ported onto some amazing platforms including a pregnancy test kit screen. The latest iteration of this practice has turned up in a version that will run in a .PDF file. If you are like me, then this will cause your mental processing to pause for a moment and your next thought may well be: "Wait, what?" The Portable Document Format (PDF) was developed to present documents in a manner that is independent of the software, hardware and operating system showing them. While it does this well, some malware writers have exploited its complexities.
Turning smart glasses into surveillance tools
Life, James Hein, Published on 23/10/2024
» I'm sure most readers are familiar with the Apple Vision Pro, and may have also been witness to someone wearing one out in the real world, because I have. Since then, there has been a new version of the Meta Ray-Bans that look like a pair of nerd glasses from the 1970s. The latter have turned into something from the TV series Person Of Interest by a couple of Harvard undergrads. The pair, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are known for their punch-activated flamethrower. This time they built a system that allows the Ray-Bans to scan faces of people in view, pass this to an AI system that scans the internet for identification, and builds a dossier that is passed back to the glasses. It's called I-XRAY and challenges the concept of privacy because, if available, it will even provide details like address and social security number.
Govt defends its ‘confidence’ in Tomorrowland
MONGKOL BANGPRAPA, Published on 29/03/2024
» The government has defended its stance after the organisers of Tomorrowland, a major electronic dance music (EDM) festival, denied a government statement suggesting that the annual event would come to Thailand, saying the offer was still being studied.
NCSA & Huawei collaborate to foster cybersecurity in Thailand
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 01/11/2023
» National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) vows to execute stricter enforcement of disciplinary and administrative measures on organisations which have critical information infrastructure (CII) that fail to comply with a minimum cybersecurity standard, while outlining its proactive strategy to enhance its critical infrastructure protection, promote the cybersecurity career sector, and bolster the public's cyber immunity.
Security incidents surge in line with growth in hybrid work
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/06/2023
» Some 72% of respondents to a survey in Thailand experienced at least double the number of security incidents recorded in 2022, which has been attributed to an increase in hybrid work, according to a survey commissioned by Fortinet.
Twitter hinders 'troll hunters' battling climate denial
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» PARIS: For years, a band of science-loving "troll hunters" hounded climate change deniers off Twitter -- but Elon Musk's takeover has upended their efforts, with many ousted accounts back, pushing fresh disinformation.
On the naughty Stephff
Life, Dave Kendall, Published on 07/04/2023
» 'Hard cover. 160 color pages of pure old-fashioned sexism, outrageous political incorrectness and borderline humor with a touch of ugly neocolonialist patronizing that will definitely make this book strictly forbidden in 20 years."