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Taiwan signals new openness to nuclear power
News, Matthew Winkler, Miaojung Lin, Debby Wu and Yian Lee, Published on 23/10/2024
» Taiwan is "very open" to using new nuclear technology to meet surging demand from chipmakers devouring electricity in the AI boom, according to Premier Cho Jung-tai -- one of the strongest signs yet that the government is rethinking its opposition to reactors.
Nvidia's huge growth masks AI disillusionment
News, Parmy Olson, Published on 21/06/2024
» Does anyone in Silicon Valley know the saying, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall?" Perhaps it's just a matter of time before they will.
Premier League bets $5 billion on game theory
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 08/11/2023
» Competitive tension is essential to the thrill of any sporting contest. The world's richest domestic soccer competition hasn't been over-endowed on that score in recent years, with Abu Dhabi-bankrolled Manchester City winning England's top division for three consecutive years and leading the table again almost a third into the current season. Those hankering for a bit more drama might do better to turn their attention to the unfolding financial contest for control of who screens the games.
US says it looks forward to working with new govt
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/07/2023
» The United States is looking forward to promoting trade and investment, and education diplomacy with Thailand's new government, according to Ambassador Robert F Godec.
There's always something worth a laugh
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/12/2022
» Recently I watched on television the 1992 film Chaplin, starring Robert Downey Jr as the great English comic actor, best known in Thailand simply as Charlie. It brought back happy memories of the mid-1970s when a series of the Chaplin movies were re-released in Thailand and proved a huge hit. The Thai public loved Charlie.
Well, it's only a slogan after all
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/05/2020
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand has decreed that the "Amazing Thailand" slogan will need rebranding once the coronavirus situation is sorted out. So from October, we will be treated to "Amazing Trusted Thailand", emphasising safety and aimed at "high-end" tourists. Well-intentioned as it may be, this new slogan doesn't exactly roll off the tongue and the middle word may prompt a few wry smiles.
KMITL to collaborate with Amazon for cloud classes
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 23/02/2020
» King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com which offers cloud computing services and solutions to organisations around the world, to build cloud skills among the student population and adult workforce to bridge Thailand's skills gap in emerging technologies.
Fifty fascinating years in Wonderland
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/04/2019
» Having first arrived in Thailand a few days before Songkran, each year the festival approaches it sparks memories of those early days in the Kingdom. This year is slightly more significant because earlier this week marked my 50th year in Thailand, or to put it another way, roughly 18,250 days. That sounds decidedly scary. The frightening thing is that I can remember those early days better than the events of last week. The immature youth is now an immature wrinkly.
The paradoxes of Thai education
News, Rattana Lao, Published on 16/01/2019
» Professor Gerald W Fry of the University of Minnesota is an expert academic on the complexity of Thai education for the past seven decades. He is the editor of a new 744-page book, Education in Thailand: An Old Elephant in Search of a New Mahout, that is the equivalent of an encyclopedia of Thai education.
Let's take a closer look at that Huawei arrest
News, Joe Nocera, Published on 10/12/2018
» When you grow up in the US, and then devote your career to writing about domestic corporations, you don't spend a lot of time thinking about the rule of law, or why it matters. It's like the air you breathe -- you just assume it's always going to be there.