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Russian propagandists slam Putin’s crackdown on Telegram
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/02/2026
» Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal fans are up in arms over the Kremlin’s latest move to restrict the Telegram messaging service and push people to use a new state-backed alternative.
YouTube Music rolls out AI playlists to rival Spotify
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 17/02/2026
» YouTube Music has launched a new AI Playlist feature aimed at competing with Spotify’s Prompted Playlists system, making the tool available exclusively to Premium subscribers as it tightens restrictions on free users.
Discord to mandate face scans or ID for adult content access
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 11/02/2026
» Discord, a popular communication platform where people can talk and hang out using text, voice, and video, said it will require users to verify their age through facial scanning or ID checks to access adult content, with the new measures set to roll out globally from March as part of stronger protections for minors.
Google tests Project Genie to let users create virtual worlds
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 03/02/2026
» Google has commenced public testing of "Project Genie", a breakthrough feature allowing users to generate immersive virtual environments through simple text prompts and a significant leap in generative world-building technology.
China's Buddha artisans carve out a living from dying trade
AFP, Published on 19/01/2026
» SUZHOU, China - In a dimly lit workshop in eastern China, craftsman Zhang measured and shaped a block of wood into a foot as dozens of half-completed life-sized Buddha statues looked on silently.
Dead to Rights: When the camera becomes a weapon
Khanaphot Saengchai, Published on 15/01/2026
» Reload. Aim. Shoot. The verbs describing life-taking actions with a gun can also describe reloading film, framing a shot, and operating a camera. Dead to Rights (2025), a fictional retelling of the Nanjing massacre, draws a horrendous parallel between guns and cameras as instruments of war.
Japan's hospital dogs bring moments of normalcy to seriously ill children
Kyodo News, Published on 02/01/2026
» As a Labrador retriever named Masa entered a pediatric hospital ward in Tokyo, children's eyes lit up.
A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Gone But Not Forgotten
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/12/2025
» 2025 really needs to slow down. The world is mourning as we lost so many talented people across film, television, music and more.
Twenty-nine beloved celebrities the world lost in 2025
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/12/2025
» This year, we lost some of the icons who shaped pop culture, from Hollywood legends to beloved musicians and television stars, including Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Val Kilmer. We honour their memory by celebrating their lives and their enduring works.