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Seeing with eyes closed
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 09/02/2026
» Amidst the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, with streets congested with people and vehicles even late at night, Tuck Bangkok, an Asian art and design sanctuary located near BTS Phrom Phong, does not offer only serenity and peace, but is also a living environment where the visible world and invisible world meet.
A year in art
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/12/2025
» Since Thailand's art scene flourished this year, especially in Bangkok, city residents had access to a diverse range of art. As the year draws to an end, Life spoke with Sukontip Nakasem, founder of Warin Lab Contemporary & La Lanta Fine Art, and Voravuj Sujjaporamest, founder of VS Gallery, about highlights and significant art events that happened this year. While Warin Lab Contemporary is renowned for presenting prevailing issues related to ecology and the environment, VS Gallery stands out for presenting issues related to marginalised people.
Artists flee Elon Musk's X as new AI image-editing feature sparks outrage
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 27/12/2025
» Digital creators and illustrators are abandoning X, formerly Twitter, en masse following the introduction of a controversial image-editing feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to modify others' work without consent. The exodus, led by high-profile artists, highlights growing fears over intellectual property theft and the potential for harassment through Elon Musk’s Grok AI integration.
Microsoft plans Remote Attestation system to prevent game cheating
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 07/12/2025
» Microsoft is advancing its measures to combat computer game cheating with a new system known as Remote Attestation, designed to verify a player's boot process and transmit confirmation data to Azure servers upon every startup. The feature is set to make its debut in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, utilising security technologies including Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and Virtualization-based Security (VBS).
The triality of light
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 27/08/2025
» In today's digital age and AI technology, impossible photographs become more common. However, back in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s when technology was not as advanced, creating artistic photographs was a huge challenge.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
State Railway of Thailand to begin testing Japanese trains 'before end of June'
Life, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/05/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will begin testing KiHa 40 and 48 diesel trains before the end of next month, as it plans to start deploying the second-hand trains from Japan on suburban feeder routes by year-end.
Iconic rock band Guns N' Roses set for return to Kingdom
Life, Published on 14/04/2025
» American hard rock band Guns N' Roses will make a comeback to the Kingdom for a one-night only gig next month.
Forming new habits involves creation of new neural pathways
Life, Dr Eve Glazier and Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 01/04/2025
» DEAR DOCTORS: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for about a month, but now he's also quit trying. Why are resolutions so hard to keep?
Jetsons cars finally take off
Life, James Hein, Published on 26/03/2025
» Some readers will remember the old cartoon The Jetsons. This promised a future with flying cards, robot assistants and helpful computer tools. We have or are getting very close to the robot assistants, and the latest artificial intelligence offerings seem to be the automated helpers. Missing to date are the flying cars. That may have changed with the new Jetson ONE, a single person flying car I saw a demonstration of in a recent video. It looked good, seemed to fly with good stability and landed without any issue. You can find the demos with a simple search. The craft has vertical take-off and landing capability. However, I shudder to think of what thousands of these might look like in the skies above a city without some serious improvements in driving and collision avoidance.