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Chinese police bust counterfeit chip factory supplying hardware makers
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 03/11/2025
» Police in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have reportedly busted a massive network involved in counterfeiting electronic chips, leading to a warning that consumers should be extremely cautious when purchasing parts for personal computers.
K-pop stars ZeroBaseOne set to perform in Bangkok
Life, Published on 13/10/2025
» K-pop groups formed through reality singing contests often rise to fame quickly because they already have a large fan base. ZeroBaseOne is one such group that has followed this successful format.
Promoting co-existence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/05/2025
» While parents were sitting on picnic blankets, kids were romping with laughter reverberating across the yard. Stationed according to their own age in an arcade, players hit flashing buttons to create notes as fast as possible -- hence rearranging popular songs with melodies of different generations.
LLMs are left-leaning models
Life, James Hein, Published on 07/05/2025
» A while back I wrote about the political bias in Large Language Models (LLMs). Since then the models have evolved and David Rozado has conducted more recent tests based on four of the popular political orientation tests. Using the Political Compass, Political Spectrum, Political Correctness and Eysenck tests, he worked with xAI Grok 3 beta, Google's Gemini 2.5 pro, Deepseek V3, OpenAI GPT 4.1 and Meta's Llama 4 Maverick. In all but one of the tests Grok 3 was closest to the centre, and on average was the clear leader. All the models were still located in the Left Libertarian quadrant, with Grok just sneaking into a more Conservative area with the Eysenck test. These tests are of course but one way to measure the political leanings of any LLM. Overall however, it does still indicate the left-leaning bias in all models tested so far. If you want to see more details, you can visit David Rozado's substack.
Spooky reads
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 09/10/2024
» This month, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) will embrace the Halloween spirit at the 29th Book Expo Thailand, running under the theme "Read To The Next Life". The event runs from tomorrow until Oct 20 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center and will blend literary excitement with a spooky atmosphere.
Satanic sounds from the jungle
Life, John Clewley, Published on 02/07/2024
» In the 1960s in Peru, a funky popular style emerged in the oil-boom cities of the Amazon. It was largely based on Colombian cumbia and Andean tropical music but using the pentatonic scale of Andean music. Additional ingredients include highland huayno, Cuban percussion, psych and surf rock (especially twangy guitars, with as many as three playing together) and plenty of spacey keyboards.
Bigger and better
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/03/2024
» Thailand is buzzing with anticipation as it gears up for the 52nd National Book Fair and the 22nd Bangkok International Book Fair, scheduled to begin tomorrow at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Running until April 8, the fair promises an array of literary treasures, with over one million books sprawled across an expansive exhibition area exceeding 20,000m².
Book fairs return to Queen Sirikit Convention Center
Life, Published on 26/03/2024
» The 52nd National Book Fair and the 22nd Bangkok International Book Fair will kick off on Thursday and run daily from 10am to 9pm until April 8, at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center's Hall 5-7, Ratchadaphisek Road.
Fenty lets you pucker up this Christmas
Life, Published on 26/12/2023
» Rihanna has planted colourful bombs in Fenty Beauty's Holla'Fame holiday collection.
No meat, no problem
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/11/2023
» Grab-and-go plant-based street food is somehow a rarity even in countries like Thailand or Singapore where the landscape is extremely vibrant. That is, however, not the case in Taiwan.