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Japanese data centres expand into Thailand

Japanese data centres expand into Thailand

Two Japan-based data centre providers have invested US$164 million (5.5 billion baht) in Thailand to build and expand data centres.

8 Jun 2023 5
WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'

WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'

SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations try a new feature called "Channels" that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service.

8 Jun 2023

Microsoft stock booming on AI run

It's not a good time to be working for Microsoft, but it is a good time to be a shareholder or executive. Stock is up over 30%, net income is up and the CEO Satya Nadella got a nice 10% raise. Regular workers received no pay rise, or effectively a 5% pay cut due to inflation. Microsoft has rationalised it as pat and generic reasons like a "competitive environment" and the "global macroeconomic uncertainties". In reality, Microsoft is using the money to jump into the AI wave through a multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI.

7 Jun 2023
Microsoft stock booming on AI run
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QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leafing through the leather-bound menu at a classic Rio de Janeiro restaurant, the tile-floored, wood-paneled Armazem Sao Thiago, 28-year-old Paula Cardoso says something that amounts to heresy in this establishment: "I prefer QR code menus."

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QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond
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US lawyer sorry after ChatGPT creates 'bogus' cases

NEW YORK - What happened when a US lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing? The artificial intelligence program invented fake cases and rulings, leaving the attorney rather red-faced.

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US lawyer sorry after ChatGPT creates 'bogus' cases
8 Jun 2023

WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'

SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations try a new feature called "Channels" that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service.

8 Jun 2023
WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'
8 Jun 2023

Japanese data centres expand into Thailand

Two Japan-based data centre providers have invested US$164 million (5.5 billion baht) in Thailand to build and expand data centres.

8 Jun 2023 5
Japanese data centres expand into Thailand
8 Jun 2023

Asphere unveils platform for developing metaverse

SET-listed game publisher Asphere Innovations plans to introduce in Southeast Asia a platform for building a metaverse to cash in on the trend of companies adopting the virtual world as a marketing tool.

8 Jun 2023
Asphere unveils platform for developing metaverse
7 Jun 2023

iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive

Apple, on June 5, announced iOS 17, a major release that upgrades the communications experience across Phone, FaceTime, and Messages, making sharing even easier with AirDrop and providing more intelligent input that improves the speed and accuracy of typing.

7 Jun 2023
iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive
7 Jun 2023

Hackers breach encrypted file-sharing software

NEW YORK: Cybersecurity experts are bracing for a potential wave of extortion demands after a vulnerability was discovered in encrypted file-sharing software, a flaw that hackers have already used to target a string of high-profile victims, including British Airways and the BBC.

7 Jun 2023 2
Hackers breach encrypted file-sharing software
7 Jun 2023

US steps up crypto crackdown with Coinbase suit

NEW YORK: In their second major action against a big crypto player in two days, United States regulators sued Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging its failure to register as a securities exchange venue exposed investors to risk.

7 Jun 2023
US steps up crypto crackdown with Coinbase suit
7 Jun 2023

Microsoft stock booming on AI run

It's not a good time to be working for Microsoft, but it is a good time to be a shareholder or executive. Stock is up over 30%, net income is up and the CEO Satya Nadella got a nice 10% raise. Regular workers received no pay rise, or effectively a 5% pay cut due to inflation. Microsoft has rationalised it as pat and generic reasons like a "competitive environment" and the "global macroeconomic uncertainties". In reality, Microsoft is using the money to jump into the AI wave through a multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI.

7 Jun 2023
Microsoft stock booming on AI run
7 Jun 2023

Pact targets surge in digital volunteers

The Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE) entered into a collaboration agreement with nine agencies on Tuesday in a bid to increase the number of digital volunteers to 300,000 by 2024, with the aim of promoting accessibility and understanding of digital technology among villagers.

7 Jun 2023
Pact targets surge in digital volunteers
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‘Bossa Nova Queen’ Astrud Gilberto dies at 83

BRASILIA: Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose version of “The Girl from Ipanema” was an international success in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 83, her family said.

6 Jun 2023 3

Mongolian Rhapsody? Secrets from the Freddie Mercury estate

LONDON: A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year.

1 Jun 2023 2

Exhibit honours Thai role models

A list of 100 role models honoured for their inspiring innovations to change the world sustainably is presented in an online exhibition titled "100 Faces Of Thailand's Innovation Inspirers 3".

30 May 2023 1