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BANGKOK: The government plans to downsize its civil service through an early retirement scheme while increasing pay for remaining staff, as the administration accelerates its transition towards digital governance and artificial intelligence-driven public services.

Thursday 4 June 2026 12:00 PM

Crypto futures, ETFs being prepped for Q3 rollout

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Saturday 30 May 2026 11:00 AM

BANGKOK: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on course to launch crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and crypto futures in the third quarter of this year as part of the regulator's efforts to modernise the country's capital markets and attract long-term investment flows.

Ministry defends TikTok plan

BANGKOK: The Education Ministry has defended its plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help teachers produce short educational videos for TikTok, after the initiative sparked criticism from opponents who argued it contradicted global efforts to curb children’s social media use.

Wednesday 27 May 2026 10:00 AM

Democrats launch AI platform to fight graft

BANGKOK: The Democrat Party has launched “Song Rat” (scan the state), an AI-based platform designed to detect irregularities in government projects, starting with procurement linked to artificial intelligence initiatives.

Tuesday 26 May 2026 12:00 PM

Phuket college launches Thai-Korean AI youth exchange initiative

PHUKET: Phuket Vocational College has partnered with South Korean education networks on a major initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence (AI) and international collaboration to equip young people with skills for the future global workforce.

Tuesday 26 May 2026 11:06 AM

China launches crewed space flight as part of Moon ambitions

BEIJING: China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early yesterday (May 25) as part of Beijing’s ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said.

Tuesday 26 May 2026 11:00 AM

AI growth puts 8.7mn Thai jobs at risk

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Tuesday 26 May 2026 09:19 AM

BANGKOK: Nearly 9 million workers could potentially be affected by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), according to estimates by the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

Esports in Thai schools to help build ‘digital human capital’

BANGKOK: The Thai government is pushing to integrate esports into schools nationwide, changing the perception from mere entertainment into a tool for preparing “digital human capital” for the global creative industry.

Friday 22 May 2026 09:30 AM

Bangkok schools limit mobile phone use

BANGKOK: Schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) introduced new measures to control mobile phone use on the first day of the new semester yesterday (May 18).

Tuesday 19 May 2026 01:00 PM

Patong woman arrested for online scam ‘mule accounts’

PHUKET: A 38-year-old woman wanted on three fraud-related arrest warrants was arrested in Patong after allegedly allowing her bank accounts to be used by online scammers targeting victims through Facebook sales schemes.

Monday 18 May 2026 10:00 AM

The Mythos moment: AI so dangerous you can’t have it

Phuket Life / Technology

Sunday 17 May 2026 02:00 PM

When tech giants locked in cut-throat competition don’t release their latest products, and governments bent on AI supremacy pivot from breakneck acceleration to regulation, you know something momentous is happening.

New B80m project to build AI infrastructure

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Sunday 10 May 2026 11:00 AM

BANGKOK: The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) have launched the ThaiLLM Foundation Model with an B80-million investment, intending to secure artificial intelligence (AI) sovereignty and drive the digital economy.

Experimental cafe run by AI opens in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM: The avocado toasts and baristas making foamy lattes make it look like any other cafe, except at this one, located in a Stockholm residential neighbourhood, artificial intelligence (AI) is running the place.

Saturday 2 May 2026 03:00 PM

Australia aims to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets

SYDNEY: Australia unveiled draft laws today (Apr 28) that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news.

Tuesday 28 April 2026 11:13 AM

Indonesian crypto scam suspect arrested in Phuket

PHUKET: An Indonesian man wanted by United States authorities and Interpol for a major cryptocurrency investment fraud has been arrested while hiding at a luxury resort in Phuket, Immigration Police have confirmed.

Tuesday 28 April 2026 09:30 AM

Thailand-China robotic surgery a first

BANGKOK: Thailand has successfully carried out its first cross-border tele-robotic surgery, marking a significant advance in the country’s medical technology and international healthcare collaboration, the Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday (Apr 21).

Thursday 23 April 2026 10:00 AM

Russian arrested for withdraws from mule accounts

PHUKET: A Russian man wanted on an arrest warrant for his role in a call centre scam network has been arrested in Phuket after repeatedly withdrawing funds from so-called ‘mule accounts’ linked to online fraud cases.

Tuesday 21 April 2026 11:30 AM

Lean Prompting as Sculpting

Phuket Life / Technology

Sunday 19 April 2026 02:00 PM

Back in the prehistoric days of 2024, minds were blown by the discovery that AI gave better answers if you asked it nicely. It was held up as proof of how bizarre and unpredictable this strange new intelligence really was.

Cambodian lawmakers approve anti-cybercrime law