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PHUKET: Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers have arrested a 26-year-old man in Phuket accused of hacking an online game and mobile phone top-up website, with police alleging he taught himself advanced hacking techniques using artificial intelligence tools despite having only a Grade 6 education.

Monday 20 July 2026 10:30 AM

Losing the AI Race

Phuket Life / Technology

Sunday 19 July 2026 12:00 PM

America’s supposedly freewheeling Trump administration is locking up its country’s best AI models, while autocratic China is letting hers rip.

Power plan for data centres readied

BANGKOK: Thailand’s energy authorities are intensifying efforts to finalise considerations for the country’s pilot direct power purchase agreement (PPA) scheme, which is expected to support the rapid growth of data centres and cloud service businesses.

Sunday 19 July 2026 11:00 AM

PM hails Phuket boy’s world coding triumph

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has hailed a 9-year-old Phuket student after he claimed two world coding titles and was ranked No.1 globally at an international competition in Italy.

Sunday 19 July 2026 09:15 AM

Phuket hosts national training to boost PAO engineering with AI, GIS

PHUKET: Phuket hosted a national training programme this week aimed at helping engineering personnel from Provincial Administrative Organisations (PAOs) across Thailand adopt digital technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to improve infrastructure planning and public services.

Saturday 18 July 2026 10:00 AM

Ratsada Mayor files legal defamation complaint

PHUKET: Ratsada Mayor Jirayus Songyot has announced legal action against the administrators of Facebook pages accused of publishing false information that he says has damaged his reputation.

Wednesday 15 July 2026 01:23 PM

Second phase of AI project is shelved

BANGKOK: The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has shelved the second phase of its ambitious TH-AI Passport project, calling it a “strategic internal decision” to evaluate demand and the first phase.

Sunday 12 July 2026 11:00 AM

EU moves closer to kicking kids off social media

BRUSSELS: Restrictions on children’s use of social media in the European Union could come as early as this summer, as a long-awaited expert report next week is expected to recommend limiting minors’ access to online platforms.

Saturday 11 July 2026 02:00 PM

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 after making ‘many changes’

WASHINGTON: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI released its most powerful artificial intelligence model to the public yesterday (July 9), with its chief executive saying the company made “many changes” to the system during a security review with the US government.

Friday 10 July 2026 12:28 PM

Russian hacker arrested in Phuket pleads not guilty after extradition to US

PHUKET: A Russian man arrested in Phuket last November has pleaded not guilty in a US federal court after being extradited from Thailand to face charges over an alleged cyber espionage campaign linked to the Russian government.

Friday 10 July 2026 10:23 AM

Phuket police arrest Russians linked to online scam cash network

PHUKET: Police have arrested one Russian national and detained another after raiding three locations across Phuket in an operation targeting a network suspected of withdrawing cash linked to online scam syndicates.

Wednesday 8 July 2026 04:14 PM

NBTC to roll out digital radio platform

BANGKOK: In addition to a national digital TV broadcast streaming platform, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to develop a national digital radio and audio platform to bridge the 'radio broadcasting gap' and promote automated emergency and disaster alerts nationwide.

Monday 6 July 2026 12:03 PM

Computer buyers shrug off price hike

BANGKOK: Despite higher computer prices, consumer demand has not declined as IT products have become resilient economic necessities, say retailers.

Saturday 4 July 2026 11:00 AM

For sale on Facebook: monkeys, rhino horn and dead pangolins

BANGKOK: The ghostly white creature curled up on a weighing scale is almost unrecognisable in the Facebook post offering it for sale. Only closer inspection reveals it to be a dead pangolin.

Wednesday 1 July 2026 08:30 AM

Thailand data usage beats global average

BANGKOK: Thailand's data consumption is expected to exceed the global average by 2031, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) applications, extended reality devices and video generation, says Ericsson.

Sunday 28 June 2026 11:00 AM

Australia teen social media ban has little impact

SYDNEY: Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers said today (June 25) in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading measures.

Thursday 25 June 2026 08:39 AM

Geopolitics and AI in spotlight at China’s ‘Summer Davos’

DALIAN: Breakthroughs in technologies such as AI are touted as drivers of economic growth, but headwinds include concerns over job losses and geopolitical tensions, speakers told AFP at China’s “Summer Davos” this week.

Wednesday 24 June 2026 11:36 AM

Phuket marine police seize Starlink, bust illegal Chinese fishing tour