Science and technology
Thailand unveils Digital Park
True Digital Park, Thailand’s first and Southeast Asia’s largest digital innovation hub, announced the completion of its start-up ecosystem, reinforcing the readiness to drive the regional digital economy forward.The opening ceremony was presided over by the nation’s Deputy Prime Minister who also gave a keynote ...
Thailand falls one place in digital index
Thailand slipped one place to 40th in the World Digital Competitiveness Index 2019, partly because of a lack of public access to digital public services and subpar participation in public decision-making.The rankings, which cover 63 countries, were released on Thursday. The index was commissioned by ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
Walking the data tightrope
Top government officials and business leaders are stressing the importance of collecting big data on the population, but also protecting personal, commercial and governmental data from increasingly frequent cybersecurity threats.Keep reading ...
Komsan Tortermvasana & Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
R&D spend growing in 'leaps and bounds'
The country’s research and development (R&D) investments are expected to amount to 200 billion baht this year, up 32% from last year, according to Office of the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office.The investments accounting for 1.2% of GDP are largely made on R&D ...
Thodsapol Hongtong
Asian consumers lead index in new tech adoption
For the past 10 years, Asia has been repeatedly touted as the next big thing that will change the world economy. Enter 2019, that’s not true anymore. Asia IS already the BIGGEST thing for adoption of tech products with advanced features.Over the past 20 years, ...
The Nation Reporter
Cybersecurity high on agenda of IT committee
The committee on communications, telecom, and digital economy and society from now on will focus on cybersecurity issues due to rising number of people who can get access to the online world.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Disrupting Southeast Asia’s construction industry
Southeast Asia’s construction sector is looking at wide variations of growth in 2019, according to the latest International Construction Costs Report from Arcadis. The report found that the construction industries in the Philippines and Vietnam ranked third and fifth worldwide, respectively, for forecast annual real ...
Innospace launched to promote Thai start-ups
The Industry Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with 13 investment partners to promote Thai startups by establishing InnoSpace (Thailand) Company Limited to act as a center for promoting and developing startups. The move is part of the government’s policy to raise Thailand as ...
Pushing forward Thailand 4.0
Foreign investors ranging from global giants to fast-growing start-ups are focusing on Thailand as it races to transform itself into Thailand 4.0, the region’s innovation and knowledge-based digital hub.Foreign companies specializing in such advanced technologies as aerospace, artificial intelligence, biosciences, electric vehicles, fintech, robotics and ...
Nectec launches website with AI database
The National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) has launched a website that allows programme developers, startups and businesses to access an artificial intelligence (AI) research database and services to develop products linked with the technology.Keep reading ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk