Bangkok Post – B500bn digital wallet handout plan needs “independent monitors”

Bangkok Post – B500bn digital wallet handout plan needs “independent monitors”

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right, explains the government’s digital wallet scheme at a press conference in November 2023. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu) More petitions calling for intervention by independent organisations in the government’s digital wallet handout scheme have been lodged, with critics saying the 500 billion baht scheme may jeopardise the country’s fiscal security if it …

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Internet spirit should be nurtured to make life better – Opinion

Internet spirit should be nurtured to make life better – Opinion

[Photo/VCG] China gained full access to the World Wide Web 30 years ago, on April 20, 1994. Thirty years later, China has the largest network infrastructure and the second-largest digital economy in the world. The digital economy has become a powerful engine for China”s economy. With the support of advanced internet technology, even small sellers …

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Three UK partners with Internet Matters

Three UK partners with Internet Matters

Three UK has partnered with Internet Matters, as part of its commitment to promoting digital well-being and online safety for children and families. In light of the rise of social media usage amongst young people and digital safety being a key issue, the partnership underpins Three’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy to …

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Dynatrace expands go-to-market partnership with Google Cloud, CIOSEA News, ETCIO SEA

Dynatrace expands go-to-market partnership with Google Cloud, CIOSEA News, ETCIO SEA

Dynatrace, a leader in unified observability and security, today announced an expanded go-to-market (GTM) partnership with Google Cloud. Together, the two companies will enable more customers worldwide to adopt the Dynatrace platform on Google Cloud for AI-powered analytics and automation of their cloud-native environments to achieve their digital transformation goals. The GTM motions include joint …

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Digital wallet scheme to be finalised in April: PM

Digital wallet scheme to be finalised in April: PM

BANGKOK: After a brief meeting of the digital wallet committee on Wednesday (March 27) evening, Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin instructed the Finance Ministry and the Budget Bureau to finalise the details of the scheme for submission to the next committee meeting on April 10. The meeting on Wednesday garnered considerable public attention, …

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Can anyone control AI? – POLITICO

Can anyone control AI? – POLITICO

Clegg, a former British deputy prime minister, argued that policing AI was akin to building a plane already in flight — inherently risky and difficult work. Harris trumpeted Washington’s efforts to address the dangers of AI through voluntary business agreements as the world’s gold standard. Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, who was …

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UK set for soaring digital wallet adoption

UK set for soaring digital wallet adoption

The UK is approaching a seismic shift in how people pay, with digital wallets set to comprise half of all e-commerce spend and nearly a third of POS transaction value by 2027, according to a report from Worldpay. While digital wallets first emerged in the late 1990s, the Covid-19 pandemic provided an adoption tipping …

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Prospects bright for cloud computing amid tech leaps

Prospects bright for cloud computing amid tech leaps

Visitors try virtual reality solutions of Cloudsky in a VR conference in Qingdao, Shandong province, in July. [CHINA DAILY] Forward-looking Chinese companies are seeing a “sunny” future of global expansion via the “cloud”, amid China”s sharpening focus on new productive forces like cloud computing and artificial intelligence, said a company executive. “Cloud computing has developed …

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