Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios
By AP and published by Yahoo!News IN A summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another. Could a swarm of AI agents take over the entire internet? It’s a […]
Read MorePublic urged to urgently update mobile phones
THE National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) warned mobile phone users to urgently update their devices by Aug. 30 to prevent cybercrime, TV Channel 7 said last night (Aug. 12). Cell phone users were urged to check and update their phone number information through channels specified by their service providers by Aug. 30. Should […]
Read MoreLesson from Tehran: Unsecured surveillance cameras are a tool for opponents
AMID the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, a warning was issued in Thailand about unsecured CCTV systems as the Israeli intelligence had access to almost all of Tehran’s traffic camera networks for years and thus were able to create a “pattern of life” of both the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his […]
Read More‘DE-fence’ app launched to prevent phone and SMS scams
A FREE downloadable application named “DE-fence” has been launched by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DE) to prevent and disrupt phone and SMS scams, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Jan. 16). Mr. Wethang Puangsap, secretary-general of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission and the ministry’s spokesperson, said this digital tool has been […]
Read MoreSEC launching TouristDigiPay this quarter
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching the TouristDigiPay scheme to help foreign tourists convert their digital assets to Thai baht for spending during their holiday here this very quarter, which is the peak tourism season, PPTVHD said today (Nov. 6). The scheme will be tested by SEC and partner agencies over the […]
Read MoreAmazon’s cloud services hit by hours-long global outage
By Agencies and published by CNA A GLOBAL outage hit Amazon’s cloud services for several hours on Monday (Oct. 20), the subsidiary of the US tech giant said, disrupting many websites and services, including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. The maintenance site for Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it took some […]
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