by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 19, 2023 | Technology, Visions
Tech writer Evgeny Morozov argues that today’s AI models draw their strength entirely from the works of actual humans and are built on vast amounts of human work stored at huge energy-burning data centers. AI is also nothing but complete. In a famous experiment, a...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 17, 2023 | Business, Cambodia, News, Technology, Thailand, Travel
The Bank of Thailand and the National Bank of Cambodia have started facilitating convenient and secure payments between the two countries. Thai tourists can now make purchases from Cambodian merchants using cross-border QR through the mobile banking apps of Thai banks...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 16, 2023 | ASEAN, Lifestyle, Southeast Asia, Technology
Video-sharing app TikTok will invest “billions of dollars” in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia over the next few years as it seeks to expand its functions beyond entertainment in its quest to become a relevant business tool in the region....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 1, 2023 | Indonesia, Technology
Indonesia is becoming a battleground for the batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) as a major Chinese company and its local partner gear up to build Indonesia’s first electric bus and lorry assembly facility. The competition is between the longer-range...
by Teuvo Tuomi | May 28, 2023 | Travel, Technology, Thailand
As of March 2022, the United States was the most visited country by the digital nomad population. Thailand and Spain both came second, with five percent of this traveling community having already stayed there. Looking at the most visited cities by digital...
by Teuvo Tuomi | May 20, 2023 | Indonesia, Technology, Travel
Bali is finally getting its own light rail transit (LRT) system, taking passengers from the Ngurah Rai International Airport to the tourist hub of Kuta. The LRT project has been in the works for years, but it has now received official approval from the central...
