Book Discounted Buffets in Bangkok Through This App
BANGKOK — There’s an app that helps you gorge gourmet buffets for less as a pat-on-the-back for getting through this century’s annus horribilis.
At Wit’s End, Poorest Thais Turn to Charity for Survival in Pandemic
BANGKOK — A grandma selling shirts on Facebook Live for 3 baht. Blind masseuses struggling to navigate the government website for cash handouts. A taxi driver breaking down in tears on the news when he admits he has no food to eat.
Twitter Removes Some Suspicious Follower Accounts
Twitter said it has begun removing suspicious accounts it has locked from its counts of users' followers.
Boardgame Champ Preaches Gospel of ‘Catan’
BANGKOK — Settlers of Catan is more than just a resource-management board game for Songsit “Note” Phraepet, the Thailand Catan Champion of 2016 and owner of the Board Game Academy cafe in Thonburi.
Thainet Mourns ‘Superstitious Death’ of ‘Ill-Fated Lovers’
BANGKOK — The tragic end to a couple’s romance on Thursday threw the Thai internet into a frenzy.
Govt ‘Gateway’ Denials Contradict Cabinet Resolutions
BANGKOK — Facing broad criticism to its plan to funnel all internet traffic through a single, government-managed choke point, the military government now insists the project has not been initiated despite evidence to the contrary.
New Zealand Terror Suspect Steeped in Dark Internet Culture
The suspected New Zealand terrorist carefully modeled his attack for an internet age.
Army Borrows Thaksin Slogan to Promote Prayuth
BANGKOK — Twelve years after his predecessor expelled Thaksin Shinawatra from Thailand, the current junta leader shares at least one thing with the man...
Info Wars: Social Media Ripe Target For Thai Election Disinfo
A tangle of truths, half-truths and falsehoods, it was the kind of mess vexing tech platforms have been struggling – and often failing – to handle in the age of online disinformation.
The Good, Bad & Ugly of the Computer Crime Act, in Detail
After the Computer Crime Act was passed Dec. 16 by unanimous vote despite a last-minute petition of more than 300,000 opposing the law and much-hated Single Gateway program, all eyes are now on the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, or DE Ministry, to see how it exercises its new great powers.