Science and technology

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growth in value-addition of Thailand’s ICT sector as a share of GDP was negative, but Thailand is among the top 10 countries having high value-addition in ICT manufacturing, according to a UN agency report.The information and telecommunications technology (ICT) sector comprises ICT manufacturing, ICT wholesale ...