MILLIONS of dollars in advertising revenues being sucked up by tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft are strengthening their dominance over the dissemination of information and contributing to a “worrying decline” in press freedom worldwide, according to the RSF World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, 2025. Says the
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Thai airports back to normal after global tech meltdown
THAI airports started functioning normally again today (July 20) after yesterday’s global tech outage led to some airlines using the Departure Control System being unable to check-in passengers and allow seat reservation for all their flights across the world, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Keerati Kijmanawat, president of Airports of Thailand (AOT) which operates
Read moreGlobal tech chaos hits Thai airports, banks, offices and stores
THE GLOBAL IT outage that has led Microsoft Windows users seeing a blue screen, informally called the “Blue Screen of Death”, has also affected Thailand with ground service at airports delayed while employees at some banks and offices were unable to use their computers and even IT payment system at some department stores not
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