‘Treasure Hunt’ App Sparks Concerns in Thailand

Jagat, a popular mobile application offering users the chance to win real money by finding coins hidden in real-world locations.
Jagat, a popular mobile application offering users the chance to win real money by finding coins hidden in real-world locations. Image: www.jagat.io.

ฺCHONBURI, Jan 22 (TNA) – A popular mobile application offering users the chance to win real money by finding coins hidden in real-world locations has [Read More…]

OPPO and Realme smartphones to stop sales of devices pre-installed with loan app

OPPO smartphone.
OPPO smartphone. Photo: Rohit Sharma / Pexels.

A Chinese-made smartphone import company has announced that, from today, it has stopped selling ‘OPPO’ and ‘Realme’ smartphones pre-installed with the third-party “Fineasy” loan app [Read More…]

Worldwide Meta outage: Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp down

Facebook Headquarters at 1 Hacker Way,
Facebook Headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025. Photo: Pexels.

On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, Meta platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, experienced a major global outage. Reports from users across the world indicated [Read More…]

EU fines Meta nearly €798 million for Facebook ad antitrust infringement

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission since 2019.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission since 2019. Photo: Jim Mattis.

The European Commission fines Meta nearly EUR 798 million for non-compliance with antitrust rules. Brussels penalizes Meta for tying its ad service to Facebook and imposing unfair conditions on other providers.

Thai PM thanks Google for investing 36 billion baht in Thailand

A data center with rows of black computer servers.
The original Scientific Data and Computing Center (SDCC), formerly known as the RHIC and ATLAS Computing Facility. Photo: Department Of Energy / flickr.

BANGKOK, Oct 1 (TNA) – Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Monday expressed gratitude to Google after the tech giant announced a $1 billion investment in [Read More…]