The company is working with CAT Telecom, Thai Embedded Systems Association (TESA), the National Innovation Agency (NIA) and local tour operators to test the system in Phuket.

Thitima Suwanarat, managing director of Xsense, said the system was designed in line with the government’s safety standards and can be activated via a wristband or sensor attached to a life jacket. It notifies the Control and Command Centre immediately in case of emergencies.

The system can also be adapted based on each user’s needs and used through both computers and mobile devices.

“This project has been created to help tackle problems, so Thailand can enter international levels in tourism,” Thitima said.

Colonel Sanpachai Huvanandana, president of CAT Telecom, said CAT supports Long-Range Wide Area Networks (Lorawan) to test sensors implemented on ships and attached to life jackets on the Andaman Sea.

“We began the first pilot project in Phuket and are ready to provide the Lorawan network to cover other tourist destinations,” he said.

Watchara Chatwiriya, president of TESA, said the association was coordinating with government agencies and other partners to help test the product. “We play a key role in helping our members grow and become more competitive in the market,” he said.

Pariwat Wongsamran, director of innovate entrepreneurship development at NIA, said the system is easy to use and allows users to control and manage the system through a single window. He said it also includes a hotspot feature offering internet access to tourists even in the middle of the sea. It can support several networks, including Lora, VHM and mobile networks in Thailand.

The information-technology trade show unveils the latest innovations in online gaming and shopping for its target audience of so-called millennials – tech-savvy adults who have grown up in the Internet era. This year’s theme is “Into Futuristic Life”.

Pornchai Jantarasupasang, assistant general manager of Commart Joy 2019 organiser ARIP, said growth in Thailand’s IT market in the second half of the year is being spurred by imports of new smartphones and “smart home” devices. High demand for the cutting-edge gadgets is being driven in part by students, who want new IT devices to support their class and work.

The trade show is divided into zones, including for e-sports and games, a Commart Joy Arcade to showcase new technology related to the tourism industry, a HomePro “HomeElectric super sale”, Commart “thunder sale”, and zones catering to smart homes and smart cars.

The exhibition runs from on July 4 to July 7 at Bitec exhibition centre in the southeast district of Bangna.

Held has launched two motorbike jackets as well as a safety vest, which can be retrofitted by the motorcyclists themselves with the actively illuminated light modules from Osram.

The light strips offer up to seven hours of active lighting in continuous operation (with a 4,000 mAh battery) with the LED light modules emitting white light at the front and red light at the back. The light modules can be integrated quickly and simply by the rider into the clothing through a fabric tube, and the battery charged with ease via a USB port.

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Facebook began experiencing disruptions around 10pm, according to tracking website downdetector.com, with Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing disruptions around the same time.

The site’s outage map reflected that several parts of North America and South-east Asia were affected.

Besides Singapore, Malaysia also seemed to be affected.

Facebook later said in a statement that it was aware of the issues and was working on a fix.

“During one of our routine maintenance operations, we triggered an issue that is making it difficult for some people to upload or send photos and videos,” a Facebook representative said.

“We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologise for any inconvenience.”

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Users took to social media platforms such as Twitter to post about the outage, adding that pictures and posts were not loading on Instagram, and they had trouble sending and receiving messages on WhatsApp.

Content including videos, status and log-in features were also disrupted.

Twitter user Karen Sam added a screenshot of Facebook’s login page and said that she was unable to access it.

Another Twitter user Stephen White stated that he was not able to move past a screen requesting him to secure his account when he logged into the application.

“I’ve also seen that I’m not the only one today so any chance you can help correct this issue,” he said, tagging Facebook’s Twitter handle in the post.

Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, shares systems across the three applications.

In April, users experienced a similar major disruption, with more than 12,000 incidents being reported on downdetector.com at the peak of the outage.

Asset optimization software company Aspen Technology has released a new version of its aspenOne software and says Version 11 has been specifically designed to breaks down barriers between engineers, planners, schedulers and maintenance professionals while enabling customers to leverage analytics to streamline operations and boost profitability. With Version 11 customers can also realise higher operational efficiencies and throughput.

The Version 11 features innovations across aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM), aspenONE Engineering, aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain software suites and introduces Aspen GDOT dynamic optimization software, which unifies production optimization for energy and bulk chemical companies in complex industrial environments.

Peter Reynolds, senior analyst at ARC Advisory Group, commented: “Multi-unit optimization has always been difficult for many refining and petrochemical companies due to the inherent complexity of plant-wide models. The Aspen GDOT multi-unit dynamic coordination solution uses a simpler approach with dynamic data reconciliation and parameter estimation that should help owner-operators reduce current gaps in planning and scheduling.”

“AspenTech is committed to delivering solutions that can help to increase the profitability of our customers,” added Antonio Pietri, president and chief executive of AspenTech.

Acquired by McKinsey in 2015, QuantumBlack will set up offices in Singapore to serve clients across Southeast Asia.
Having started off as an adviser to Formula 1 race teams a decade ago, QuantumBlack offers deep understanding and data-driven performance optimisation to help businesses identify, measure and act on operational improvements and strategic growth.
“The opportunity in Asia is truly exciting. Some of the world’s most digitally sophisticated companies are here and within Southeast Asia, Singapore’s data-rich environment is leading experimentation across multiple industries. I look forward to growing our regional footprint and helping clients here better use their data to hone their competitive edge and improve their long-term performance,” said Jeremy Palmer, CEO of London-based QuantumBlack.
According to a 2018 McKinsey study based on conversations with more than 100 business executives in Asia, many organisations struggle to pinpoint the most valuable cases for data analytics.
“The digital economy presents tremendous opportunities for Singapore to transcend limitations of size and geography and take our businesses and workers to the next frontier. The launch of QuantumBlack in Singapore is testament to our efforts to foster a vibrant and innovative digital ecosystem in Singapore,” said Chan Chun Sing, Singapore’s minister for trade and industry, who participated in the opening plenary discussion with Grab co-founder, Tan Hooi Ling, and group head for DBS institutional banking, Tan Su Shan.
Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), QuantumBlack’s new priorities in Southeast Asia include:
* Supporting organisations to enhance performance and drive growth.
* Building a vibrant and sustainable data science and machine learning community to nurture the data science and analytics talent pool in the region and foster knowledge exchange with global experts in the field.
* Advocating for ethical and explainable Artificial Intelligence that bridges the gap between performance and interpretability, which will strengthen trust from users and allow more complex models to be implemented.
“Our study shows that making meaningful use of data remains a key challenge for many business leaders in the region. With QuantumBlack’s proven expertise in using data analytics to achieve sustainable performance improvements, we look forward to helping clients here overcome that challenge. Their capabilities combined with McKinsey’s deep domain expertise and management experience enable us to become stronger impact partners to our clients,” said Vinayak HV, senior partner and leader of McKinsey Digital, Southeast Asia.

With Version 11 customers can also realise higher operational efficiencies and throughput.

The Version 11 features innovations across aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM), aspenONE Engineering, aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain software suites and introduces Aspen GDOT dynamic optimization software, which unifies production optimization for energy and bulk chemical companies in complex industrial environments.

Peter Reynolds, senior analyst at ARC Advisory Group, commented: “Multi-unit optimization has always been difficult for many refining and petrochemical companies due to the inherent complexity of plant-wide models. The Aspen GDOT multi-unit dynamic coordination solution uses a simpler approach with dynamic data reconciliation and parameter estimation that should help owner-operators reduce current gaps in planning and scheduling.”

“AspenTech is committed to delivering solutions that can help to increase the profitability of our customers,” added Antonio Pietri, president and chief executive of AspenTech.

Under the partnership, Sony Network Communications will integrate Taboola News with its Sony News Suite services to bring personalised editorial experience to its broad consumer base. The goal of the partnership is to enable Sony to bring relevant content from Taboola’s global network of premium publishers to News Suite services.

In addition to increasing user engagement, Taboola News creates a new revenue stream for Sony Network Communications and provides Taboola’s publisher partners with a new audience growth engine, while also supporting quality journalism. Sony Network Communications will integrate the Taboola News feed directly on the News Suite, surfacing relevant, personalised news and content from its network of premium publishers.

Mobile carriers and mobile device manufacturers are using Taboola News to surface content directly into their devices and news apps from the 50 markets around the world where Taboola operates. Taboola is able to leverage its AI-driven personalisation engine to showcase content users are most likely to be interested in consuming next.

Through the partnership, Sony Network Communications and Taboola will enable premium publishers to share curated content in an immersive news reading experience with millions of people and diversify their dependency on traffic sources. For brands, Taboola provides an unprecedented opportunity to be recommended alongside some of the most innovative journalistic publishers.

“Taboola’s advanced deep learning technology and in-depth knowledge of users’ preferences makes it the perfect innovation partner for Sony News Suite. Its discovery platform allows us to provide our mobile users across 200 countries and territories with a way to discover new and exciting content fully integrated with our Android mobile experience,” said Makoto Ishii, general manager of Sony Network Communications.

“Our focus over the next 10 years is to help bring quality journalism and news to all devices, and drive hundreds of millions of people back to the open web. Mobile usage, in particular, is increasing with today’s users checking their mobile phones nearly 100 times a day,” added Adam Singolda, founder and chief executive of Taboola.

The Air sofa comes with a powerful small electric pump that requires so little power to operate that all you need do is connect it to a smartphone or mobile battery. No app is required and the pump, which sounds rather like a hair-dryer, supports lightning cable (iPhone), a micro USB cable and a USB Type-C cable.

The power consumed for inflating the Air sofa is about 60 mAh, meaning that a fully charged iPhone XS will consume about 2 per cent of its power while inflating though a manual pump will also do the trick. Users can adjust the sofa to their comfort level by deflating it. Just open the flap at the bottom of the sofa to allow the air to escape.

Two people can sit and relax on the Air Throne as it can take up to 200 kg in weight. High airtightness is achieved by a double-stitch method and PU sealing tape. Air Throne is available in two sizes and three colors – grey, magenta and turquoise.

The new service combines the company’s competences, solutions and services with the just-added “Red Teaming” service, which helps evaluate how internal security teams are prepared for tailored breach scenarios, according to a press release on Tuesday.

For large organisations, establishing a SOC is a consistent response to the growing number and sophistication of cyberthreats. According to a Kaspersky survey, one-third of enterprises build an SOC to manage their cybersecurity risks. However, in the process, organisations often face numerous barriers that jeopardise the productivity of their security operations, including a shortage of skilled professionals, scarce automation and integration between various tools, a high number of alerts and a lack of visibility and context.

A SANS survey of specialists working in SOCs found they are not satisfied with its performance, but don’t have a clear view of how to improve it. Kaspersky’s new integrated offering for SOCs aimed to address that issue by starting with an analysis of customers’ specific needs and pain points, to offer the required set of products and services. This includes Kaspersky EDR, Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack, Kaspersky Threat Intelligence and Kaspersky Cybersecurity Training portfolio, together with continuous support from world-leading threat hunting and incident response teams.

Moreover, Kaspersky has partnered with the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, where cosmonauts from all over the world prepare to go to space.

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky said that as part of this collaboration, the company will hold special training for cosmonauts, as well as IT specialists at the centre, to educate them on the current cybersecurity landscape.

Space development and exploration is actively driven by advanced technology and it is important that the industry remains protected. Today, when cyberattack in normal daily life can be costly and lead to extreme consequences, similar threats could be even more devastating in the space industry.