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Here’s how to find out if your Facebook data was harvested by Cambridge Analytica

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

 

Facebook has started informing users whose personal data was improperly shared with political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-how-to-find-out-if-your-facebook-data-was-harvested-by-cambridge-analytica/28235/

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Apple quietly released a new iPhone – here’s all you need to know

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Apple recently announced there are to release a red version of their iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/28238-2/28238/

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Ambulance drama: Red car driver apologizes to society

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The driver of the red Suzuki Swift that wouldn't get out of the way of an ambulance with its siren blaring has apologized to society.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033311-ambulance-drama-red-car-driver-apologizes-to-society/

 

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Hunt on for missing centenarian as Mirror Foundation calls for better monitoring of the elderly

By The Nation

 

 

Ahead of Songkran Day, which falls on April 13 and is also the National Day for Older Persons, the Mirror Foundation has revealed that the number of elderly persons suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and psychiatric illness who go missing from home is rising every year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033313-hunt-on-for-missing-centenarian-as-mirror-foundation-calls-for-better-monitoring-of-the-elderly/

 

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Put wallets and purses in larger carry on bags and remove temptation, Suvarnabhumi airport official tells passengers

 

Suvarnabhumi airport //File photo

 

A senior Suvarnabhumi airport official has suggested that passengers put wallets and purses in larger carry on bags when using the X-Ray scanning machines before flights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033321-put-wallets-and-purses-in-larger-carry-on-bags-and-remove-temptation-suvarnabhumi-airport-official-tells-passengers/

 

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As Trump fumes over FBI raid, White House lawyers urge restraint

By John Walcott, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen is pictured entering a restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Levy

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House lawyers are trying to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from seeking to get rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as Trump weighs options after the FBI raided his personal attorney's office and home, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033322-as-trump-fumes-over-fbi-raid-white-house-lawyers-urge-restraint/

 

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Huge cache of "war weapons" found as toy trader faces 10 years in jail for water guns!

 

Pictures: Daily News

 

Police in Thonburi with a search warrant raided the premises of a toy trader yesterday and found a huge cache of guns - water guns for use in battles at Songkran.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033325-huge-cache-of-war-weapons-found-as-toy-trader-faces-10-years-in-jail-for-water-guns/

 

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Where not to get wet

By The Nation

 

 

Explore compiles a list of where to enjoy a traditional Songkran

 

THAILAND’S MUCH-LOVED Songkran celebration will be back this weekend and, as usual, the streets and sois will be transformed in open battlefields for the annual water splashing fight. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033327-songkran-where-not-to-get-wet/

 

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Water gun "war weapon" latest: Top official confirms traders face ten years jail!

 

FILE photo

 

A top Thai consumer protection official told the media that anyone selling high powered water guns for use at Songkran faces a decade behind bars.

 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033329-water-gun-war-weapon-latest-top-official-confirms-traders-face-ten-years-jail/

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Video: What to expect if you touch up Thai women at Songkran!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a post that dragged up an old video from Pattaya in which a foreign man is mercilessly kicked by three Thai women.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033331-video-what-to-expect-if-you-touch-up-thai-women-at-songkran/ 

 

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Massive exodus of people from Bangkok by buses, private cars, trains and planes begins amid official safety campaign launch

By Thai PBS

 

 

As massive exodus of people working in Bangkok begins leaving the capital for family reunions in upcountry homes to celebrate the Thai traditional new year or Songkran, state agencies yesterday joined together to launch a campaign to ensure the people return homes safe and sound.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033333-massive-exodus-of-people-from-bangkok-by-buses-private-cars-trains-and-planes-begins-amid-official-safety-campaign-launch/

 

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Malaysian tourist rescued from Phuket rocks after wayward walk

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Malaysian tourist Lim Yuin Chuang, from Penang, was safely recovered at about 10pm last night (April 10). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Rescue workers safely recovered a 35-year-old Malaysian tourist stranded on rocks last night (April 10) after he was caught out by the rising tide while trying to walk from Phuket International Airport to his hotel in Patong.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033334-malaysian-tourist-rescued-from-phuket-rocks-after-wayward-walk/

 

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Furious about Brexit, Tusk calls for EU unity from Dublin

 

FILE PHOTO: European Council President Donald Tusk holds a news conference at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk confessed he gets furious about Brexit, describing Britain's departure from the EU as very sad on Tuesday as he used a speech in Dublin to call for unity in Europe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033335-furious-about brexit-tusk-calls-for-eu-unity-from-dublin/

 

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Zuckerberg resists effort by U.S. senators to commit him to regulation

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool

 

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/zuckerberg-resists-effort-u-s-senators-commit-regulation/28241/

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Requirement to declare valuable items at airport terminated

 

 

BANGKOK, 11 April 2018 (NNT) - No Thais are longer required to declare valuable items to customs officers before leaving the country following the Customs Department’s recent termination of its mandate. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033338-requirement-to-declare-valuable-items-at-airport-terminated/

 

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Weapons cache intercepted on way to Saraburi

By The Nation 

 

 

A 53-year-old Saraburi man has been arrested in Trat allegedly transporting a large cache of war weapons in a pickup truck that bore a sticker suggesting a link to the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the King’s Guard in his home province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033339-weapons-cache-intercepted-on-way-to-saraburi/

 

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Video: Songkran humor from Prae's most famous farang! And the Thai's love it!

 

Image: Facebook

 

A short clip posted on Facebook showed one of Thailand's most followed Westerners imparting some Songkran humor to his many fans.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033342-video-songkran-humor-from-praes-most-famous-farang-and-the-thais-love-it/

 

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Search for missing old Japanese man resumes on the third day

By Thai PBS

 

 

Search for the missing 82-year old Japanese resumed for the third consecutive day on Wednesday with Doi Inthanon park rangers, air force rescue team and volunteers now focussing on a 30-metre deep cliff in the national park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033065-search-resumes-for-japanese-tourist-82-missing-in-chiang-mai/?do=findComment&comment=12882715

 

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Net idol DJ Katoy netted in Pattaya club raid

By Theerawat Thongma, 
Dethavee Theewarangkul 
The Nation

 

 

Internet idol Kannikar “DJ Katoy” Namwicha was among six patrons who tested positive for illegal drug use after a raid on a Pattaya nightclub early Wednesday morning.

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033344-net-idol-dj-katoy-netted-in-pattaya-club-raid/

 

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PM won’t halt Somchai’s resignation

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said he wouldn’t halt the resignation of permanent secretary of Finance Somchai Sujjapongse after he was transferred and appointed secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033345-pm-won’t-halt-somchai’s-resignation/

 

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Facebook launches bounty program for reports of data misuse by app developers

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it is launching a “data abuse” bounty program to reward people who report misuse of data by app developers.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-launches-bounty-program-reports-data-misuse-app-developers/28245/

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Chula’s Prayuth Hecklers Say Police Hounding Them

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Winrapat Rodkaew, Tanawat Wongchai and Parit Chiwarak on Wednesday at UN headquarters in Bangkok where they submitted a letter complaining about alleged police harassment.

 

BANGKOK — Several students said Wednesday that undercover police visited their homes and schools in response to their protest of a visit by Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha to their campus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033357-chula’s-prayuth-hecklers-say-police-hounding-them/

 

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Duty Free Giant To Buy Bangkok’s Tallest Building

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A retail juggernaut will take possession of the nation’s tallest skyscraper and put its name on it in a deal valued at over 10 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033358-duty-free-giant-to-buy-bangkok’s-tallest-building/

 

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Encroachment of national park, sea and river by pier operators in Phang-nga now under check

By Thai PBS

 

 

Government authorities are now checking several private piers at Tambon Lamkaen in Thai Muang district, Phang-nga province after they suspected that foreigners might use their Thai nominees to encroach the sea and marine parks.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033362-encroachment-of-national-park-sea-and-river-by-pier-operators-in-phang-nga-now-under-check/

 

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Murder fugitive arrested at Phuket street restaurant

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Niran Noonui, 29, admitted he was the man police were looking after his arrest at the restaurant in Chalong yesterday (April 10). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A man on the run for shooting dead the owner of an ice factory in Satun province in 2015 was arrested at a street restaurant in Chalong yesterday (April 10).

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/murder-fugitive-arrested-at-phuket-street-restaurant-66726.php

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Speedboats ablaze at Khao Lak pier

The speedboats were about to leave the pier to travel to the Similan Islands.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Two speedboats caught fire at the Tub Lamu Pier in Tai Muang District, Khao Lak, Phang Nga, injuring 4 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033365-speedboats-ablaze-at-khao-lak-pier/

 

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Wastewater flowing into the sea at Krabi

However, another 2 laundry shops nearby were found to be releasing water without treatment.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A waste water drain pipe has been found at Klong Muang Beach in Krabi. The local OrBorTor has already ordered its immediate removal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1033366-wastewater-flowing-into-the-sea-at-krabi/

 

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Updates to Chrome, Firefox and Edge mean the end is nigh for online passwords

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The days of you having to enter a password to login to a website are coming to an end. Soon, you will have other ways to login that will help to keep your accounts more secure.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/updates-chrome-firefox-edge-means-end-nigh-online-passwords/28247/

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This new feature will change how you use Instagram

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files

 

The Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has recently released a new feature called “Focus” to be used in Stories.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-feature-will-change-use-instagram/28250/

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Audi unveil two new Vision Gran Turismo cars

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

German automobile manufacturer Audi in conjunction with Sony has recently revealed the first ever Vision Gran Turismo cars to race in the real world and the PlayStation 4 game Gran Turismo Sport, the bar has now been raised for other automobile manufacturers to make their ‘Visions’ into reality.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/audi-unveil-two-new-vision-gran-turismo-cars/28253/