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DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation.Wearing a green Batik shirt, Musk was greeted with a garland of flower petals at a community health clinic in Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, where he launched the Starlink service alongside Indonesian ministers. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 17,000 islands sprawled across three time zones with a population of more than 270 million, has been trying for years to secure deals with Musk’s Tesla on battery investment and for Musk’s SpaceX to…
July 15, 2024Information hallNetwork Security / Data Protection Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new version of ransomware called HardBit that comes bundled with new obfuscation techniques to thwart analysis attempts. “Unlike previous versions, the HardBit Ransomware team has improved version 4.0 with passphrase protection,” Cybereason researchers Kotaro Ogino and Koshi Oyama said in the analysis. “The passphrase must be entered at runtime for the ransomware to launch properly. Additional obfuscation prevents security researchers from analyzing the malware.” HardBit, which appeared for the first time in October 2022 is a financially motivated threat that, like other ransomware groups, operates…
The “Economic Impact of Generative AI” report from Access Partnership, ELSAM, and Microsoft reveals what the economic opportunity of generative AI means for industry and workforce readiness in Indonesia. The report in English can be accessed here. Microsoft shared a blueprint of five things that governments can consider for AI policy, law, and regulation. The blueprint can be accessed here. Microsoft announced a new Copilot Copyright Commitment to improve support for commercial customers’ intellectual property when using commercial Microsoft Copilot and Bing Chat Enterprise services and content output – as long as customers follow the product settings. Microsoft released Azure…
An official of Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has stated that international cooperation in fighting terrorism is a prerequisite for realising global peace, security, stability, and prosperity. Indonesia’s Deputy for International Cooperation of BNPT, Andhika Chrisnayudhanto, at the 2024 Global Security Forum (GSF) conference in Doha, Qatar, on May 21, 2024. (Photo: https://en.antaranews.com) Hanoi (VNA) – An official of Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has stated that international cooperation in fighting terrorism is a prerequisite for realising global peace, security, stability, and prosperity. Speaking at the recent 2024 Global Security Forum (GSF) in Doha, BNPT Deputy Director Andhika Chrisnayudhanto said…
Indonesia’s latest aviation “episode” would strike fear into the heart of even the most seasoned traveler. On January 25, two Indonesian pilots on a Batik Air flight from Sulawesi to Jakarta reportedly fell asleep in the cockpit for 28 minutes while the plane was in manual mode, causing the flight to veer off course. We are only hearing about the incident now following a report by the National Transportation Safety Committee, which has launched an inquiry into the events that led to what could have been a potentially fatal accident. According to the report, while the plane left its intended…
Stockpiles of raw nickel ore at a PT Sulawesi Resources laydown area in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Credit: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images. China and Indonesia are both set to cut nickel output as producers look to limit losses from a drawn-out slump in market prices for the metal. The two nations, which together produce 70% of the world’s nickel supply, will likely reduce output by at least 100,000 tonnes (t) this year, Reuters reports. Traders and analysts said that further cuts could come if producers want to remove the surplus of nickel in the market and boost prices.…
“It has been delayed due to El Nino, but we want to immediately plant, plant, plant,” he said, standing next to newly-planted rice fields.Global rice supplies have tightened this year as El Nino, which typically causes hotter and drier weather in Southeast Asia, reduced output in major producing and consuming countries. Prices in Asia’s key export hubs have risen by as much as 45 per cent to their highest in 15 years after India, the world’s top supplier, restricted exports.Drought has delayed Indonesia’s planting for the 2024 harvest, after the country’s output this year dropped to 30.9 million metric tons…
Indonesia is expected to join the list of visa-free destinations for Indians very soon. As per the latest reports, a visa exemption for Indian tourists is in the works and is expected to be finalised by October. Indonesia is expected to join the list of visa-free destinations for Indians very soon. As per reports, the Southeast Asian country has stated that the work towards extending its visa exemption project is on track. Under this project, tourists from 20 countries, including India, will be allowed to enter Indonesia without a visa. As per an announcement made by Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno,…
Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia’s presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says, because he’s cuddly.A doe-eyed cartoon version of Gen. Prabowo Subianto – produced using generative AI – is emblazoned on billboards across Indonesia. It’s reproduced on sweatshirts and stickers, and featured prominently on #Prabowo-tagged posts that have some 19 billion views on TikTok.Prabowo is Indonesia’s defence minister. But on social media, his chubby-cheeked AI avatar makes Korean-style finger hearts and cradles his beloved cat, Bobby, to the delight of Gen Z…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia needs to strengthen its underwater defence and security in the wake of the discovery of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) belonging to a foreign nation deep inside its territorial waters, a top legislator said.”Any underwater drone and submarine of foreign countries cannot be at our sea without our government’s permission,” Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Azis Syamsuddin, said here on Friday.The Indonesian Foreign Ministry must lodge a protest with the country which owns the drone that was recently found by a fisherman near Selayar Island, South Sulawesi province, he added.The Foreign Ministry needs…