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By Stanley Widianto HT Image {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} JAKARTA – Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in Indonesia to empower the Southeast Asian country with cloud services and artificial intelligence, including by building data centres, visiting chief executive Satya Nadella said on Tuesday. Explore Crickit, your go-to platform to catch the game, anytime, anywhere. Click here! Jakarta is Nadella’s first stop on his trip to Southeast Asian countries as the U.S. company promotes its generative AI technology to bolster growth. He is due to visit Malaysia and Thailand later this week. Microsoft will expand its investment in data centres and…
Indonesia is shaking up its immigration policy to attract foreign investors and draw global entrepreneurs. Bali, the nation’s most iconic destination, is already a hub for countless digital nomads and creative thinkers. Now, officials have confirmed they are gearing up to launch the ‘golden visa’ by the end of the year. Sandiaga Uno, Indonesia’s Minister for Tourism and Creative Economies, revealed details about this exclusive visa in a press conference this month. A few policy tweaks and administrative twists have nudged the launch date. Uno told reporters, “Our aim is to make the Golden Visa enticing for foreign tourists, inviting…
July 17, 2024Information hallCybercrime / Ransomware The infamous cyber crime group known as Scattered spider ransomware strains such as RansomHub and Do it in its arsenal, Microsoft showed. Scattered spider designation given to a threat actor known for sophisticated social engineering schemes to compromise targets and create resilience for subsequent exploitation and data theft. It also has a history of targeting VMWare ESXi servers and deploying BlackCat ransomware. It overlaps with clusters of activity tracked by the wider cyber security community under the aliases 0ktapus, Octo Tempest and UNC3944. Last month it was reported that a key member of the…
Elon Musk travelled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation, Associated Press (AP) reported. Musk was greeted at a community health clinic in Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, where he launched the Starlink service alongside Indonesian ministers. During the ceremony, Musk took a speed test of the Starlink internet service with several health workers in Indonesia’s remote regions, including Aru, one of Indonesia’s unserved and outermost islands in Maluku province. Musk said the availability of the Starlink service in Indonesia would help millions in far-flung parts…
BNPB Indonesia mandates evacuation zones at natural attractions for tourist safety during Eid holidays, in response to disaster risks. JAKARTA, INDONESIA – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) of Indonesia has taken a proactive measure to ensure the safety of tourists visiting natural attractions during the highly anticipated Eid holidays. In a significant move, the BNPB has issued a directive for the creation of designated evacuation zones at these sites, aiming to significantly reduce the risks associated with natural disasters. A Unified Effort for Disaster Preparedness Lilik Kurniawan, BNPB Deputy for Logistics and Equipment, announced the dissemination of a circular…
July 17, 2024Information hallVulnerability / Data Security Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently discovered critical security flaw affecting Apache HugeGraph-Server that could lead to remote code execution attacks. Tracked as CVE-2024-27348 (CVSS score: 9.8), art vulnerability affects all software versions prior to 1.3.0. This has been described as a remote command error in Gremlin Graph traversal language API. “Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.3.0 with Java11 and enable the authentication system, which fixes the problem” – Apache Software Foundation noted at the end of April 2024 “Also, you can enable the “Whitelist-IP/port” function to increase the security…
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan during the Gala Dinner of the ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting, Sunday, August 20, 2023 at Sam Poo Kong Temple, Semarang. (Photo: State Dept.) Press ReleaseOffice of the United States Trade RepresentativeAugust 18, 2023 WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Semarang, Indonesia and Jaipur and New Delhi, India from August 20-26, 2023. On August 20-22, Ambassador Tai will be in Semarang, Indonesia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Ministers’ (AEM)-USTR Consultations. Ambassador Tai will highlight the unprecedented level of cooperation between the…
Singapore, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Webuy Global Ltd (NASDAQ: WBUY) (“Webuy” or the “Company”), a Southeast Asian community e-commerce retailer, today announced the launch of its travel business in Indonesia, as it expands its presence in the growing Southeast Asian tourism market. Indonesia’s burgeoning middle class, which, according to data from the World Bank, is projected to make up 80% of the population by 2045, represents a significant and underserved market with considerable potential for new business ventures. This demographic shift is creating a new cohort of consumers seeking high-quality services and experiences, with travel being a prominent…
Apple CEO Tim Cook is on the hunt for new places that can make Apple products. Just a few days ago, Apple pledged to increase investment in Vietnam, already a manufacturing hub for its products. Cook then flew further south to Indonesia—and said Wednesday that he’s ready to “look at” the country’s manufacturing sector. After meeting Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, commonly referred to as Jokowi, Cook said that Apple will consider investing in an Indonesia-based supply chain, citing the president’s “desire to see manufacturing in the country.” “The investment ability in Indonesia is endless. There’s a lot of great places…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at an event in Seoul, South Korea, on June 9, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIndonesia has awarded OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman its first “Golden Visa” — a week after the program was launched to attract foreign investment to Southeast Asia’s largest economy.”There are several categories of golden visas apart from those based on investment/capital investment, one of which is the golden visa which is given to figures who have an international reputation and can provide benefits for Indonesia,” Silmy Karim, Indonesia’s director general of immigration, said in a statement.”With this golden visa, the…