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Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, has recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI) and Hi Cloud Indonesia, a cloud service provider (CSP). The collaboration aims to drive innovation in BRI’s banking services by leveraging technology, with a specific goal to enhance customer service and transaction experiences.Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President of Tencent Cloud International, said, “Tencent Cloud is pleased to partner with BRI, as we share a common vision of spearheading banking innovations in Indonesia. This collaboration will harness our extensive expertise in working…
Woman picking fruit in forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. CIFOR photo The loss of Indonesia’s forests is not helping the country’s food security, according to a top official with the World Food Programme (WFP), the food assistance agency of the United Nations. Indonesian food supply chains are focused on rice, maize and other cereals rich in energy but low on nutrients, said Myrta Kaulard, who until recently was country director of WFP Indonesia. Forest-based foods, on the other hand, offer a wealth of diverse types of foods and nutrients. With forest loss, “what we see is the loss of very healthy…
JAKARTA — French hotel group Accor will open a hotel in Indonesia’s new capital in the coming months, a rare foreign investment in the initial phase of the development on Borneo, and says it sees growing opportunities across Asia.In a recent interview with Nikkei Asia, Garth Simmons, Accor’s chief operating officer for its premium, midscale and economy division in Asia, said it will launch a Swissotel brand hotel in Nusantara, where the Indonesian government plans to start moving some functions from Jakarta this August. Source link
(Photo by Markus Schreiber / POOL / AFP)Indonesia is home to numerous tech companies and about 191 million social media users. The country continues to enjoy growth in e-commerce, with internet penetration increasing significantly in recent times. In fact, only China and India have more social media users in the Asia Pacific region.Social media in Indonesia has been experiencing some interesting changes in recent times. For one, Indonesia does not have any general law on data protection. But that has not hampered big tech companies from setting up their data centers and such in the country, especially with the growing…
NEW DELHI: Indonesian telecom operator Indosat and Indian IT and consulting firm Tech Mahindra have signed a pact to develop ‘Garuda’, a large language model (LLM) for the Bahasa Indonesia and its dialects. “Garuda will be built on the principles of Tech Mahindra’s indigenous LLM ‘Project Indus’, a foundational model designed to converse in a multitude of Indic languages and dialects,” the companies said in a joint statement at the Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC 2024). The unique features of Garuda will create multiple use cases and enable Indosat’s customers to leverage various applications, including customer support, experience, and content…
14 January 2016Image caption, Police and snipers were quickly on the streets of the capital After the deadly multiple bomb and gun attacks in the heart of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, security analyst Yohanes Sulaiman considers the kinds of groups capable of such an assault, the first of its kind in Indonesia.Despite Indonesia’s past experience of Islamist militancy and warnings of the growing influence of Islamic State in the region, few people expected an attack like this for a simple reason: the police have so far managed to prevent attacks quite effectively through their surveillance over the known radical personnel.Since…
Skift Take India is already one of Indonesia’s top 10 source markets. If Indonesia goes through with this plan to go visa-free, it will go a long way toward lifting that ranking even higher. — Bulbul Dhawan Indonesia is planning to introduce visa-free entry for tourists from 20 nations, including India. The country’s tourism minister, Sandiaga Uno, has announced that the policy is in the works and it will be finalized before October this year. The move aims to boost international tourism in Indonesia, Uno said. Apart from India, Indonesia is planning to allow visa waiver to Australia, China, Japan,…
July 11, 2024Information hallCyber Attack / Vulnerability Several threat actors have been observed exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access Trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. The vulnerability in question CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS Score: 9.8), which allows an attacker to remotely execute malicious commands on Windows systems using Chinese and Japanese locales. It was publicly announced in early June 2024. “CVE-2024-4577 is a flaw that allows an attacker to escape the command line and pass arguments that will be interpreted directly by PHP,” Akamai researchers Kyle Lefton, Allen West, and Sam Tinklenberg said in…
“Down with QRIS! We refuse to work with it!” shouted one parking attendant angrily in the video.The attendant was referring to the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS), a national app-based electronic payment platform recognised by most banks in Indonesia. Launched in 2020, the system can be used to pay for everything from public transport fees to restaurant bills and is endorsed by the government and the private sector.But for many Indonesians who are used to dealing with cash, using new technology evokes fear of invasive bureaucratic oversight and job loss.Budi Rahardjo, the founder of PT Riset Kecerdasan Buatan, an…
Wiranto, implicated by UN in atrocities in East Timor during occupation and 1999 separation, to oversee five ministries.Indonesia’s president has appointed a controversial former military chief, Wiranto, as the country’s top security minister. Wednesday’s cabinet shake-up is President Joko Widodo’s attempt at strengthening the Southeast Asian country’s struggling economy. General Wiranto had been accused of committing atrocities during Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor. He was in charge of the military when the Indonesian army and paramilitaries carried out deadly assaults after East Timor sought independence from Indonesia in 1999. About 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed, mainly by Indonesian…