Industry experts suggest that the local AI sector will need government support, including funding as well as regulatory frameworks, for Indonesian developers to scale up and join the global technology race.

Social media giant TikTok launched its new subscription-only music streaming service "TikTok Music" in Indonesia, home to its largest user base in Southeast Asia.

Over the course of 10 weeks of testimony involving more than 100 witnesses, Google will try to persuade Judge Amit P. Mehta that the landmark case brought by the Department of Justice is without merit.

Japan appears less than keen to join a project to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail (HSR) link to Surabaya, East Java, citing concerns about technical compatibility and possible damage to the “brand” of Japan.

The cooperatives and SMEs minister has raised fears over TikTok expanding into digital sectors beyond video sharing and potentially threaten the country's small businesses, which form the backbone of the national economy.

From the touchless toilet flush, efficient water usage flushing system to easy-to-clean designs, these are all the result of TOTO’s continuous innovation regarding its products.

The National Cyber and Encryption Agency says there have been 844,000 indications of successful ransomware attacks this year.

Meta on August 1 started blocking the distribution of news links and articles on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to a recent law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content.

For Taiwan, under increasing pressure from Beijing to accept China's sovereignty claims over the island, the investment in a new factory is a show of goodwill towards Europe.

The firm has made huge bets to find and grow hot new tech ventures around the world, but that has left its earnings vulnerable to market forces.

The news follows an announcement by TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in June that the short video platform would invest billions of dollars in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. 

Living Lab Ventures, a homegrown venture capital firm owned by property giant Sinar Mas Land, announced a collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) to spur start-up growth in Indonesia and Japan.

Two sources briefed on the plan said TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, was in discussions with Indonesia's central bank and that the application was being viewed favorably.

This is the second collaboration here between a food-delivery company and a ride-hailing service, following Foodpanda and Tada’s partnership in April.

Genexyz, a Jakarta-based virtual influencer start-up, has raised US$1 million in a seed funding round led by Indonesia's East Ventures.

While Threads has succeeded in attracting subscribers, the number of daily active users on Threads has been decreasing every day within a week of its launch.

Astra International, through its subsidiary Astra Digital Internasional, has led another funding series in Halodoc, raising its total investment to US$135 million for the company since 2021.

SCF firm Danamart plans to add investors in eastern Indonesia and double its total investors to 2,000 this year. 

Indonesian tech giant GoTo is rolling out its Gopay e-wallet nationwide after its initial introduction in 2016.

Indonesia has established its own cryptocurrency exchange, crypto asset clearing house and depository.

High-end chips are used in artificial intelligence (AI), cost more than US$10,000, and have been increasingly sought after in China after the roll-out of ChatGPT in the US.

Online learning platforms have begun to transition back to physical classroom learning amid online fatigue and declining revenue streams, according to experts.

Indonesian electric vehicle producer MAKA Motors received a sum of US$37.6 million in seed funding co-led by AC Ventures, East Ventures and South Korean venture capital firm SV Investment.

TikTok Shop has sparked a backlash with a strategy of detecting trending products and then selling its own versions of those products to tap into viral demand.

Homegrown social commerce start-up Orderfaz says it has completed a pre-seed funding round led by Singapore’s 1982 Ventures.

Indonesia’s aquaculture startup eFishery has recently raised $200 million in its Series D funding round, cementing its place as a unicorn in the aquatech industry.

Changing social media engagement and rising marketplace fees are fueling a new concept of online shopping: social commerce.

China's President Xi Jinping, on an inspection tour of a major industrial province, renewed his call for greater innovation and technological self-reliance, as the United States intensifies curbs on Chinese access to advanced technologies.

Threads is the biggest challenger yet to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a series of potential competitors emerge but not yet replace one of social media's most iconic companies, despite its epic struggles.

P2P lending platforms want the OJK to massively increase the maximum ticket size for productive loans, which they hope will rekindle growth in the industry.