The New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Directorate General has announced a hydrogen trial for buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles.
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2 months agoOpenAI has concluded a deal with investors that reportedly values the California start-up at $80 billion or more, after a roller-coaster year for the inventor of ChatGPT.
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2 months agoBy 2025, Indonesia is projected to see more than $40 billion in digital loans—almost double from last year.
2 months agoThe recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, was a showcase of revolutionary mobility solutions, offering a glimpse into a future where movement is redefined by technology.
2 months agoLocal securities crowdfunding businesses aim to surpass Rp 1.5 trillion (US$95.3 million) in funds raised this year, building on a strong performance last year.
2 months agoThere is more to the future of mobility than EVs. For sustainable transportation experts, the more impactful shift is toward efficient mass public transportation.
2 months agoIndonesia remains more of a follower than an innovator when it comes to global tech trends. But that does not necessarily mean Indonesia is behind.
3 months agoPanelists pointed out that Indonesia had imported a lot of cell phones in the past year, whereas the cost of building a factory to produce the devices locally would be very small when compared with the total value of shipments coming to the country.
3 months agoThe government wants to mandate foreign publishers to establish local presence in the country. Failure to comply would lead local access to their video games blocked by the ministry.
3 months agoIn the event of another divestiture, its rival Grab and TikTok might show up as the potential buyers, Momentum Works said.
3 months agoOne of the focuses in managing business is taking care of employees. Maintaining collaboration, productivity, and ensuring their wellbeing is important so that business operations can run smoothly. To achieve this, technology can be a key factor that can help both business owners and workers to progress further.
3 months agoThe Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) warns countries will pay the ultimate price for ending the moratorium, while small and emerging enterprises will be weighed down by significant extra costs.
3 months agoIn 2018, Traveloka launched its Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service (the Traveloka PayLater), making it the first platform in Indonesia to offer an alternative payment method primarily for underbanked individuals. Traveloka PayLater is a product of PT Caturnusa Sejahtera Finance (CSF), a financing company that is part of Traveloka Group. Now 6 years later, the service has evolved into a core component of Traveloka’s value proposition. It has experienced an average annual growth rate of more than 30%, with a 20% increase in its BNPL user base this past year alone.
3 months agoThe Indonesia Fintech Lending Association (AFPI) has asserted that cooperation between fintech platforms and universities is “not prohibited” by the fintech regulation, provided there is “prudent and compliant credit due diligence”.
3 months agoThe Financial Services Authority (OJK) has tightened capital requirements for venture capital (VC) firms and now categorizes them based on whether they provide more equity or more debt funding.
3 months agoCost is one of the major challenges poultry agritech start-ups are facing as they try to help smallholder farmers adopt their solutions for better efficiency in a volatile industry.
3 months agoThe collapse of the Singapore-based firm's TerraUSD and Luna wiped out around $40 billion in investments and caused wider losses in the global crypto market estimated at more than $400 billion.
3 months agoThe members of this group identify themselves as ethical hackers or white hat hackers, which implies the use of their hacking skills for good, rather than for malicious purposes.
3 months agoVenture capital firms suggest a possible rebound of Indonesia’s tech sector could begin later this year, though the first half of 2024 will likely remain under the shadows of the 2023 decline marked by mass layoffs and business closures.
3 months agoPitchbook recorded a 50 percent increase of venture debt in Indonesia to US$109 million in 2023.
3 months agoIndonesian fintech saw only US$765 million in funding last year, down from $1.6 billion in 2022, according to private data market research firm Tracxn.
3 months agoFinanciers agree 2024 will be about managing risks by prioritizing strong fundamentals, but while some investors expect a year of squeeze, others are looking beyond immediate financial returns.
3 months agoStart-ups in agriculture, farming, fisheries and related industries are seen as potential targets for investment in 2024, according to Amvesindo.
4 months agoThrough their AI chatbots, the companies "seek to free-ride on The Times' massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment," the lawsuit said.
4 months agoExperts urged the government to focus on critical infrastructure legislation like the cybersecurity bill to prepare for binding AI rules.
4 months agoChina will on Friday conduct sea trials for its first ocean research drilling vessel, capable of drilling at depths of more than 10,000 meters, a key step toward beefing up the country's deep-sea oil and gas exploration capabilities.
4 months agoBAKTI Kominfo announced on Friday that SATRIA-1 had successfully undergone a network trial, signaling nationwide connectivity readiness.
4 months agoEU member states and lawmakers clinched a deal on Friday on how to draft "historic" rules regulating artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT -- after 36 hours of negotiations.
4 months agoMandiri Capital Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bank Mandiri, will become the investment manager of the BTN Fund, with BTN as the sole investor.
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