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Indonesian team receives UNESCO Youth Hackathon award

A team from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and Telkom University has received a UNESCO Youth Hackathon award for their media literacy gamification concept that was designed to help combat misinformation. ...

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Environment

Google unveils plan to restart nuclear plant to power AI infrastructure

Under an announcement with electric power company NextEra Energy, the Duane Arnold Energy Center, which shuttered in 2020, would return to service in 2029 "to help power Google's growing cloud and AI infrastructure in Iowa," the companies said in a joint press release. ...

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Thom Yorke of the British group The Smile performs on Arena Stage at the Roskilde music festival in Roskilde, Denmark, on July 1, 2022.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke says would not now play in Israel

"Absolutely not. I wouldn't want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime," he told The Sunday Times Magazine, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

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A CCTV camera footage, released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press, shows a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture on Oct. 7, 2025. Bears have killed a record of at least seven people in Japan this year, the highest since 2006 when the survey started, an environment ministry official said Oct. 16.

Japanese film about man-eating bear delayed after deadly attacks

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.

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Local flair: Toothfish glazed in lemon sugar, served with ‘belimbing sayur’ (bilimbi) and rice crispies in a broth made from ‘bumbu kuning’ (yellow spice paste), exemplifies the infusion of local ingredients that is one of the hallmarks of August Jakarta. (Courtesy of August Jakarta)

Food premium

Indonesian gastronomy: On the knife-edge of a golden age

Indonesia’s culinary scene is bursting with achievements, recognition and government-sponsored programs, but more work remains to shape its global narrative and ensure inclusivity.

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Converging cultures: Kuasa dalam Setara (Power in Equality) by Indonesian painter Eddy Susanto wins the 15th UOB Painting of the Year Award (Indonesia) in the established artist category. The circular work, measuring 130 centimeters in diameter, is created on translucent cowhide and acrylic sheet, rendered with a drawing pen.

Where worlds meet, ‘Power in Equality’ finds its voice

At the 15th UOB Painting of the Year Awards, Indonesian artist Eddy Susanto unveils an award-winning work where Javanese philosophy meets Renaissance ideals, weaving eras and cultures into a reflection on humanity and spiritual depth.

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This illustration picture shows artificial Intelligence (AI) smartphone app ChatGPT surrounded by other AI apps in Vaasa, Finland, on June 6, 2023.

AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says

The mistakes included confusing news with parody, getting dates wrong or simply inventing events.

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Actress and dancer Asmara Abigail performs “The Impossible Shadow”, a monologue about the late Javanese dancer Ratna Mohini, on Oct. 16, 2025, at the Institut français d’Indonésie (IFI) auditorium in Central Jakarta.

Bound by art: Culture bridges 75 Years of France-Indonesia friendship

From Debussy’s fascination with gamelan to today’s cultural collaborations, the two nations celebrate a long-standing bond rooted in shared creativity and mutual respect.

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Athletic ease: First looks from Danjyo Hiyoji’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, themed Athletic Rhythm, are presented on Oct. 4, 2025, at Plaza Indonesia Fashion Week in Central Jakarta. Experts predict that sportswear will remain one of next year’s enduring favorites.
(Courtesy of Plaza Indonesia)

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Fashion futures: Indonesian designers navigating an era of disruption

From social media’s double-edged reach to the rise of AI and an uneasy economy, Indonesian designers are learning to adapt, endure and redefine creativity in fashion’s most unpredictable moment.

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Don't ask AI how to vote, says Dutch watchdog

The four chatbots tested by the AP tended to advise people to vote for parties on the left or on the far-right extreme of the political spectrum, the watchdog tested.

1 year ago

Amazon's cloud unit reports outage; several websites down

"We can confirm increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region," AWS said in an update on its status page.

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This photograph shows an industrial prototype in a lime production site capturing CO2 at an Eiffage factory serving as a pilot site for the start-up Revcoo in Haut-Lieu, near Avesnes-sur-Helpe, northern France on June 24, 2025.

Environment

CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UN

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming CO2, methane and nitrous oxide -- all increased yet again in 2024, with each setting new record highs, the UN's weather and climate agency said.

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Footsteps of faith: 'Pilgrimage to Bonokeling’ by Mirah Miryatta. The photographer traveled to Bonokeling in Pekuncen village, Central Java, to witness an age-old tradition of the local community. (Courtesy of Mirah Miryatta)

‘Negeri Impian’: An imaginable land of harmony and creative freedom

Marking Indonesia’s 80th year, Hadiprana Gallery gathers artists whose works reflect dreams of harmony, resilience and cultural memory.

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Recording artist D'Angelo performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on August 21, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.

People

Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dead at 51

The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions.

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Masayoshi Son (left), chairman and president of SoftBank Group, talks with CEO of US company OpenAI, Sam Altman (right), via video chat at a SoftBank World 2025 lecture in Tokyo on July 16, 2025.

OpenAI to allow erotic content on ChatGPT

In a post on X, CEO Sam Altman said that stricter guardrails on conversational AI to address mental health concerns had made its chatbot "less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems."

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This aerial handout picture taken on December 22, 2024 and released on January 31, 2025 by Auriga Nusantara shows a general view of deforestation at an area on Gag Island in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua province. Deforestation in Indonesia rose again in 2024, a local environmental NGO said based on satellite image analysis and fieldwork.

Environment

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss

The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone, putting the planet 63% behind the goal set by over 140 countries in the 2021 Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use.

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In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, an Indian woman works at a call center of TravelKhana in Noida.

Meet the AI chatbots replacing India's call-center workers

The company, LimeChat, has an audacious goal: to make customer-service jobs almost obsolete. It says its generative AI agents enable clients to slash by 80 percent the number of workers needed to handle 10,000 monthly queries.

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Hitmaking trio: Members of songwriting and producing group Laleilmanino (from left), Arya “Lale” Aditya Ramadhya, Ilman Ibrahim Isa and Anindyo “Nino” Baskoro, pose in an undated photograph.

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Laleilmanino, Indonesia's favorite trinity of modern pop

With more than a decade in the biz and 170 songs that have enriched the lives of audiences, the songwriter-producer supergroup has deservedly earned its place among industry titans.

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Recording artist D'Angelo performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on August 21, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dead at 51

The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions while producing sensuous hits including "Brown Sugar" and the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)."

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Cinematic vision: Linda Gozali (sixth left, at mic), director of the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) Market, speaks during the event’s inaugural 2024 edition, which ran from Dec. 3 to 5 at the Jogja Expo Center in Yogyakarta. (Courtesy of JAFF Market)

Entertainment premium

What’s next for Indonesian film? JAFF Market has a plan

With local productions now outshining Hollywood exports at the country’s box office, JAFF’s industry initiative is pushing for data-driven reforms to build lasting momentum.

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Just dance!: Billy Gamaliel (left), program manager at Galeri Indonesia Kaya, poses with fellow organizers of Indonesia Menari 2025 (from second left), judges Rianto and Gianti Giadi and choreographer Bathara Saverigadi Dewandoro on Sept. 30, 2025, during a press conference at Galeri Indonesia Kaya in Central Jakarta.

Indonesia Menari returns, reviving joy in traditional dance

After a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the nationwide dance-off returned this month, filling shopping malls in 11 cities with renewed rhythm, color and joyful pride in traditional dance.

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Actress Diane Keaton speaks during the handprints and footprints ceremony to celebrate “Mack & Rita“ at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, the United States on Aug. 11, 2022. According to People magazine reports on Oct. 11, 2025, Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977's “Annie Hall“ and her role in “The Godfather“ films, has died at age 79.

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dead at 79

Keaton was a frequent collaborator of director Woody Allen, portraying the titular character in Annie Hall, the charming girlfriend of Allen's comic Alvy Singer.

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Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai is pictured at Premio Formentor de las Letras 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco, September 27, 2024 in this handout photo. Krasznahorkai was awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Books

Hungary's 'master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins literature Nobel

Critically difficult and demanding, his style was described once by Krasznahorkai himself as "reality examined to the point of madness".

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Elusive chanteuse: United States singer Mariah Carey takes to the stage for the Mariah Carey-The Celebration of Mimi concert on Oct. 4, 2025 at the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) in Bogor, West Java.

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Mariah Carey celebrates legacy, future and Indonesia’s ‘Lambily’

The highly anticipated Mariah Carey-The Celebration of Mimi concert at the Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor, West Java, was an awe-inspiring jubilee for music lovers and the legendary diva’s enormous number of Indonesian fans.

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'Those Emerging Through the Flesh of Rise and Fall' by Jiyoung Kwon, combined glazed porcelain, engobe, pigment, ceramic pencil, acrylic on wood panel.

Where art meets energy: The faces and forms of Art Jakarta 2025

From Agus Suwage’s ironic self-portraits to Aytjoe Christien’s meditative abstraction and Ricky Janitra’s solar-powered soundscape, the annual fair showcased how artists across generations are expanding the language of contemporary art.

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An illustrative picture shows icons of Google's artificial intelligence (AI) app BardAI, or ChatBot, OpenAI's app ChatGPT and other AI apps on a smartphone screen in Oslo, on July 12, 2023.

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT app integration feature

Chief Executive Sam Altman announced the new tool to a crowd of enthusiastic developers gathered in San Francisco for the company's annual "Developer Day."

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Fans take pictures in the lobby as they attend “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl“ at AMC Montgomery 16 movie theater in Bethesda, Maryland on October 3, 2025. To go alongside the 12-track album -- already the most streamed release of 2025 -- fans in dozens of countries are packing theaters for an accompanying film that is being released for three days only.