President Donald Trump's administration warned on Tuesday the United States could impose fees or restrictions on European service providers in response to what it called “discriminatory” actions against US firms.

In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse.

The $120-million effort will link northern and southern Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville autonomous region with high-capacity cables, Peter Tsiamalili, PNG's acting minister for information and communications technology, said on Friday.

The festival, which runs from Dec. 10 to 11 and is free to all visitors, aims to increase public trust in the fintech industry toward better, sustainable economic growth.

Deep in the Abu Dhabi desert, a vast AI campus a quarter the size of Paris is starting to emerge, the oil-rich UAE's boldest bet yet on technology it hopes will help transform its economy.

Founded in California in 2013, Robinhood shot to fame during the social-media-fueled retail-trading frenzy of 2021 and gained broader market legitimacy this year after joining the United States benchmark S&P 500 index.

Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros (US$140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday for breaching online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation that once again drew criticism from the US government.

The expansion aims to make its AI assistant "more responsive, accurate, and balanced" by incorporating diverse viewpoints, acknowledging that "real-time events can be challenging for current AI systems to keep up with."

EU regulators launched an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday and may even temporarily halt its rollout of artificial intelligence features in its WhatsApp messenger that would block rivals, hardening Europe's already tough stance on Big Tech.

Five companies were newly appointed as digital tax collector in October, including gaming giant Roblox Corporation, Notion Labs Inc., Mixpanel Inc., MEGA Privacy Kft and Scorpios Tech FZE.

I Wayan Koster explained that digital accommodation platforms had affected Bali’s regional income, particularly because they do not contribute to locally generated revenue (PAD).  

Huawei Cloud Indonesia CEO Leon Fang said that the utilization rate of the current three Availability Zones in Jakarta has reached 90.99 percent.

In a memo to staff on Monday, Altman told employees that the company was "at a critical time for ChatGPT," and that resources must be devoted to fending off the new competition to its chatbot, the reports said.

Apple does not plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, three sources familiar with the matter said, after the government's move sparked surveillance concerns.

With Friday’s launch of MAiA, Indonesia has joined the ranks of just six countries that have adopted artificial intelligence tools to boost their tourism competitiveness.

After three years of breakneck growth and soaring valuations, the AI industry enters 2026 with some of the euphoria giving way to tough questions.

Over the past decade, the lives of Indonesians, especially those in urban areas, have changed dramatically. Daily activities now rely heavily on digital technology: from ordering food, working, studying to socializing, all can be done through mobile devices.

The US judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google's advertising technology business asked the Department of Justice on Friday how quickly such a remedy would take effect, saying, "time is of the essence."

The government plans to enter an agreement with Malaysia and Singapore to develop a cross-border data center that will also serve as a buyer of clean power from Indonesia, according to Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartanto.  

The Communications and Digital Ministry has warned US-based internet services provider Cloudflare that its services in Indonesia could be blocked over legal compliance issues and allegations that it facilitates gambling websites.  

The ruling gives Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in President Donald Trump's first term and is a major setback for the US Federal Trade Commission.

Google-owned YouTube is now the leading destination for podcasts in the United States, with 33 percent market share according to Edison Research, and more than one billion consumers worldwide.

A swarm of artificial intelligence "crawlers" is running rampant on the internet, scouring billions of websites for data to feed algorithms at leading tech companies - all without permission or payment, upending the online economy.

The e-Conomy Southeast Asia report highlights how video commerce has electrified Indonesians’ online shopping habits, igniting a stunning 90 percent jump in digital transactions.

The growth comes with mounting challenges, from the soaring power requirements that could strain limited energy supplies to water-related risks such as competition over water resources needed to cool the facilities.  

The government has confirmed ongoing merger talks between GoTo and Grab, with state asset fund Danantara taking part in the process amid mounting losses from the state-owned firm’s investments in GoTo.

As AI adoption races ahead, the same tools driving personalization and efficiency are also unlocking new dangers, from biased credit scoring and data misuse to ever more cunning financial scams.

On a day when Facebook-parent Meta's share price plunged on the heels of disappointing quarterly earnings, demand for its bonds was reportedly four times greater than supply in a market keen to hold the social networking titan's debt.

The Finance Ministry seeks to fix software bugs and faulty infrastructure in its new online tax system in time for next year’s filing season to prevent a repeat of complaints and delays experienced earlier this year.

Homegrown multi-brand cloud kitchen operator Hangry has raised US$10.5 million in its Series A5 funding round, the company said on Wednesday, as it seeks to expand operations and push into foreign markets.