Hacker News with Generative AI: Indonesia

A billion dollars later, the iPhone 16 is still banned in Indonesia (9to5mac.com)
The iPhone 16 is still banned from sale in Indonesia, despite Apple promising to invest a billion dollars in the country’s economy.

Apple, Indonesia, Technology, Business, Smartphones

4 points by FMecha 8 days ago | 0 comments

How life goes on after an earthquake: The ‘Lego schools’ of Lombok (aljazeera.com)
On the Indonesian island, school classrooms built from earthquake-resistant, recycled plastic are helping children back to school.

Education, Disaster Relief, Indonesia, Architecture, Sustainability

40 points by teleforce 46 days ago | 2 comments

Indonesia rejects Apple's $100M investment to lift iPhone 16 sales ban (nikkei.com)
Indonesia says Apple's $100 million investment plan is not enough to end a sales ban on the iPhone 16 and that the company should consider investing in local manufacturing.

Indonesia, Apple, iPhone, Investments, Manufacturing

9 points by mikhael 53 days ago | 3 comments

Making waves through the Wallace Line (weatherzone.com.au)
The islands of Bali and Lombok may only be separated by a distance of about 20 kilometres through the Lombok Strait, but an insurmountable depth has kept the Indonesian Archipelago ecologically disjoint for millions of years.

Indonesia, Geography, Ecology, Biology

17 points by kuhewa 62 days ago | 3 comments

Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales after ban on iPhone 16 (techcrunch.com)
Indonesia has banned sales of Google Pixel smartphones for failing to meet domestic content requirements, days after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16 in Southeast Asia’s largest phone market.

Indonesia, Google Pixel, Smartphone Sales, Regulations, Apple

26 points by jmsflknr 78 days ago | 9 comments

Apple iPhone 16 sales blocked in Indonesia due to local parts rule (nikkei.com)

Apple, Smartphones, Indonesia, Regulations, Business

20 points by mikhael 82 days ago | 6 comments

Apple iPhone 16 Is Now Illegal in Indonesia, Ban Leaves Tourists in the Lurch (news18.com)
In a surprising move, Indonesia has prohibited the sale and use of Apple iPhone 16 within the country.

Apple, iPhone, Indonesia, Law, Technology

60 points by thunderbong 82 days ago | 94 comments

Indonesia orders Apple, Google to take down Chinese bargain app Temu (theregister.com)
Indonesia's government last week ordered Apple and Google to remove Chinese e-commerce app Temu from their app stores.

Indonesia, E-commerce, App Stores, Regulation, China

7 points by nobody9999 88 days ago | 3 comments

Indonesia bans search engine DuckDuckGo on gambling, pornography concerns (reuters.com)

Indonesia, Censorship, Search Engines, Gambling, Pornography

55 points by gsky 166 days ago | 35 comments

Bulk of Indonesia data hit by cyberattack not backed up (reuters.com)

Cybersecurity, Data Security, Indonesia, Backup, Cyberattacks

17 points by BSDobelix 204 days ago | 1 comments

Indonesia is trying to block LGBTQIA content from the internet (restofworld.org)

Indonesia, LGBTQIA, Censorship, Internet, Human Rights

51 points by giuliomagnifico 206 days ago | 44 comments

Indonesian government datacenter locked down in $8M ransomware rumble (theregister.com)