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Indonesia will raise the retirement age for workers to 59, effective this year, in accordance with a government regulation on the Implementation of the Pension Guarantee Program. A regulation issued in 2015 set the retirement age at 56, with a provision for…
Lifestyle brand Miniso is about to open its first theme park-style flagship store in Bangkok, Thailand. Located at Asiatique The Riverfront, the two-story, 600sqm space will feature more than 20 unique IP collections across various products, including…
Indonesia experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, the country’s weather agency said Friday, matching several other nations which have reported similar rises in temperature. Indonesia still relies enormously on fossil fuel energy — which scientists say…
Vietnam needs around 2,400 engineers, scientists and other personnel to revive its defunct nuclear program with two plants in Ninh Thuan Province, but officials flag a likely shortage. A typical nuclear power plant with two reactors requires 600-1,200…
WhatsApp is making it easier for users to get help with a new “Chat with Us” feature that’s being developed for the web app. This feature is designed to streamline the process of getting support by letting users quickly connect with the WhatsApp support team.…
Taiwan has blocked Uber Technologies’ $950 million purchase of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business on the island because of concerns it would be anti-competitive, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday. Uber and Foodpanda did not immediately respond…
Two ride-hailing platforms, namely Geolah and Trans-cab Services, will begin operations in Singapore next year. They have received one-year provisional licenses that allow them to provide ride-hailing services, the city-state’s Land Transport Authority said…
Starting January 1, 2025, WhatsApp will no longer be supported on older Android phones running Android KitKat or earlier. This change means that if you’re still using an older device as your primary phone, you’ll need to upgrade to a newer model to continue…
Google announced this week that it’s expanding the ability to migrate messages to Microsoft Teams. Starting today, Google Workspace admins can migrate conversations from channels in Microsoft Teams to spaces in Google Chat. In order to migrate data from…
Indonesia has unveiled economic stimulus packages totaling IDR827 trillion (US$51.65 billion) for 2025, designed to mitigate economic shocks and address the weakening purchasing power of low- and middle-income groups. The stimulus also aims to cushion the…
AI chatbot ChatGPT suffered outage globally for several hours Thursday before resuming services. “ChatGPT, API, and Sora were down today but we’ve recovered,” the parent company OpenAI said in a post on X at around 1:00 p.m. It referred to API, a cloud…
WhatsApp is working on making Meta AI more useful and with the help of an upcoming update, you could be getting more context about the messages you are receiving. WhatsApp has been putting a lot of effort into tackling scams and fake news on its platform.…
Google Docs grows and grows: the Big G has introduced a refreshed library of templates, featuring 40 new designs. The rollout of these templates began on December 10, 2024, and will be accessible to Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual…
Meta’s apps like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced outages Thursday, leaving users worldwide unable to connect or facing intermittent disruptions. The Vinh of Ha Dong District in Hanoi said at around 1 a.m. on Thursday he received a…
If you thought you were indecisive, wait till you have a look at the latest Google Messages update. Google can’t seem to make up its mind about how it wants the text field to look. Of course, we can’t fault it for wanting to come up with the best possible…
Earlier this year, we got wind that WhatsApp was working on a new QR code feature to make accessing channels super easy. Well, now, it looks like the most popular messaging app in the world is bringing that feature to life. A recent report reveals that the…
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