Tag Archives: Indonesia

25Nov/25

Accelerating Enterprise Data Migration with AI

November 25, 2025Technology.google, Acceldata, Apache Hadoop, Artificial intelligence, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, cna insurance, Google Cloud Platform, Indonesia, Intesa Sanpaolo, J.B., Migration Services, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Exadata, PAYPAL, Quest Diagnostics, Singapore, Teradata, The DBS Bank, United States, Vaishali Walia, Vaishali Walia , Sr.admin

Nov. 25, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The document, titled “Accelerating enterprise data migration,” is a Google Cloud resource promoting the migration of corporate data platforms to their cloud environment, primarily using BigQuery and Vertex AI. The central argument is that legacy systems are inadequate for modern AI-driven success, while cloud migration provides substantial benefits like faster insights, cost efficiency, and AI readiness. Multiple case studies from diverse industries, including financial services (PayPal, DBS Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo), logistics (J.B. Hunt), and healthcare (Quest Diagnostics), illustrate how major companies modernised their infrastructure from systems like Teradata, Oracle Exadata, Hadoop, and Snowflake. These examples highlight key migration learnings, such as the importance of FinOps for cost control, strategic data cleanup, and full organizational alignment, demonstrating that Google Cloud offers an AI-enabled migration solution that simplifies and accelerates the transformation process. Continue reading →

17Nov/25

The Global Rise of Gen Z Political Protests

November 17, 2025PoliticsBangladesh, Gen Z protests in Asia, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Poverty, Republics, Youth unemploymentadmin

Nov. 17, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — There is an unprecedented global surge of Gen Z-led protests across multiple countries. Youth participation in political change is not new, the recent wave of these movements are interconnected and enabled by technology. The key commonalities among these countries experiencing these protests: they generally possess relatively high political rights but suffer from deficits in prosperity metrics such as income, health, or education, coupled with significantly high youth populations. The article concludes by discussing the mixed outcomes of these protests, which have led to full regime change in countries like Nepal and Madagascar. Is it possibie to predict where future youth uprisings might occur based on these shared characteristics? Continue reading →

28Apr/25

Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

April 28, 2025EnvironmentBolivia, Creative Commons, Dam, Eva Marquis, Ghana, Indonesia, Kafue River, Karen Hudson-Edwards, Kitwe, Mining, Mining waste, Oil sands tailings ponds, Philippines, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, SHUTTERSTOCK, Tailings, Tailings dam, Zambiaadmin

Eva Marquis, University of Exeter and Karen Hudson-Edwards, University of Exeter

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million residents of the town of Kitwe was suddenly cut off.

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02Jan/24

2024: The year of democratic elections

January 2, 2024PoliticsAlgeria, Artificial intelligence, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Confidence tricks, Deception, Deepfake, Disinformation, Fact-checking, Fake news, Finland, Ghana, Hasina, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Internet manipulation and propaganda, Jair Bolsonaro, Liechtenstein, Lying, Media manipulation, Mexico, Misinformation, Pakistan, Propaganda techniques, Senegal, Social media, South Africa, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Jan. 2, 2024 /Politics/ — 2024 is shaping up to be a bumper year for elections! Here are some noteworthy examples beyond the UK and USA: Continue reading →

25Jul/23

Women storm climate leadership

July 25, 2023EnvironmentBelgium, Bert Bolin, Brazil, Claudia Ringler, Climate change, Debra Roberts, Hoesung Lee, Indah Lestari, India, Indonesia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC First Assessment Report, IPCC Third Assessment Report, James Skea, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Jim Skea, Kanpur, Michael Taylor, Monaco, Moscow, NAIROBI, Roli Srivastava, Russia, Shivraj Nishad, South Africa, Sweden, Thelma Krug, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, United Nations Environment Programme, Vladimir Putin, Women in climate change, World Meteorological Organizationadmin

By Alister Doyle | Climate Correspondent

July 25, 2023 /Environment/ — Since it was set up in 1988, the U.N.’s prestigious panel of climate scientists has been led by men – a Swede, an Anglo-American, an Indian and a South Korean.

That 35-year all-male run may end this week when governments pick a new chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at a meeting in Nairobi from July 25-28. Continue reading →

27Oct/22

Pegasus: invasive spyware or national security?

October 27, 2022Securityamnesty international, Andrés Manuel Obrador, Apple, Augustín Basave Alanís, Bangkok, Basave, Bill Marczak, Citizen Lab, Computer and network surveillance, David Kaye, Donncha, Espionage, Fred Guterl, India, Indonesia, Mexico, NSO Group, Pegasus, Prague, Ronan Farrow, Samuel Woodhams, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Shalev Hulio, Spain, Spyware, Thailand, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Statesadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

I’m Samuel Woodhams, a digital rights researcher and journalist based in London.

The saga of the NSO Group’s invasive Pegasus spyware continues, with yet another victim confirmed this month by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and digital rights group, R3D. The organisations said Mexican opposition politician Augustín Basave Alanís was targeted in September 2021, making him the fourth person allegedly hacked during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency. Continue reading →