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Indonesia's film industry is embracing AI tools to produce Hollywood-style movies at a significantly lower cost; the average local film budget is about $602,500 (Linda Yulisman/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/

Indonesia’s film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap
Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.

Kaya Founders raises P1.47-billion fund to back more Filipino founders
https://www.philstar.com/business/2025/11/11/2486427/kaya-founders-raises-p147-billion-fund-back-more-filipino-founders

Indonesia's film industry is embracing AI tools to produce Hollywood-style movies at a significantly lower cost; the average local film budget is about $602,500 (Linda Yulisman/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/

Indonesia’s film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap
Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.

Mango season! First batch of green mango pickles with home grown mango and mostly homegrown spices. These are Indian style pickles in oil. Good as a cndiment to spice up a curry or dahl, or wonderful with a sharp cheddar on crackers or sourdough. I try to make some every year, but not every year is a good mango year. This year there'll be lots extra to give away. #cookingfromthegarden

How Brazil's Pix digital payment system, adopted by 80% of citizens, became a target of the Trump administration, which says it unfairly undercuts US companies (Ana Ionova/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/world/americas/brazil-digital-pay…

Brazil’s Homegrown Payment System Is Target of Trump Administration
Brazil’s fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies.

Pretty fascinating - can a chat app with a #Tamil name really be a threat to #Whatsapp's dominance at the #chatapp in #India

Dallas Cowboys acquire New York Jets star Quinnen Williams to fortify ailing defense https://www.pff.com/news/dallas-cowboys-acquire-new-york-jets-star-quinnen-williams-to-fortify-ailing-defense

South Korea, the EU, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others aim to build "sovereign AI"; Gartner expects $1.5T in AI spending in 2025, up 50% from 2024 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
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‘Sovereign AI’ Takes Off as Countries Seek to Avoid Overreliance on Superpowers
South Korea and others believe their homegrown tech sectors are strong enough to build up their AI capabilities

NetEase says 2M people played martial arts game Where the Winds Meet in the 24 hours after its global release, as Chinese companies' cultural influence expands (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/china-conn

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China’s homegrown games capture overseas players as its cultural influence expands
In a big year for Chinese cultural exports, a new video game is the latest to win a global audience.

#NorthAmerica's largest #semiconductor #convention skipped its traditional #MosconeCenter setup in