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SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it has signed an exclusive deal with mixed reality display developer Nreal to launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in South Korea in early 2020. The Korean telecom operator unveiled Nreal Light AR glasses by the Beijing-based startup to show off its AR applications on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research Corp. will build a technology center in South Korea, officials said Wednesday. Yongin city authorities signed a deal with Lam Research Korea, the South Korean unit of the U.S. company, earlier in the day to provide the supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Element AI, a Canadian startup for artificial intelligence-powered software solutions, aims to join hands with more South Korean companies to help them adopt its cutting-edge technology, company executives said Tuesday. Based in Montreal, Element AI is an AI solutions provider co-founded in 2016 by AI authority and professor Yoshua [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has launched a virtual reality (VR) zone in partnership with major IT companies at home and abroad to provide various content available on its 5G network. South Korea’s leading mobile carrier said users can create their own avatars in its VR space, Virtual [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s operating earnings are expected to rebound in the first quarter of 2020 compared with a year ago on a recovery in chip demand and low base effect, analysts said Tuesday. Samsung’s operating profit was estimated at 6.6 trillion won (US$5.6 billion) in the first three months [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Japanese messaging app provider Line Corp., controlled by South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal, Naver Corp., and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. said Monday that they have reached a basic merger deal, in a move to form a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company to compete with global behemoths. Under [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest game expo kicked off in Busan on Thursday, showcasing a wide range of new games that utilize cutting-edge technology such as cloud computing. A record number of 691 game developers and distributors from 36 countries are taking part in the G-Star Global Game Exhibition in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean YouTubers on the global video-sharing platform have a global impact and have shown growth both in terms of the number of subscribers and the amount of content, company officials said Wednesday. The number of local YouTubers with more than 10 million subscribers tripled on-year in 2018, according [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed an in-car voice assistant based on artificial intelligence (AI) communication technology that avoids initiating conversation with the driver when it is determined that it would be a distraction. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said Monday that a research [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Letters handwritten by a patient suffering from a rare incurable disease have been processed, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to be used as a computer font. South Korea’s top portal operator, Naver Corp. announced on Monday that the font, titled ‘Let’s Walk Together’, will be available for free distribution. [...]