SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Instead of sluggish demand for products like TVs and semiconductors, South Korea’s major tech companies are finding a new cash cow in the automotive business. Harman International, an automotive electronics subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., recorded sales of 3.17 trillion won ($2.36 billion) and an operating profit of 130 [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung has unveiled three new PCs on May 1, featuring the latest Intel 13th Gen Core processors. Among them is the Galaxy Book 3, which boasts a slim metal design akin to the Galaxy Book 3 Pro. Measuring only 15.4mm thick and weighing a mere 1.57kg, the device is [...]
DAEJEON, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new material that can heal scratches on sensors in self-driving cars. This has some pretty significant implications, because signal distortion caused by scratches on sensor surfaces poses a significant risk factor for autonomous vehicle traffic accidents. Recognition errors or malfunctioning vision [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Google Inc. must disclose the list of personal information it has shared with third parties, including United States intelligence. In 2014, four South Korean activists filed a lawsuit against the global tech giant and its local affiliate, Google Korea, demanding to know whether [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two major tech giants pulled a prank for a bit of fun on April Fools’ Day. Samsung Electronics Co. on Saturday posted on its website that it had released the Galaxy S23 Bow-Wow Edition, the world’s first smartphone designed exclusively for dogs. This cream-colored smartphone can diagnose [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft Corp.’s search engine Bing is enjoying global popularity on the back of its integration of Open AI’s technology, and South Korea is no exception, data showed Sunday. The nation’s search engine influx rate (market share in search) stood at 62.8 percent for Naver, 31.4 percent for Google and [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three South Koreans have tried artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot system ChatGPT, and the level of reliability on the outcomes was relatively high, a poll showed Monday. According to a survey of 1,016 adults from across the country conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. space firm SpaceX has set up a subsidiary in Seoul to launch satellite internet services using Starlink here, industry sources said Thursday. SpaceX established Starlink Korea LLC on March 8, and Lauren Ashley Dreyer, SpaceX’s senior director of Starlink business operations, has been appointed as representative, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK C&C Co., an IT service unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said Thursday it had signed a business agreement with Microsoft Korea Co. to launch into the global digital healthcare solution market as well as to expand its industry ecosystem. Under terms of the agreement, SK C&C’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Twelve South Korean websites attacked by a Chinese hacking group have been fully restored more than a week after the incident, officials said Wednesday. The Chinese attackers, identifying themselves as Xiaoqiying, hacked into the websites of 12 academic organizations and institutions on Jan. 22, including the Korea Research Institute [...]