SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil its new Galaxy S9 smartphone using augmented reality (AR) technology at its launch event next week, industry sources said Thursday. Samsung is set to take the wraps off the Galaxy S9 smartphone in Barcelona at 6 p.m. Sunday on the eve of the opening [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has revealed 7 in 10 South Korean adults fear privacy invasion from virtual assistants. Findings from the survey conducted by pollster Embrain last month showed that nearly 66 percent of South Koreans who have used digital devices in the past are afraid of virtual assistants committing [...]
SEOUL, JAN. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A life-like AI robot captivated a South Korean audience at a technology conference on Tuesday in Seoul with its convincing appearance and proficient communication skills. Sophia, the world’s first artificial intelligence robot, made a first public appearance in South Korea yesterday at a forum held by the Artificial Intelligence Industry [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A new café where robots serve drinks has opened in Seoul. South Korean Coffeehouse chain Dal.komm Coffee held a launch event for the new robot café ‘b;eat’ on Tuesday at Some Sevit Floating Island in Seocho District, Seoul, celebrating the first robot café which opened at Incheon Airport’s new Terminal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday they have set up new logistics facilities in the United States in an apparent move to better cope with U.S. safeguard measures. Samsung Electronics America has signed a deal with a real-estate firm to lease a 421,000-square-foot facility in Edgefield [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Sluggish iPhone X sales rumors are adversely affecting earnings forecasts for South Korean electronic parts suppliers, market watchers said Sunday. Local stock market and industry watchers said earnings estimates for chipmakers SK hynix Inc. and Samsung Display, as well as LG Display and LG Innotek, have been downgraded for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED television has been chosen as the best for viewing the Feb. 4 Super Bowl by Consumer Reports, the magazine’s website said Wednesday. The LG Signature OLED TV W 65W7P got the highest evaluation in the article “Best TVs for the Super Bowl” by the U.S. [...]
ROME, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Italy’s antitrust authority has launched a probe on Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea and Apple Inc. of the United States on suspicions that the two tech giants slowed down their older model smartphones intentionally to induce users to buy new ones. The agency on Thursday said the two [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Telecom giant KT has opened an agricultural drone school in South Jeolla Province in the hopes of helping the farming community. KT’s ‘Giga Island Drone School’ opened at an experience center on Imja Island in Sinan County yesterday, featuring a number of facilities including a workshop and a simulation room, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S9 smartphone appears likely to feature a variable aperture camera, according to industry sources and news reports. The new smartphone, set to be unveiled next month, reportedly has a camera that can be moved from a very fast aperture of f/1.5 to a slightly slower [...]