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SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by KT Corporation has revealed that more than half of single-person households in South Korea engage in simultaneous television viewing and mobile device usage, seamlessly combining entertainment with information gathering and online shopping. On June 13, KT announced the findings after analyzing big data from 3 million [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has unveiled a premium experience space called “Another Hanok” in Madrid, Spain, designed to showcase its AI-powered appliances and energy-efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions, the company announced on June 16. Another Hanok is a traditional Korean-style building outfitted with LG Electronics’ high-efficiency energy products, achieving [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, has produced an advertisement campaign for its truck brands using generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its ad agency said Friday. Innocean Worldwide Inc., Hyundai Motor Group’s marketing and communications arm, said the three-part video series, titled “Cars That Run Forever,” was created [...]
NAJU, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – LG CNS, a leading information technology service company, has announced the completion of a new AI powered platform for smart farming in Naju, South Jeolla Province. The ambitious project, a collaboration between the provincial government of South Jeolla and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, aims to establish [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – LY Corp., the operator of popular mobile messenger Line, has announced its plan to terminate its Line Pay service in Japan next year, amid criticism over Japan’s apparent pressure to shed Naver Corp., South Korea’s biggest internet portal operator, from LY. LY, a 50-50 joint venture between Japan’s SoftBank and [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Personal information processing policies of 49 companies and institutions, which are closely related to people’s daily life, will be evaluated by the government for the first time this year, the state’s data protection watchdog said Thursday. The 49 entities include major tech companies and online shopping malls, such as [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong has met with the heads of Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. in the United States this week to discuss future technologies and business collaborations, the company said Thursday. Lee, who has been on a two-week business trip in the U.S., [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will provide comprehensive “one-stop” artificial intelligence solutions for its foundry customers, with a focus on up-to-date technologies for high-performance, low-power AI chips. “At a time when numerous technologies are evolving around AI, the key to its implementation lies in high-performance, low-power semiconductors,” Choi [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a leading South Korean mobile carrier, said Thursday it will invest US$10 million in U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity to cooperate on AI search services. Perplexity also plans to invest in Global AI Platform Co., an AI service developing arm of SK Telecom in Silicon [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Sapeon Korea Inc. and Rebellions Inc., two South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chipmakers, said Wednesday they will seek a merger to gain a strong foothold in the global AI chip market. Sapeon Korea and Rebellions plan to seek their shareholders’ approval with the aim of completing a merger by [...]