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SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will take part in the 2023 International IoT Home Appliance Robot Expo. The event will take place at the Kimdaejung Convention Center in Gwangju, located 330 kilometers south of Seoul, and will run until this Saturday. During the expo, Samsung will showcase SmartThings-based [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, has unveiled a demonstration of the world’s first rollable display designed for automobiles. The demonstration of the display, held on Monday at the Media Tech Day at the company’s R&D center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, showed the display slowly rising [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s mobile payment service, Apple Pay, has processed 25.8 million transactions within just 100 days of its launch in South Korea. According to Hyundai Card Co., payments with Apple Pay have been made at 108,000 stores across the country since the service was introduced in March. Apple, which [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp. are accelerating their efforts to expand coverage and improve speed in order to maintain their leadership in 5G mobile network quality and prevent LG Uplus Corp. from taking the lead. Since March, the two telecom operators have been replacing 5G base station equipment [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Wednesday that its research team had successfully developed a waterproof, transparent, and flexible OLED using MXene nanotechnology. Although MXene material possesses excellent electrical conductivity and penetrability, its commercialization has been challenging due to its vulnerability to moisture and water [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday said it unveiled a detailed plan for the mass production of chips with a 2 nanometer (nm) process, in a show of confidence in technological prowess and a sign to continue to double down on its foundry, or contract chip making, business. The plan [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will open a six-story flagship store in Gangnam, southern Seoul, to offer customers, especially the Gen Z population, more personalized services and experiences. In a media event, one day prior to the public opening, the tech giant said it expected the Samsung Gangnam [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Genie Music, a leading Seoul-based music streaming service, unveiled the country’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based music arrangement service Wednesday along with a domestic tech startup. The subsidiary of domestic telecom giant KT Corp. and Juice, an AI-based startup specializing in the field of music, launched a beta version of [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence (AI) models, which utilize machine-learned photos of K-pop girl group members collected illicitly, are being extensively distributed online. CivitAI, a platform for sharing generative AI models, hosts numerous AI datasets derived from learned photos of popular K-pop girl groups such as Le Sserafim. The published files consist [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday that it is participating in the 2023 ISTELive conference in Philadelphia, where it is showcasing a range of education solutions utilizing IT devices. Among the featured devices are electronic whiteboards, One:Quick mobile displays, LED all-in-one signage, Cloi guide bots, Probeam projectors, Ultra Tab tablets, [...]