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SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top Internet portal operator Naver Corp., partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. in March to prepare for the official launch of Apple Inc.’s mobile payment service Apple Pay in the country, and this strategic move has yielded positive results, a local data tracker said Wednesday. Naver Pay, Naver’s [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will conduct South Korea’s inaugural demonstration of an unmanned robot charging system, capable of charging electric vehicles (EVs) without direct contact. Currently, the majority of EV charging systems utilize a plug-in mechanism, which necessitates users to directly connect a cable to their [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chip industry is keeping close tabs on the status of exemptions from Washington’s export control measures designed to limit China’s access to advanced chip technologies following a report that such exemptions could be extended. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Alan Estevez, under secretary of commerce [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has decided to reject U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc.’s proposal to voluntarily correct its unfair business practices with 20 billion won (US$15.5 million), ruling in favor of Samsung Electronics Co. Broadcom made the proposal in January as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it will showcase MIRI View, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based passenger safety protection system, in collaboration with major lift manufacturer Hyundai Elevator Co. MIRI View utilizes AI-based CCTV to analyze passengers’ movements and voices, functioning as an intelligent safety [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced today the upcoming launch of the Odyssey OLED G9, the world’s first OLED gaming monitor with dual QHD resolution. The monitor features a 49-inch curved screen with a 32:9 aspect ratio, a 240Hz refresh rate, and a 0.03ms response time. One of its standout features is [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A former senior executive of Samsung Electronics Co. has been arrested and indicted for stealing the chip giant’s trade secrets to build a copycat chip plant in China, prosecutors said Monday. The 65-year-old former executive, whose name is withheld, was charged with violating the industrial technology protection and unfair [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is set to revolutionize the tech landscape with its upcoming customized artificial intelligence (AI) services. With a focus on enhancing knowledge search, translation, summarization, and organizing meeting minutes, the company plans to introduce these innovative features as early as this year. According to industry insiders, Samsung’s [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of U.S. artificial intelligence company OpenAI said Friday that he is ready to invest in promising startups in South Korea, where its global sensation chatbot ChatGPT has been rapidly and widely used. “We love to support people building on our platform. Some of our teams here today [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean gaming industry is gradually reaping the benefits of investing in generative artificial intelligence (AI) research, following the emergence of ChatGPT. NCSOFT Corp. has been expanding its investment to incorporate AI into game production and overall services, extending beyond its previous limited applications in game chat translation and [...]