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SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will hold the summer edition of its Galaxy Unpacked event on its home turf for the first time. The South Korean tech giant said it will hold the biannual event at the Convention and Exhibition Center in southern Seoul during the last week [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Leave Chat Room Quietly” function in KakaoTalk, South Korea’s top mobile messenger, has gained immense popularity since its launch a month ago. According to Kakao Corp., the operator of KakaoTalk, the new function was activated by around 2 million users from May 10-31, after it was added to [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hacker groups specializing in initial compromise during the process of ransomware distribution are rampant this year. Sales activity of “initial access brokers,” who sell cybercriminals access to corporate networks, has more than doubled compared to the same period last year, industry sources said Tuesday. These brokers gain access to [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 30 million as of April for the first time since the service was commercialized in 2019, data showed Tuesday. The total number of 5G users reached 30.02 million in April, accounting for 38.1 percent of the total 78.79 [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s video game industry, expanding its global reach beyond Asia and into the Western market, is now recognizing the importance of game accessibility for individuals with disabilities. NCSOFT Corp., a major online and mobile game developer, has incorporated new accessibility features into its recently concluded beta testing of [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoTalk and Naver, two popular platforms in South Korea known as the “people’s messenger” and “people’s portal,” respectively, are facing a growing challenge from global tech giants. KakaoTalk’s position as the top platform for monthly active users (MAU) is being threatened by Google’s YouTube, with a narrow gap of 507,487 [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The role of “prompt engineers,” responsible for optimizing the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, is emerging as a promising profession, but a debate is intensifying regarding its future. Kang Soo-jin, a linguistics PhD, recently secured a position as a prompt engineer at the South Korean [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of users of mobile apps that take responsibility for household chores such as cleaning, laundry and various errands is on the rise, data showed Monday. According to industry tracker WiseApp, the number of people who installed lifestyle service apps increased from around 1.2 million in April 2020 [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) —SK hynix, a renowned semiconductor company, announced the recent release of Beetle X31 (X31), a portable solid-state drive (SSD) designed for general consumer use. The X31 marks SK hynix’s entry into the external SSD market, boasting impressive sequential read speeds of up to 1,500MB/s and sequential write speeds of 1,000MB/s. [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government on Monday unveiled a set of policy measures to promote exports of next-generation digital products, like artificial intelligence, metaverse and online media platforms, in a way to seek new potential markets. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it will support local businesses that have [...]