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SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will showcase a new interactive display and a whiteboard app during its participation in the British Educational Training and Technology Show scheduled to be held in London. The newly-released WAV 2023 version makes use of Android OS, enabling teachers and students to be [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new smartphone app that can check the change in the amount of urine produced by analyzing the sound of urination. A joint research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and the Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital announced on Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. is not sure yet whether to apply for U.S. government grants under the Chips Act, the chipmaker’s top executive said Wednesday, calling the process too complicated. While the application is under serious consideration, “we found the process too demanding,” Park Jung-ho, vice chair and co-CEO of [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government has tapped into artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automatically detect and monitor digital sex crimes around the clock, officials said Wednesday. The city’s center for fighting digital sex crimes introduced an AI-based monitoring system, developed by the Seoul Institute of Technology, to automatically find and [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will open its fifth retail store in South Korea later this week, strengthening its presence in the country where its rival Samsung Electronics Co. is maintaining a dominant market position. Apple Gangnam will open in Seoul’s posh southern district of Gangnam [...]
ULSAN, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean police officers have acquired a patent for a so-called “unsinkable drone” from the Korea Intellectual Property Office. The primary concept of the unsinkable drone proposed by lieutenant Cha Dae-seon and police administrator Lee Tae-wook from the Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency is that when the drone is [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is likely to report poor results in its chip business next month, analysts said Monday, as the ongoing global economic challenges that have resulted in reduced consumer demand negatively affect the company’s performance. Samsung’s Device Solution (DS) division, which oversees its chip business, is forecast to make [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Pay, the near field communication (NFC) payment service offered by U.S. tech giant Apple Inc., saw over 1 million registrations (based on token issuance) within a day of its launch. However, the impact of Apple Pay in the market is likely to be limited due to certain factors. [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea jumped into the business of establishing private space launch sites under the goal of rolling out services in 2024. However, it’s uncertain whether the goal will be met. According to industry sources, the countries currently building or planning new launch sites are Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Indonesia [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft Corp.’s search engine Bing is enjoying global popularity on the back of its integration of Open AI’s technology, and South Korea is no exception, data showed Sunday. The nation’s search engine influx rate (market share in search) stood at 62.8 percent for Naver, 31.4 percent for Google and [...]