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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, is expected to report disappointing third-quarter earnings next week, analysts said Friday, marking a sharp departure from record-breaking performances for the past few years, amid a cyclical downturn of the global semiconductor industry. SK hynix’s operating profit for the three [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Friday it plans to come up with measures to build grounds for fair competition in the online platform market amid growing criticism that the government has failed to properly monitor Kakao Corp.’s dominant position in the market. The move came after nearly all services [...]
GWANGJU, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korea-U.S. joint research team has developed new technology that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) prediction model to predict the most forest fire vulnerable weather conditions one week before the weather condition is realized and identify the risk of forest fire before it actually breaks out. The Gwangju [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research lab said Thursday it has developed a new additive to improve the flame resistance of rechargeable batteries. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute announced that the newly-developed fluorosulfuric acid-based flame resistance additive features superior flame resistance and safety compared to existing triphenyl phosphate (TPP) flame [...]
POHANG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has developed a smart window that enables users to freely adjust the amount of sunlight penetration even at a low voltage. POSTECH said Thursday that the newly-developed smart window allows users to adjust the degree of brightness. When you are dazzled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat Co. has unveiled a self-driving mower currently in development. The company revealed the autonomous driving zero-turn mower at the Equip Exposition 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday (local time). The mower, currently in development in tandem with local software developer Greenzie, comes [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store items now can be delivered to pensions, a type of Korean accommodation similar to a bed & breakfast, in a fast and convenient manner by drones. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Wednesday held a demonstration event for a convenience store drone delivery service in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A top executive of Kakao Corp. stepped down Wednesday to take responsibility for the recent disruption of the company’s mobile messenger KakaoTalk and other related services. “As a CEO of Kakao, I feel miserable and strongly responsible for the incident. So I am stepping down from the post,” Kakao’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The fire that broke out at a data center last weekend has resulted in a plunging number of KakaoTalk users while other chat applications have seen a major inflow of new users, a mobile app tracker said Tuesday. WiseApp Retail Goods conducted a survey of smartphone users over 10 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major wireless carrier, and Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 lift manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that they will distribute safety devices that make use of Internet of Things (IoT) technology to elevator installation workers. After signing a business agreement early this year, the two [...]