SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Ilbe Storage, usually known simply as Ilbe, has disappeared from Google’s search results, sparking speculation that the company may have deliberately removed the extreme right community that has long been criticized for promoting discriminatory and abusive agendas beyond the traditional values of conservatism. Since May 29, googling Ilbe (in Korean) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Artificial intelligence (AI) language software by U.S. Internet giant Google Inc., scored higher than its rival AI machines in a translation battle between humans and machines held in South Korea earlier this week, industry officials said Wednesday. On Tuesday, a group of four professional translators competed against three AI-powered [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s upcoming G6 smartphones will come with Google Inc. voice assistant service, industry sources said Thursday, as the South Korean company struggles to compete against its rivals. LG’s new flagship models — to be unveiled next month — will carry the U.S. tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea decided Friday not to allow Google Inc. to take government-supplied map data outside the country, citing possible security breaches. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which supervises mapping policy, announced the decision after a meeting with officials from the foreign, defense and other-related ministries. [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – There’s now just a day left before a special government committee makes a final decision on whether to allow Google to export sensitive Korean map data. The dispute goes back to 2008, when the global Internet giant made the same request, but to no avail. The government rejected the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Google Inc.’s products were found to have the highest number of Internet security vulnerabilities, accounting for 22 percent of risks found in the third quarter, a report out Tuesday said. According to the Korea Internet & Security Agency, 155 of 694 reported common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) were discovered [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent announcement that Samsung would suspend the production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 is likely good news for other premium smartphone manufacturers. In an announcement on Tuesday, the tech giant advised customers with either an original Galaxy Note 7 or a replacement model to power down and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Wednesday it has put off a decision on whether to allow Google to export government-supplied map data outside the country and will re-deliberate the request by the U.S. search giant. The decision, which was made after a closed-door meeting with officials from foreign, defense and other-related [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Google asked the Korean government on June 1, yet again, for permission to move Korean map data out of the country, a decision which will be made on August 25. Due to South Korea’s unusual national security circumstances, in which it is still technically at war with its northern [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Google Play Arcade finally opened at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Friday, with an 8,900m2 space offering visitors access to around 30 top-ranking mobiles games, such as Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Infinite Stairs, and Stone Age. The month-long exhibition was arranged to provide a different approach to conventional mobile games, [...]