SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has allegedly been hacked by a foreign hacking group, which breached its confidential source code and other classified data, industry sources and media reports said Saturday. Data extortion entity Lapsus$ has claimed that it hacked the system of the South Korean tech giant and leaked up [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said Saturday it will donate US$6 million to support humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees. “We’re pushing to send humanitarian relief materials in cooperation with international organizations,” the company said. “We decided to donate $6 million to groups like the Ukrainian Red Cross [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s share in the smartphone chipset market dropped in the fourth quarter, research showed Thursday, amid efforts to restructure the company’s smartphone portfolio strategy. The South Korean tech giant, which makes Exynos chipsets, accounted for four percent of the global shipments of smartphone application processor (AP) and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will showcase a new lineup of goods from flagship smartphones to laptops during the upcoming global technology trade fair in Spain. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 is set to take place from Monday to Thursday in Barcelona. It is one of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is struggling to meet demand for its flagship Galaxy S22 smartphones after its release on Friday. 300,000 new Galaxy S22 phones were sold on the first day of the early-bird registrations on Wednesday, setting a new record, industry sources said. Many pre-order customers, however, have been [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has released its Galaxy S22 smartphones and Galaxy Tab S8 series in South Korea and some 40 other countries, including the United States. On Feb. 10, the world’s largest smartphone maker unveiled its flagship Galaxy S series fitted with stronger chips, eco-friendly features [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. topped global TV sales for the 16th consecutive year in 2021 on increased sales of its high-end TVs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a global market research firm said Sunday. Last year, Samsung Electronics accounted for 29.5 percent of the world’s TV market in terms of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. reportedly decided to use a lower than expected quantity of its own mobile application processor (AP) for its new Galaxy S22 smartphones amid concerns about low production yields at its foundry division. Instead of using its new processor, the Exynos 2200, the tech giant decided to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released new Bespoke home appliances and the premium lineup of Infinite as part of efforts to expand its competitiveness in the high-end home appliances market. The tech giant said its new home devices, 24 in total, come with enhanced artificial intelligence features that boost [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has decided to greatly reduce the amount of mail it sends to shareholders ahead of the annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held next month. The company said Wednesday that it will not send the notice of convocation and shareholder communication by postal mail this year. [...]