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Samsung embarks on investment in autonomous driving

The world’s No. 1 chip and handset maker, Samsung has embarked on a new autonomous driving business by announcing the creation of a new fund Wednesday. The South Korean technology giant established ...

Sept 14, 2017
Technology
Naver CEO apologizes for providing favors to children of top officials

Naver CEO Han Seong-sook apologized on behalf of the company for providing favors to the children of South Korea’s top legal officials including the daughter of former Senior Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joo...

Sept 14, 2017
Technology
Kakao, Samsung team up in AI sector

South Korea's top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. said Thursday it has partnered with tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. in the artificial intelligence sector to tap deeper into the burgeoning ...

Sept 14, 2017
Technology
Bain, SK hynix back in running to buy Toshiba chip unit

Japan’s Toshiba is leaning back toward a global consortium that includes South Korea’s SK hynix in the bidding for its memory chip business, the company announced Wednesday. Toshiba’s board of direc...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
[Newsmaker] Naver, Kakao compete to secure more AI speaker purchases

South Korea’s two biggest IT companies are ramping up efforts to achieve more preorders for their artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers that are slated to hit shelves here soon, with aims to...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
SKT to export AI solution to India

South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom will export its artificial intelligence network solutions to India’s Bharti Airtel, marking the company’s biggest foreign project, it announced Wednesday. The ...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
LG Electronics to receive preorders for V30 smartphone this week

LG Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it plans to start accepting preorders for its new flagship smartphone, the V30, ahead of the official release slated for later this month. Customers who make p...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
Apple unveils iPhone X with new display as rivals grow

Apple Inc. unveiled its most important new iPhone for years to take on growing competition from Samsung Electronics Co., Google and a host of Chinese smartphone makers. Chief Executive Officer Tim C...

Sept 13, 2017
Technology
Samsung SDI showcases EV batteries at Frankfurt Motor Show 2017

Samsung SDI introduced its multipurpose batteries at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2017 held in Germany, the company said Tuesday. The newly invented battery modules provide extended driving ranges for e...

Sept 12, 2017
Technology
Samsung aims to launch foldable device next year: CEO

Samsung Electronics aims to introduce a smartphone with a foldable display next year, Koh Dong-jin, CEO of the firm’s smartphone business announced Tuesday. At a press conference held three days bef...

Sept 12, 2017
Technology
Samsung mobile chief confident of Galaxy Note 8 success

Preorders for Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest high-end smartphone, the Galaxy Note 8, reached the highest-ever among its Note line, its chief of mobile communications said Tuesday, expressing confid...

Sept 12, 2017
Technology
[Newsmaker] Korea’s FTC head faces flak for calling Naver founder ‘visionless’

The chief of South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, who built his reputation as a “chaebol sniper,” is facing flak from local IT industry leaders after calling Naver founder Lee Hae-jin a figure who “lack...

Sept 11, 2017
Technology
Samsung strengthens foundry with 11-nm, 7-nm

Samsung is moving to strengthen its foundry business by adding a new 11-nanometer FinFET process technology and developing the industry’s first 7-nm process tech, the company announced Monday. By ad...

Sept 11, 2017
Technology
LG OLED TV wins positive responses in US, Europe

LG Electronics Inc.'s high-end organic light-emitting diode TV products have won positive responses from American and European consumer magazines, industry sources said Monday. The LG OLEDB7V model,...

Sept 11, 2017
Technology
Samsung Electronics' earnings may beat market expectations in Q3: observers

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest producer of memory chips and smartphones, may beat market expectations and post earnings growth in the third quarter despite earlier predictions of adjust...

Sept 10, 2017
Technology

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