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LG to supply P-OLED-based digital cockpit system for Cadillac

Feb 6, 2020

LG Electronics announced Thursday it will supply digital cockpit systems made with flexible organic light-emitting diode displays for General Motor’s premium brand Cadillac. Known as Plastic-OLED, L...
MiCo BioMed develops kit to detect coronavirus within an hour

Feb 5, 2020

South Korea’s health care solutions developer MiCo BioMed claimed Wednesday it has developed a rapid molecular diagnostic system to detect the novel coronavirus with high sensitivity within an hour. ...
Samsung launches powerful memory chip for AI, supercomputing systems

Feb 4, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has launched a new memory chip suited to high-performance computing (HPC) systems and artificial intelligence-powered data analytics. Samsung said the Flashbo...
[News Focus] Breaking down rumors about Samsung Galaxy S20, Galaxy Z Flip

Feb 4, 2020

Samsung set to release four new devices at Galaxy Unpacked next week
Google improves weather predictions with AI technology

Feb 4, 2020

Google Inc. could greatly improve weather predictions by using machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence technology, a scientist from the company claimed Tuesday. Accurately predicting wea...
Samsung to temporarily close flagship store in China amid coronavirus fears

Feb 3, 2020

Samsung Electronics will temporarily shut down its flagship store in China amid growing fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, company officials here said Monday. Samsung will close its flags...
Global memory chip production unaffected by coronavirus: report

Feb 3, 2020

Global memory chip production appears to be unaffected by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, a market researcher said Monday, as no chip manufacturing facilities in the virus-hit country...
KT ditches Oracle’s database management system

Feb 3, 2020

KT has recently changed its database management system operator from Oracle to a third-party business, according to industry sources Monday. The mobile carrier has reportedly chosen Rimini Street as...
Korean Battery makers forecast better 2020

Feb 3, 2020

The SK unit’s electric vehicle battery business posted a total of 309.1 billion won in operating losses throughout the year, due to the firm’s increasing investments to build battery production facil...
Korean telcos to take part in MWC amid coronavirus fears

Feb 1, 2020

South Korea's three major telecommunication companies said Saturday they will participate in the upcoming mobile technologies trade fair as planned despite growing fears over the spread of the new st...
Samsung’s earnings nosedive on weak chip, display markets in 2019

Jan 30, 2020

Rapid growth of 5G market likely to help improve tech giant’s earnings in 2020, leading to recovery in memory demand
Samsung’s appliance head touts upcoming Galaxy Home Mini speaker

Jan 29, 2020

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Home Mini will likely be launched soon as the company plans to link the voice-activated AI speaker with most of its upcoming home appliances, according to its head of digi...
[Newsmaker] Will Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold replace Note series?

Jan 28, 2020

Amid rumors that the next edition of Galaxy Fold will feature a bigger screen and S Pen, speculations that it could replace the 10-year-old Galaxy Note series are gaining ground, according to industr...
Samsung SDS’ brand value reaches W4.3tr

Jan 27, 2020

Samsung SDS, an information and communication technology service arm of Samsung Electronics, has seen its brand value grow to 4.3 trillion won ($3.7 billion), a 6.5 percent increase compared to that ...
Samsung heir visits Brazil with mobile, TV heads

Jan 27, 2020

Samsung Electronics said Monday its Vice Chairman and heir Lee Jae-yong flew to Brazil during the Lunar New Year holidays as part of efforts to check on the Korean tech giant’s major businesses in th...