SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable. The challenge in training a computer to behave like a human brain is technological and physiological, testing the limits of computer and br...

Some abuse dating websites as more singles flock online to find love A 34-year-old company secretary recently kicked up a ruckus when she posted a question on a website where women chat about their love lives. The woman, who used an alias to tell of her predicament, said she had met a guy a few months ago ― a very decent guy with a promising career and superb academic background, topped with an...

The global news media industry is faced with a make-or-break upheaval that revolves around the shift in focus toward online and mobile platforms. Over the past couple of years, newspaper companies around the world have lost their readers to online and mobile rivals. The past year was a remarkable one for The Korea Herald, particularly because the country’s biggest English-language newspaper has ...

In the past six decades, The Korea Herald has established itself as the largest English-newspaper in Korea. It has now more than 50 percent of the nation’s market share, and has readers from around the world. In May this year, the paper took a major step forward to upgrade content for its paper version readers: a dramatic innovation to the time-honored Weekender section. The first and foremost ...

The Korea Herald marks its 58th anniversary on Monday. Over nearly six decades, the country’s biggest English-language newspaper has taken steps to provide accurate and reliable news and analysis to the readers. The Korea Herald started as The Korean Republic, a humble four-page tabloid, on Aug. 15, 1953. Then as now, the newspaper’s mission was to make the country better understood by the outsi...

Lee Kun-hee speculated to focus on faltering memory spot business Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest memory chip maker, and eighth-ranked Hynix Semiconductor Inc. are bracing for a steeper price plunge in memory chip prices. Nomura Securities issued a report Friday that the majority of chip makers are incurring losses on the current dynamic random access memory prices, which tumbled i...

Apple Inc. said it won a temporary order that prevents Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from distributing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the European Union, except the Netherlands. Apple Inc. said it won a temporary order that prevents Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from distributing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the European Union, except the Netherlands. Photographer: Jean Chung/Blo...

Randi Zuckerberg (Bloomberg) NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook says Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company after six years. Facebook said Thursday that Zuckerberg, who had led Facebook‘s consumer marketing team, is leaving to start her own company. Facebook says the company is “grateful for her important service.” Zuckerberg did not immediately respond to an email ...

Stronger laws and bigger payouts may plague the firms This week’s government decision to impose penalties on the Korean units of Apple and Google for their roles in the so-called “location-gate” is being viewed as more than a slap on the wrist despite the light nature of the punishment. Above all, Korea has set a legal precedent that may throw some weight behind the 27,800 Koreans who have agre...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Research In Motion Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled five new BlackBerry phones with touch screens, as it hopes to revive the line‘s dwindling appeal in the face of competition from the iPhone and Android smartphones. The new phones had been expected earlier this year, but were delayed. Though the company is profitable and seeing growing sales, it is increasingly seen as a has-been tha...