Amid Samsung Electronics’ leadership as a foldable phone pioneer, its Chinese rivals appear to be racing to shrink the size of their new phones. Last week in Paris, Samsung unveiled its new foldable phones the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6, touting them as the slimmer and lighter phones to be powered by its new artificial intelligence features, called Galaxy AI. Just a few days after Samsung's highly-publicized Unpacked event, China’s Honor launched its version Friday, saying the new

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SK Telecom said Monday that it has sealed partnerships in Canada and the US to expand its proprietary artificial intelligence-driven veterinary diagnostic service, X Caliber, into the North American pet market, the largest globally. Originally launched in Korea in September 2022, X Caliber executes diagnostic results through AI analysis of X-ray images. This expansion into North America follows its recent launches in Australia and Indonesia. Expansion in Canada has been confirmed through a distr

Samsung Electronics took part in a $277 million Series D investment for Element Bioscience, a US-based DNA analysis equipment company, to expand its footing in the medical device market, the company said Friday. Element Biosciences, established in 2017 in San Diego, is a life science company that developed the disruptive DNA sequencing and multi-omics technology that boasts the industry's "top level" accuracy for research markets, Samsung said. According to the bioscience firm, th

Samsung Electronics’ latest foldable phones -- the Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6 -- were unveiled at the summer edition of the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event in Paris on Wednesday, surprising the audience with slimmer and lighter designs. The Korea Herald had a chance to try out the new foldable lineup the day after the unveiling event in Korea. The tech giant’s first artificial intelligence-powered foldable phones are easy to hold and fun to play with, but the more you use them, the more t

LG Electronics Chief Executive Officer Cho Joo-wan met with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on Wednesday to discuss their ongoing collaboration on advanced technology, including on-device artificial intelligence and automotive electronics, according to industry sources. On the second day of his trip to Seoul, Amon met with Cho at the LG Electronics headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. The two companies have been building a firm partnership over the past years, especially in the fields of audio products a

AI digital design platform company Zyx Technology announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding to donate ZyxCAD licenses worth 1 billion won ($722,021) to the University of Seoul. Key figures including Eom Shin-jo, CEO of Zyx Technology, and Won Yong-geol, President of the University of Seoul, attended the signing ceremony held on June 25. ZyxCAD is a versatile computer-aided design (CAD) software independently developed by Zyx Technology. It features a user interface and software lang

AI digital design platform company Zyx Technology announced Wednesday that it has signed a distribution agreement with HTI Hantech Innovation Vietnam, a system integration specialist, for ZyxCAD in the Vietnamese market. HTI, which operates offices in Vietnam, Europe and the Middle East, brings and promotes Korean smart construction technologies in Vietnam, such as smart factories and smart building technologies, in Vietnam. Zyx Technology anticipated that ZyxCAD and its AI-driven intelligent de

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South Korean design software developer Zyx Technology has globally launched its proprietary computer-aided design (CAD) application program, Works. Works offers approximately 270 utility functions tailored to various industries utilizing CAD. CAD is a computer program that generates two- or three-dimensional graphic representation. It is employed in various fields, such as computer animation, industrial, civil and architecture design. Notable features offered by Works are the multiplot feature,

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Cambridge University MBA students experience SK Telecom’s artificial intelligence technology at the telecom carrier’s exhibition hall T.um in Seoul on Tuesday. Some 40 students and faculty members of the UK school visited the company to learn about its AI strategy and global cooperation under the Global Telco AI Alliance. (SK Telecom)

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday it has bagged the first order for its new turnkey semiconductor solutions using the cutting-edge 2-nanometer foundry process from a leading artificial intelligence company in Japan. Holding the Samsung Foundry Forum and Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem Forum in Seoul, the chip giant also unveiled its foundry strategy for its advanced Gate-All Around transistor architecture to support the local logic chip industry, as well as the latest AI solutions. Having

Dabeeo, a geospatial information AI technology company, announced its successful completion in June of the '1:1000 Topographic Map Enhancement Pilot Project' promoted by the National Geographic Information Institute of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. During the 180-day project, the company used AI change detection technology to identify changes in buildings, roads and other features over the 54-square-kilometer area covering from Geumsan-gun, South Chungcheong Prov

Chaebol leaders inspect production lines to secure early edge in critical technology