Amid its strong drive for artificial intelligence, Samsung Electronics is preparing to open new AI research centers, likely in Switzerland and Germany, this year, in addition to seven existing centers across the continents, according to the company’s high-ranking officials on Monday. “Samsung will open additional AI centers this year to attract more AI experts, and the places under consideration include Switzerland and Germany,” a Samsung official told The Korea Herald. The comment was made in r

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's smallest mobile carrier, said Friday that it will set up a fund with U.S. tech giant Google Inc. to invest in virtual reality content.The agreement, made during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is aimed at investing in the development of VR content during the first half of the year, LG Uplus said.  (Yonhap)The content will be viewed through LG Uplus platforms, such as apps and global video streaming service YouTube under Google, LG Uplus said.LG Up

LAS VEGAS -- Digital health care is growing at a rapid pace, as innovative technologies and solutions are revolutionizing the health management and treatment paradigm.Signaling widening interest in the convergence of technology and health care, mobile health devices, wearables and wellness gadgets are a major part of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Alongside big names in conventional electronics, 521 digital health, 631 wearables and 151 fitness exhibitors have arrived at the

LAS VEGAS -- Despite China’s fast-growing presence in the global display business, South Korean display makers remain undisputed leaders when it comes to future innovation, according to the chief of Merck KGaA’s performance materials division on Wednesday.　“Indeed, China has been putting lots of emphasis on driving the growth of the display technology. But if you look at large companies, you can see that the Korean companies are still very strong in innovation,” CEO Kai Beckmann said in an inter

South Korean tech titan to unveil its 10th anniversary Galaxy phone one week ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

LAS VEGAS -- Samsung Electronics will not immediately join the new market for rollable TVs that surprised the world this week at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019, according to the company’s chief of consumer electronics division, raising doubt as to the “economic efficiency.”During a press conference held Tuesday, Kim Hyun-suk pointed out, “The problem of rollable TVs is economics.” The comment was made after Samsung’s archrival LG Electronics impressed the world with the industry’s first roll

LAS VEGAS -- SK hynix, the world’s No. 2 memory chip provider, may ultimately expand into the non-memory semiconductor market by tapping into an emerging market for a variety of system-on-chips for autonomous driving, Park Jung-ho, chief executive officer of parent company SK Telecom said Tuesday. “SK hynix is (confidentially) conducting research and developing non-memory chips for vehicles,” Park told The Korea Herald after attending a press conference on SKT’s vision for future businesses in t

LAS VEGAS -- The Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s biggest technology showcase, officially kicked off in Las Vegas on Tuesday, showcasing the latest technology innovations from big companies and startups across diverse product categories.This year’s event features more than 4,500 exhibiting companies, including a record 1,200 startups, while more than 20,000 products are being launched on the show’s floor, according to the Consumer Technology Association, the organizer of CES.From high-end

Park Jung-ho seeks to increase SK Telecom’s stake in SK hynix form 20.07% to 30%

Meanwhile, China’s Royole dazzles CES visitors with world’s first commercial foldable phone

LAS VEGAS -- Lee Seok-hee, the newly installed chief executive officer of the world’s second-biggest memory chip provider, SK hynix, expressed his determination to expand into an emerging market for automotive memory chips on Monday. Upon his arrival in Las Vegas to attend Consumer Electronics Show 2019, which kicked off on Tuesday, Lee told The Korea Herald that his company had its eye on the growth potential of the automotive semiconductor business and planned to expand its involvement in that

Samsung unveils AI and wearable robots for rehabilitation treatments, following LG’s lead in robot development and investment

World’s biggest chipmaker likely to adjust production capacity in hope of market recovery, say analysts

LAS VEGAS — When it comes to future mobility, autonomous vehicles typically take the spotlight, as global automakers and tech companies compete to bring self-driving cars into the mainstream.　Further stretching the limits of transport, another mobility technology once considered the realm of science fiction is inching closer to reality: flying cars. A number of flying car prototypes and designs will be featured at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that kicks off on Tuesday. Airborne veh

LG Display preparing for applications of rollable OLED panels for automotive products