LG Electronics’ service centers were attacked by ransomware this week, with the malicious code used possibly identical to the WannaCry ransomware attack, one of the largest cyberattacks that struck in May, according to security authorities Wednesday.LG said that self-service kiosks at some of its service centers were attacked by ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts computer files and asks for money to unlock them.The self-service kiosks had access problems on Monday morning, an

“Starcraft: Remastered,” a high-definition revamp of Blizzard Entertainment’s hit PC strategy game “Starcraft,” got released Tuesday.Blizzard Entertainment held a prelaunch event for the game in Busan last month, which attracted thousands of local fans.(Blizzard Korea)The new edition of “Starcraft” features ultrahigh-definition 4K graphics and refreshed soundtrack, as well as improved in-game features.“The most important goal of ‘Starcraft: Remastered’ has been to upgrade as many features as pos

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South Korean artificial intelligence speaker manufacturers are scrambling to lock in consumers that are critical for boosting their competitiveness moving forward, industry watchers said Tuesday.SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile operators, and Naver Corp., the top Internet portal operator here, have recently unveiled half-price and free speakers as part of a promotional event to win over users.AI speakers interact with users by engaging in audio searches and other functions through voice

The Korea Herald is now beefing up its YouTube channel in a bid to offer more multimedia content to readers in partnership with Google, which runs the world’s biggest video site. The majority of videos are one to two minutes in length, covering various issues in politics, social affairs, technology, culture and sports to offer an additional angle to stories carried on The Korea Herald’s print edition.  (The Korea Herald`s YouTube channel)The channel’s signature thumbnail design helps viewers nav

Marking the 64th anniversary, The Korea Herald is launching a redesigned website aimed at offering not only spot news but also thought-provoking analysis in a more reader-friendly way. Since it was first published in 1953, The Korea Herald has acted as a bridge between Korea and the world, providing accurate and unbiased news to readers across the world in real time, thanks to the internet and social media. The latest overhaul of the website affects the company’s flagship PC website as well as m

Living in the fast-forward era, yesterday quickly seems blurry and outdated while tomorrow looks unreal and overwhelming.With the evolution of technologies at full tilt, the new world, according to today’s predictions, would change or deprive us of our labor values and cost us never-ending consumption, yet provide us with great efficiency and even groundbreaking revolution of human kind.The future could be a dystopia of man-eat-man world trounced by the artificial intelligence, or a utopia of a

South Korea’s PC cafe owners have accused Blizzard Entertainment of breaching the local antitrust law by introducing a new fee system for “Starcraft: Remastered,” a high-definition remake of the firm’s smash-hit PC strategy game “Starcraft.”The Internet PC Culture Association, which represents local internet PC cafes where people play online games, also known as “PC bangs” here, said Monday that it had petitioned the Korea Fair Trade Commission to investigate Blizzard for unfairly charging them

Naver Corp., South Korea's top Internet portal operator, said Monday that it has added updated images of the Dokdo islets in the East Sea to its online map service just ahead of the 72nd anniversary of the country's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.South Korea celebrates Liberation Day -- a major holiday to mark the anniversary of Korea's independence from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule -- on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Naver Corp.) (Yonhap)The new photos include a lot of fascinating underwa

Say “Good Day” and your phone will automatically be unlocked. This will be one of the features of LG Electronics’ upcoming flagship smartphone V30, which will also offer an intuitive user experience and a professional camera mode.With less than three weeks to go before LG debuts its new V30 in Berlin, the Korean tech giant has disclosed some of its new features.LG said Monday that its V30 will allow users to unlock the device via voice commands using keywords, for instance “Good Day,” without th

South Korea's longtime online game giant Nexon Korea Co. is finding itself threatened by its smaller local rival Netmarble Games Corp. partly as mobile has become a more popular platform than desktops, market watchers said Monday.Netmarble, South Korea's No. 1 mobile game developer and publisher, announced on Friday that its sales for the first half of this year came to 1.22 trillion won ($1 billion) on the back of the global popularity of its latest mobile game "Lineage 2 Revolution."It marked

The sudden resignation of the chief of the newly created science and technology control tower Friday has not only put the government’s appointment system in question but has also put its drive to innovate the sector on hold.Facing strong opposition from academia and political parties, Park Ky-young, chief of the Office of Science, Technology and Innovation at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stepped down from the post four days after taking the job.The office was launched as part of President Mo

Smartphones that run on the fifth-generation network are predicted to emerge starting from 2019, while current 4G network smartphones are likely to remain mainstream until 2022, according to market researcher Strategy Analytics on Sunday. “We predict 5G enabled smartphones will emerge from 2019, but it will start to ramp up volumes from 2021 onwards,” said Yiwen Wu, an analyst at Strategy Analytics, in a report, adding “4G has replaced 3G as the world’s dominating smartphone air-interface in 201

A South Korean company has officially launched “Pororo Friends,” a new augmented reality mobile game for children based on the characters of the global animation series “Pororo the Little Penguin.”　The children’s mobile game, now available on the Google Play app store, was developed by SocialNetwork Co., a local startup specializing in AR technology, in partnership with the producer of the Pororo series Iconix Entertainment. The Seoul-based ESA is the game’s publisher.SocialNetwork Co. began dev

LG Electronics Inc.'s upcoming smartphone, the LG V30, is expected to allow users to enjoy FM radio broadcasting services, industry sources said Sunday.The South Korean tech giant joined ties with the US NextRadio application, allowing users to listen to FM radio via the V30, the sources said. (Yonhap)There has been a rising call for local tech firms to adopt FM radio on smartphones so users can get critical information during disasters.LG applied FM radio on the mid-end smartphone, the Q6, rele