LG Electronics announced Thursday it will apply Google’s voice recognizing artificial intelligence to its premium home appliance lineup under the LG Signature brand for the US market starting this month. The South Korean home electronics provider said it demonstrated Google Home-equipped LG home appliances at the Google I/O developer conference held in Mountain View, California on Wednesday. Google Home is an AI-based speaker, powered by Google Assistant. LG showcased talking to an LG Signature

Joo Jae-un, a college student in Seoul, stayed in the nation's top science technology school in Daejeon for a month last summer to attend an intensive training course on computer programming.The 25-year-old business major took classes for three to four hours every weekday at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in the city, some 150 kilometers south of the capital.In this photo taken on Dec. 14, 2016, a member of the nonprofit foundation Like Lion teaches kids basic coding at a kid

It looks to be a matter of time before artificial intelligence spills into the financial sector as South Korea’s two leading companies in telecommunication and finance have announced a joint measure to start a voice-based account service.South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom and leading financial group KEB Hana Bank said Wednesday the two will work together on AI-based voice recognizing bank services in June, and expand the services to securities, insurance and credit card firms in the second h

South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group expects sales of Samsung Electronics Co. and three other units in Vietnam to spike more than 30 percent on-year in 2017 on its strong smartphone business, sources said Wednesday.Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display Co., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. and Samsung SDI Co. are targeting to post combined sales of $60 billion in the Southeast Asian country this year, up 33 percent from the previous year. This undated file photo shows workers at a Samsung El

Even while watching television or reading books, 1 in 4 Koreans cannot seem to put down their smartphones, a recent survey by the Korea Information Society Development Institute showed Wednesday.The study examined 9,788 smartphone users’ activities in depth by analyzing their “media diaries,” a daily record of an individual’s media usage every 15 minutes. (Yonhap)It was revealed that 27.7 percent of smartphone users were using other forms of media with a smartphone in hand.Of those tallied, most

Samsung Electronics is spurring efforts to apply its hospitality management technology in hotels overseas, including those in the United States and Europe, temporarily shifting its focus away from domestic hotels, sources familiar with the matter told The Korea Herald.According to the sources from the hotel industry, Samsung tested its Lynk Hospitality Management Solution at the Grand Ambassador Seoul and Novotel Ambassador Suwon last October, but application of the system was held back. (Yonhap

Samsung Electronics Co. is set to release the flagship Galaxy S8 in China this month, industry sources said Wednesday, amid hope that the device will help revitalize its brand reputation tainted by the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 in Asia's No. 1 smartphone market.Industry watchers said the South Korean tech giant will hold an event to showcase the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus in China on Thursday. The official release is presumed to be slated for May 25. (Yonhap)The flagship devices already went

Samsung Electronics Co. may emerge as the world's No. 1 player in the chip industry by beating its archrival Intel Corp. in the second quarter, industry watchers said Wednesday.The rise of the South Korean tech giant is significant as the US firm has been the leading player in the chip industry since 1991.  (Yonhap)According to industry tracker IC Insights, Samsung may post sales of $14.9 billion in the second quarter, up 7.5 percent on-year. The figure would hover above the estimated $14.4 bill

LG Chem will ramp up its business in China by introducing high-value added cutting-edge materials to Chinese customers, the company said Monday. The leading South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, who is the front-runner in the race for electric vehicle batteries, will bring about 90 kinds of new materials to the Chinese market by unveiling them at the biggest material exhibition in Asia, Chinaplas 2017, which runs from Tuesday through Friday.  LG Chem’s booth at the Chinaplas 2017 (LG Chem)LG

Startup Analogue Plus announced Monday plans to launch a campaign on Kickstarter, the world’s largest crowdfunding platform, for its smart communication device, Ahead, on May 31. Ahead is a Bluetooth-based communication product that can be attached to any kind of helmet, such as a bicycle helmet, to enable the user to listen to music, make/take phone calls and use a voice navigation service. CEO Marco Park said, “Having received positive responses in January and February at some of the world’s t

LG Innotek said Sunday it had begun mass production of thermoelectric modules for wine cellars, enabling production of smaller and lighter wine storage units that control temperatures without vibrations that often oxidize the wines.The thermoelectric module is an electronic cooling and heating component that controls temperatures by supplying electricity to a semiconductor element. It uses the “Peltier effect” in which, when electricity flows to metals of different properties, one side is heated

A domestic hardware startup is set to release two IoT-enabled products for cars – a parking sensor and a smoke detector -- in response to tougher legislation on parking lot accidents and fire safety.Schaffengott said May 4 that, in the second half of the year, it will be releasing Door Edge Protection System 2, an upgraded version of the company’s independently developed ding prevention product, following the completion of product testing. Image of DEPS, the door ding prevention product develope

While Samsung Electronics Co. plans to sell refurbished models of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in the near future, controversies surrounding the troubled model still linger, especially in terms of safety requirements, according to market watchers Saturday.   The South Korean tech giant said in March that it plans to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7s. The production of the device was short-lived last year after some devices caught fire while charging due to battery problems. When and wher

South Korean internet giant Naver released a new mobile app running on its artificial intelligence voice assistant platform Clova on Friday, officially joining the global race to develop new AI-powered services for the public.　The new app, called “Naver Clova” and currently offered in a beta version, is available for download on the Google Play app store. It is unavailable on the Apple App Store currently.(Naver)Naver Clova runs on the AI-powered voice assistant platform Clova, short for “cloud

South Korea’s once-mobile phone legend Pantech decided to temporarily halt its smartphone business and focus on Internet of Things and other new businesses, according to industry sources on Friday. An official at Pantech told the local media that the company will prioritize other businesses, likely to be IoT, rather than focus on the struggling smartphone business. (Pantech)“It is time to shift to the select and concentrated strategy,” the official said. “Patench has a competitive edge in the Io