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Dyson launches new cordless vacuum cleaner with mopping feature

Charlie Park, vice president of Dyson, introduces the company's V12s Detect Slim Submarine cordless vacuum cleaner at the InterContinental Seoul COEX hotel, Wednesday. Courtesy of Dyson KoreaBy Baek Byung-yeulDyson launched a new cordless vacuum cleaner in the Korean market that can simultaneously remove dust and act as a mop, challenging Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Chinese companies that are offering their competitive cordless cleaners with mopping features, the company said Wednesday.Dyson said its new V12s Detect Slim Submarine applies a water-cleaning head to its cordless vacuum cleaner head, spraying 18 milliliters of water every minute to clean floors. It is designed to spray just the right amount of clean water to wipe away liquids, dirt and grime, the company said.Charlie Park, vice president of Dyson, said the company developed the product because the use of hard flooring continues to increase not only in Asia, but also in Western markets such as Europe and the U.S. “This is our first machine that cleans by wet floors. Sweeping wet floor clean and dry floor

Jun 21, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Dyson launches new cordless vacuum cleaner with mopping feature
Tech & Science

Korea, US urged to expand space cooperation into commercial sector

Park Si-soo, left, CEO of Spaceradar, a local space market intelligence provider, speaks during the 2023 Korea Times Forum's second session discussing space cooperation between Korea and the United States, at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. The participants include Space Policy Research Center research fellow Shin Sang-woo, second from left, and Chung-Ang University political science and international relations professor Lee Seung-joo. From left on the screen are Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) associate fellow Makena Young and NASA's international program specialist Peyton Blackstock, who joined the session online. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Baek Byung-yeulKorea and the United States should strengthen not only military and scientific cooperation in the space industry, but also commerce cooperation in launch vehicles, satellites, semiconductors and tourism, as the combination of the U.S.' advanced technology and Korea's strong production capabilities can create synergy in the rapidly emerging industry, experts sai

Jun 20, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Korea, US urged to expand space cooperation into commercial sector
Tech & Science

LG Innotek offers internships for foreign students in Korea

Jeong Cheol-dong, CEO of LG Innotek / Courtesy of LG InnotekBy Baek Byung-yeulLG Innotek is offering internships to foreign students studying in Korea for the first time in a bid to strengthen its recruitment of global professionals, the materials and components arm of LG Group said Monday.The company said the internship is open to international students who are in their third or fourth year at a university in Korea or in a master's or doctoral program. The company added preference will be given to Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish, Polish and Indonesian speakers.Those who completed the internship program with excellence will be given a chance to become a full-time employee after undergoing an interview, LG Innotek said.The company said the students in the internship program will be able to gain hands-on experience in various departments, such as R&D, marketing, production technology, business planning, finance, purchasing and HR from July 20 to August 17.LG Innotek plans to assign mentors to foreign students to help them experience Korean corporate culture and organize various networ

Jun 19, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG Innotek offers internships for foreign students in Korea
Tech & Science

LG unveils 'captioning' AI at computer vision conference

Lee Hong-lak, chief scientist of AI at LG AI Research, explains LG's Zero-shot Image Captioning technology during the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 event in Vancouver, Sunday (local time). Courtesy of LG Corp.By Baek Byung-yeulLG unveiled Captioning AI, a generative AI service that recognizes elements in an image and generates descriptions and keywords, raising expectations about how the Korean conglomerate can impact the market where generative AI services such as ChatGPT are driving change, according to LG Corp., Monday.LG Corp., a holding company of LG Group, said LG AI Research unveiled its Captioning AI service at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2023 event, the world's largest computer vision conference held in Vancouver, Canada, Sunday (local time).LG said the service is based on LG AI Research's Zero-shot Image Captioning, a technology that enables AI to understand and describe objects or scenes it sees for the first time using its previous experience and knowledge, just as humans do.The company explained that Captioning AI is different from AI servi

Jun 19, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG unveils 'captioning' AI at computer vision conference
Tech & Science

LG CNS trains students in rural areas for digital empowerment

Students of Ganggu Middle School in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, build an AI technology-powered logistics robot during LG CNS AI Genius class, June 14. Courtesy of LG CNSBy Baek Byung-yeulLG CNS is strengthening the digital education of students in rural areas through AI Genius, a program linking digital transformation and social contribution, according to the company, Sunday.The company said it provided digital education such as artificial intelligence (AI) technology training, to 60 students from Ganggu Middle School and Byeonggok Middle School in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, on Nov. 14.During the six-hour program, students learned about new technologies such as AI logistics robots, AI chatbots and MyData, which allows users to manage their own financial data. They also had chances to create their own services.Students of Ganggu Middle School in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province, pose with AI logistics robots they made during LG CNS AI Genius Class, June 14. Courtesy of LG CNSThe AI logistics robot class was a time to experience the core digital transformation

Jun 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG CNS trains students in rural areas for digital empowerment
Tech & Science

Gov't expands moves to block resurfacing illegal streaming site

Seen is the landing page of illegal streaming site Noonoo TV Season 2. The Ministry of Science and ICT said Sunday that it is working with government agencies and internet service providers to block domestic access to the site. Captured from the siteBy Baek Byung-yeulThe government is stepping up its crackdown on Noonoo TV, which illegally provides content of domestic video streaming services such as Wavve and Tving as well as overseas platform Netflix, by blocking access to the site, applying the latest detecting technology, according to the ICT ministry, Sunday. Launched in 2021, Noonoo TV is an illegal streaming site with servers in the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and other foreign countries. It had disrupted the local video streaming ecosystem by streaming movies, dramas and animations for free. Instead of providing free services, the site has made a profit by advertising illegal gambling sites.Noonoo TV's monthly active users once exceeded 10 million and domestic streaming platform providers claimed that the economic loss to the content industry was estimated to be close to 5 t

Jun 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Gov't expands moves to block resurfacing illegal streaming site
Companies

Companies do their parts to help increase Korea's record-low birthrate

Children of HD Hyundai employees play with teachers of the company's Dream Boat child care center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, March 9. Courtesy of HD HyundaiBy Baek Byung-yeulSamsung Electronics, LG Electronics, HD Hyundai, NCSOFT, HanmiGlobal and other Korean companies are strengthening their welfare support structures, providing improved child care centers and fertility support in order to help employees have more children while remaining in the workforce, according to company officials, Thursday.The family-centric initiatives being implemented by companies here, are all part of efforts to, in some way, help to overcome the country's severely declining birth rate, the lowest in the world.The officials said that while the government is offering a number of supportive measures to boost the extremely low birthrate, companies are also trying to keep pace with the government and offer support to their employees simply because their own future viability is uncertain without future workers.Companies are trying to offer better in-house child care centers because many employees think th

Jun 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Companies do their parts to help increase Korea's record-low birthrate
Companies

Hyundai Motor Group promotes Busan's Expo bid in Paris

Hyundai Motor Group's electric cars, which will be used as mobility vehicles for the Korean delegation during the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) on June 20 and 21, are parked in downtown Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background, Sunday. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor GroupBy Baek Byung-yeulHyundai Motor Group is supporting Korea's bid to host World Expo 2030 as the automotive giant provides electric vehicles (EVs) with the Busan logo to the Korean delegation participating in the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, according to the group, Sunday.The Korean delegation will take part in the BIE's general assembly meeting, which will be held on June 20 and 21 in the French capital city to give their fourth competitive presentation promoting why the country's southern port city of Busan should be chosen as the host city of World Expo 2030 before BIE members.President Yoon Suk Yeol will also attend the BIE's meeting to promote the country's strong willingness to secure the international event. In addit

Jun 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Hyundai Motor Group promotes Busan's Expo bid in Paris
Tech & Science

Korea aims to tackle security threats posed by generative AI

gettyimagesbankBy Baek Byung-yeulThe government aims to come up with measures to deal with new cybersecurity threats posed by the increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) services in various fields, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT, Tuesday.The ministry held a discussion session in Seoul with representatives from academia, government agencies and IT security companies to explore ways to respond to security threats from generative AI, exchange the latest information on domestic and global security threats and examine the industrial ramifications of the growing use of services such as ChatGPT, provided by U.S. AI company OpenAI, the ministry said.ChatGPT is an interactive AI service based on a language-processing AI model. It is regarded as a new technology whereby the AI learns how to generate answers by itself, processes large amounts of data simultaneously and tracks the relationship between words and data in a sentence to provide creative answers to users.Since the service's 3.5 version was unveiled last November, ChatGPT has seen unprecedentedly rapid

Jun 13, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Korea aims to tackle security threats posed by generative AI
Tech & Science

Securing enough water critical for Samsung's envisioned chip cluster in Yongin

A view of Namsa-eup in Cheoin District of Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province where Samsung Electronics will build a major semiconductor cluster. YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulThe government tried to allay concerns, Tuesday, over possible difficulties supplying huge quantities of water to a mega-size semiconductor cluster that Samsung Electronics plans to build in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province by 2042 at a cost of 300 trillion won ($236 billion), according to officials. They say plans are being made to prepare infrastructure for water procurement, which is essential for chip production.To improve its capability in system semiconductors, Samsung, the global leader in the memory chip sector, is scheduled to begin construction of the facility in Yongin by the end of 2026.To this end, Gyeonggi Province and Samsung Electronics held a meeting on June 1 to discuss key issues such as securing industrial water and electricity, and analyzed that the semiconductor cluster will require 650,000 tons of industrial water per day. The amount is 2.5 times more than the 265,000 tons consumed by another semiconduct

Jun 13, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Securing enough water critical for Samsung's envisioned chip cluster in Yongin
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