[비지니스코리아=김은진 기자] LG전자가 ‘인공지능 DD(Direct Drive)모터’를 탑재한 ‘트윈워시’ 신제품을 공개하며 미국 프리미엄 세탁기 시장공략에 속도를 낸다.인공지능 DD모터를 적용한 신제품(모델명: WM4500HBA)은 의류 무게를 감지한 후 인공지능이 약 2만개의 빅데이터를 활용해 의류 재질을 판단한다. 이어 드럼세탁기는 LG전자만의 세탁방법인 6모션 가운데 최적의 모션을 선택한다.LG전자는 대용량을 선호하는 미국 소비자들을 고려해 유럽에서 선보였던 제품(24인치)보다 큰 27인치로 내놓았다. 고객들은 하단에 통돌

South Korean investors’ U.S. shareholding soared by close to 80 percent this year as they bought a lot of U.S. stocks with the U.S. stock market rallying unlike the South Korean stock market.The Korea Securities Depository announced on Dec. 25 that South Korean investors owned U.S. stocks worth a to

As global cloud service providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft (MS) are eyeing the Korean financial market, competition between local and foreign providers is expected to intensify in the cloud market.Korean cloud service providers, including KT, Naver Business Platform (NBP) an

A survey has found that Korea lags behind China and Japan in terms of the quality and quantity of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers.The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) under the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said on Dec. 15 that it has found that Korea’s human resources compe

Samsung Electronics is planning to invest approximately US$8 billion in its second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Xian, China. The investment is for a larger share in the global NAND flash market. According to Samsung Electronics, the market demand is likely to increase next year with China la

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the launch of AWS Wavelength, a service based on a 5G network, in a keynote address at the Amazon re:Invent held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas of the United States on Dec. 3.AWS Wavelength is infrastructure that includes AWS compute and st

[비지니스코리아=김은진 기자] SK텔레콤이 아마존웹서비스(Amazon Web Services, 이하 AWS)와 협력해 5G 기반 모바일 에지 컴퓨팅(Mobile Edge Computing, 이하 MEC) 사업을 본격 추진한다.3일(현지시간) 미국 라스베이거스에서 개최 중인 AWS 연례행사 ‘리인벤트(re:Invent)’에서 SK텔레콤과 AWS의 MEC 부문 협력이 발표됐다. AWS가 5G 기반 MEC 상용화를 위해 손잡은 한국 ICT 기업은 SK텔레콤이 유일하다.MEC는 고객과 가까운 곳에 소규모 데이터센터를 설치, 데이터 전송 구

Naver is stepping up its efforts to become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.Naver announced on Dec. 1 that it held a global workshop, “AI for Robotics,” with 11 top-notch scholars in AI and robotics in Grenoble, France from Nov. 28-29 (local time). The participants discus

Amazon and Chinese companies have formed a two-runner race in the global AI speaker market. Samsung Electronics is seeking to carve out a niche by releasing its own AI ​​speaker to the market at the end of this year or early next year.The Amazon Echo placed first with a 30 percent market share among

The global information technology industry is forecast to enter the upturn phase of a long business cycle next year as investment in communication infrastructure for commercialization of 5G mobile services grows in many countries.The research center of Shinhan Investment Corp. released a report titl

Samsung Electronics has thrown its hat into the ring to compete in the AI ​​speaker market with the Galaxy Home Mini. It remains to be seen whether the Korean tech giant will be able to penetrate the AI ​​speaker market where not only Amazon and Google but Chinese players such as Alibaba are already

Naver's Japanese subsidiary LINE and SoftBank's Z Holdings (the parent company of Yahoo Japan) agreed on Nov. 18 to form a mammoth-sized platform based on their combined 100 million users under the vision of growing into a leader of the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry.Naver and

Only two Korean companies made the global top 500 in terms of market capitalization.Korea Exchange released on Nov. 14 a survey of listed Korean firms’ market capitalization in terms of the U.S. dollar. As of Nov. 8, Samsung Electronics' market cap stood at about US$268.4 billion, taking 20th pl

Google Cloud will open up the Seoul region (a cloud data center) early next year under a plan to expand its cloud business in South Korea. It has selected Korea as a strategic market and is focusing its investment on it.Google Cloud held “Google Cloud Summit Seoul 2019” at the COEX Convention Center

[비지니스코리아=정석이 기자] 신한카드가 글로벌 최대 온라인 쇼핑몰 Amazon.com(이하 아마존)과 좀 더 긴밀한 관계를 구축한다.신한카드는 아마존과 함께 주요 쇼핑 행사와 연계된 다양한 해외직구 마케팅을 진행하는 등 양사 공동 고객에게 차별적 혜택을 제공키 위해 향후 3년간 다양한 영역에서 장기 협력 플랜을 추진키로 했다고 7일 밝혔다.신한카드는 플랫폼의 연결과 확장 전략하에 지난 2년간 아마존과 다양한 협력을 진행, 이를 바탕으로 국내 최초로 장기 협력 관계를 구축하게 됐다.이번 협력관계 구축을 기념해 다가오는 블랙프라이데이

Samsung Electronics has recently invested in quantum computing technology which can compute thousands of times faster than supercomputers. Quantum computing is a computational technology that processes data using quantum-mechanical phenomena such as "entanglement" and "superposition." IBM, Intel, Go

42Maru, a startup specializing in question-answering artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Oct. 17 that it has introduced the “Language Agnostic AI Platform“ in "AWS TechShift" held at El Tower, Seoul.Clients and partners of AWS from around the globe gathered at the event to announce new opport

Samsung Electronics' brand value has surpassed US$60 billion for the first time, making the Korean tech giant one of the most highly valued brands in the world.Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 17 that its brand value was estimated US$61.1 billion by Interbrand, ranking 6th in the Global Top

Global e-commerce platform Cafe24 is providing online store integration to three e-commerce markets Halfclub, Ogage, and Bori Bori through its "Multimarket Management" service.The newly connected markets each have distinctions in the fashion retail industry. Halfclub houses 4,000 brands on its platf

Hyundai Motor Group has recruited a former NASA expert in aviation to develop urban air mobility (UAM) commonly called “flying taxis.”The group announced on Sept. 30 that it has established the Urban Air Mobility Division dedicated to developing core technologies for urban aviation mobility and appo