From 'Lake of Death' to Clavius, Korea searches moon for 2032 landing sites
Korea is shopping for real estate on the moon, and its newly established space agency has its eye on some of the lunar surface’s most forbidding neighborhoods. At a recent academic symposium, the Kore...
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Filipino indie game platform Alon launched at Gamescom Asia
The Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP) recently unveiled ‘Alon,’ a distribution platform built for games made by Filipino studios and indie game developers in the Philippines. It is...
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Binance recovers 90 percent of stolen assets from hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said Saturday that it was able to replenish 90 percent of the stolen assets after a $6.3 billion hack of its platform. On Thursday, the money started moving out of Bin...
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AI giants promise publishers new way to block some scraping
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic pledged Friday to give media outlets and other websites a single way to prevent their content from being scraped to train artificial intelligenc...
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[WEEKENDER] Unknown at home, big abroad
It is generally considered less risky for companies to first establish a robust consumer base in the country where they are based, giving them a comfort zone for operations like marketing, administrat...
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Samsung execs meet Open AI's Sam Altman to discuss AI transformation
Top executives from key Samsung affiliates met with Open AI's co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Saturday and discussed future strategies for artificial intelligence (AI) transformation, Samsung said. T...
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Korean envoy to US vows support for bilateral investment at Hyundai's Alabama plant
WASHINGTON — Korean Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha has pledged to strengthen cooperation with U.S. authorities to support bilateral investment, describing Hyundai Motor Group's latest ...
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Apple Intelligence to roll out on iPhones in China in December with Alibaba backing
Apple’s long-awaited artificial intelligence features will be officially launched in China in December, ending two years of regulatory uncertainty as the US tech giant seeks to bring advanced technolo...
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The late, great Patrick Stewart and his many videogame roles
Like everything else, he brought passion and commitment to the world of interactive entertainment After a brief battle with Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia, Sir Patrick Stewart passed away this wee...
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Can the Apple iPhone Duo capture ~30% of the foldable market in 2027?
TrendForce projects that Apple could ship 5 million iPhone Duo units this year. That puts it on course to challenge Samsung’s dominance in the foldable market....
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Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible
President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. “We don’t know,” Trump said in the Oval...
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Meta settles with second plaintiff during trial over social media addiction
Meta settled a social media addiction lawsuit with an 18-year-old plaintiff on Friday, avoiding its next bellwether trial, which began jury selection this week. The case, filed by a woman from Mississ...
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Vivo X500 Pro Max officially lands in Singapore *Updated*
Only the Vivo X500 and X500 Pro Max are coming to Singapore’s shores. Availability and pricing details within!...
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North Korea linked to $6.3B Binance hack
A North Korea-based cybercrime group appears to be behind a $6.3 billion hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to two blockchain intelligence firms. Both TRM Labs and Chainalysis tied...
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Top Science Democrat probes cuts to research spending at National Science Foundation
A key Democrat is looking into a massive amount of money that was appropriated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) but reportedly not spent. In a letter first shared with The Hill, House Committe...
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AI, fuelled by advanced chips, set to power semiconductor manufacturing: industry veteran
Artificial intelligence is no longer merely the driving force behind global semiconductor demand, but is also actively reinventing how chips are designed and built, industry leaders and scientists sai...
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Backlash against AI data centers threatens GOP's grip on Ohio, Texas
The importance of AI data centers is growing this election cycle as the fight over the infrastructure's costs and environmental impacts may be threatening Republicans in battleground states like Texas...
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Starlink drama puts spotlight on Musk's global stature
Elon Musk and his business's role in a recent dispute over Ukraine's access to Starlink and its military network is putting a spotlight on the tech mogul's outsized influence on the international stag...
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Amid brutal sell-off, what comes next for Google, Amazon and other Big Tech titans?
Soaring artificial intelligence revenues have failed to shield Intel, Amazon and Google’s parent company Alphabet from a brutal Wall Street sell-off, as their latest quarterly results deepened investo...
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Roblox hands Fave founder Joel Neoh the keys to SEA. His first job isn’t growth, it’s trust
Joel Neoh has spent two decades selling things to adults: group-buying deals at Groupon, cashback at Fave, DNA kits and supplements at Prenetics. His new job asks him to build a business on a platform...
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North Korea’s hiring scam just cost Binance US$6.3B. SEA’s engineers are on the shortlist
For years, Southeast Asia’s crypto regulators have asked exchanges the same set of questions. Where is your licence? Where is your local entity? Where are your cold wallets, and whose name is on them?...
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German chancellor urges global trade alliance as Germany deepens Indo-Pacific ties
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a global political alliance to defend rules-based trade, urging Germany and Indo-Pacific economies to strengthen economic partnerships and diversify supply ...
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Goldman Sachs eyes Tmap Mobility acquisition by year-end
Goldman Sachs is seeking to acquire a controlling stake in Tmap Mobility, operator of Korea’s leading navigation app, from SK Square by the end of this year, seeing an investment opportunity in its lo...
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Hanwha Systems wins SAR microsatellite constellation project
Hanwha Systems has won a contract to develop synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites for Korea's microsatellite constellation aimed at enhancing national security and disaster response capabilities,...
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LIG D&A faces growing hurdles in global arms export amid bribery scandal
LIG Defense & Aerospace's (LIG D&A) overseas expansion plans could be in jeopardy, as an ongoing bribery scandal threatens to disrupt its defense development and production pipeline through a potentia...
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Volkswagen Atlas stands out as family SUV with top-tier child seat safety
Volkswagen’s Atlas is positioning itself as a family-oriented large SUV, combining child seat-friendly design, spacious seating and advanced safety features. The model has earned recognition in the Un...
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Kia's Q3 profit jumps 24.3% on hybrid, SUV sales growth
Kia has achieved solid earnings growth in the third quarter, supported by rising sales of hybrids, electric vehicles (EVs) and popular SUV models across major markets, the carmaker said Friday in a re...
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Seoul AI Foundation, robot agency team up on physical AI services
The Seoul AI Foundation has signed an agreement with the state-run Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) to develop joint projects that combine artificial intelligence and robotics to...
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Hyundai Motor advances $6.3 bil. AI hub in Saemangeum
Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it will set up two special purpose companies next month to build and operate an artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Saemangeum — a massive reclaimed coastal zon...
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Samsung, gas safety agency join forces to protect chip operations
Samsung Electronics and Korea Gas Safety Corp. have agreed to tighten safety controls at semiconductor facilities in Korea and overseas, seeking to prevent gas-related accidents and protect production...
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