Ant Group, the fintech giant affiliated with Alibaba, has just taken a major step beyond the payments and financial sectors. On Thursday in Shanghai, the company unveiled its first humanoid robot, marking its ambitions in the robotics industry. The R1 model robot, launched by Ant Group,…
Mustafa Suleiman, CEO of Microsoft AI, said at the company’s all-hands meeting on Thursday that Microsoft plans to make “significant investments” in its AI chip cluster to achieve “self-sufficiency in AI.” Despite some distance between Microsoft and OpenAI, Microsoft’s AI strategy has so far largely relied…
According to multiple media reports including The Hankyoreh and Yonhap, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung answered various questions during his 100-day press conference on November 11. Regarding follow-up consultations on South Korea-US tariffs, he stated that he would not reach any backroom agreements with the United…
Spotify has officially started rolling out its highly anticipated lossless audio feature to its premium users. The feature is being launched more than four years after the company first teased the “Spotify HiFi” option, and existing paid users can use it at no extra cost. The…
According to a report by South Korean media Chosun, Lee Jae-yong’s son, Lee Ji-ho, will renounce his US citizenship and serve in the military in South Korea. Lee Ji-ho will enlist on September 15 as a candidate for the 139th naval officer class. Samsung Electronics stated:…
2025 will be the final year for China’s exemption from vehicle purchase tax (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle purchase tax”) for new energy vehicles, with taxation resuming in 2026, though preferential policies will remain in place. Recently, the amount of vehicle purchase tax that new energy…
Recently, NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered the strongest evidence to date that ancient microbial life existed on Mars. In a paper published in the journal Nature, the rover mentioned a rock sample collected from a once-riverbed area in Jezero Crater. This rock, nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” was…
