A year of small screens and couch-borne escapism
The bar set for 2021 is extremely low — ankle-high. With a mysterious viral outbreak hitting China and fires sweeping the southern hemisphere, 2020 started off poorly. It ended with…
Why We Need Ethics for AI
Earlier this month, a South Korean chatbot, powered by artificial intelligence, was under fire for saying harmful remarks. The service, named Iruda, is a female chatbot that learns words and…
Can 3D Characters Become Next K-Pop Idols?
Since its introduction in the 1960s, computer animation has been widely used in films and television shows. Characters built with this technology, once considered as an experiment, is now even…
Next-Generation Romance: VR Girlfriends
A Japanese man in his early 20s gets dressed in a black and white tuxedo at a wedding chapel. A couple of staff members approach to measure the groom’s height…
Samsung TV Plus becomes one of the largest providers of premium K-Content
Samsung TV Plus is going all-in on one of the hottest content categories, with the arrival of nearly 4,000 hours of free-to-stream Korean shows and movies now available on-demand in…
Meta readies AR glasses reveal at Connect event
By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta prepared on Wednesday to kick off its annual Connect conference at its California headquarters, where it is expected to preview its first…
Top commercial banks join G7-led central bank digital currency trial
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Forty of the world’s leading commercial banks have joined a G7-led pilot scheme with the New York Fed and leading central banks from Europe,…
Australia plans social media minimum age limit, angering youth digital advocates
By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia plans to set a minimum age limit for children to use social media citing concerns about mental and physical health,…
Durov says Telegram will tackle criticism of how it moderates content
By Mark Trevelyan and Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Telegram boss Pavel Durov said on Friday that the messaging app would tackle criticism of its content moderation and remove some…
India minister accuses Amazon, e-commerce firms of predatory pricing
By Aditya Kalra and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s commerce minister accused Amazon and other e-commerce companies of predatory pricing practices and said the sector’s rapid rise should…