TECHNOLOGY
LG introduces wireless charging solutions for electric scooters
LG said it has established electric scooter wireless charging stations in Bucheon, west of Seoul, in partnership with local electric scooter sharing services provider Kickgoing. The two will verify the usability and safety of electric scooter wireless charging solutions for the next six months before they expand to cover Seoul and other regions.
Samsung's US chip plant investment may be in offing: Report
Speculation has run high that Samsung would reveal its US investment upon the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Joe Biden to be held in Washington on Friday. Samsung, the world's largest memory chip producer and No. 2 foundry firm, has been mulling building a $17 billion foundry factory in the US, with Texas, Arizona and New York.
Hackers stealing money via 167 fake Android, iOS apps
Some apps included an embedded customer support "chat" option. When researchers tried to communicate with the support teams using the chat, the replies they received used near-identical language. The researchers also uncovered a single server loaded with 167 fake trading and cryptocurrency apps.
Mi India leads after-sales services in India: Report
According to consumer intelligence firm Red Quanta, in the premium as well as non-premium category, Mi India garnered the highest number of satisfied customers when compared with key smartphone players. The findings, based on a study across tier 1 and tier 2 markets with over 8,000 respondents, showed that owning a Mi India device provides the assurance of a smooth after-sales experience for customers.
Clubhouse arriving on Android devices in India on Friday
Clubhouse for Android will remain an invite-only platform, ensuring that each new community member can bring along a few close friends. "Android rollout continues. Japan, Brazil & Russia coming Tuesday. Nigeria & India on Friday AM. Rest of world throughout the week, and available worldwide by Friday afternoon," Clubhouse said in a tweet late on Sunday.
LG Group to spend over $100M for advanced AI tech development
LG AI Research, the group's AI R&D hub, plans to develop a "hyper-mega AI" system resembling a human brain that can conduct comprehensive and independent learning, decision-making and actions by processing massive amounts of data. To set up such an AI system, LG will establish a top-class computing infrastructure that can perform 95.7 quadrillion calculations per second.
Android 12 might include fresh design for widgets, notifications
According to Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech, for starters, there's a brand new music widget in the notifications bar, alongside newly redesigned Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles. There's also a new volume slider, redesigned notifications, a new clock widget and even a new weather widget.
ASUS 'ZenFone 8' likely to arrive as '8z' in India
It's unclear when the ZenFone 8 and 8 Flip will arrive in India, but whenever ASUS introduces the duo in the country, the vanilla 8 could be called the 8z, GSMArena reported. The reason being that the ZenFone 8 Indian variant with model code I006D has appeared in the list of Google Play supported devices as the "ASUS 8z", the report said.
Twitter reportedly working on paid service for Rs 200 a month
"Twitter is calling their upcoming Subscription Service "Twitter Blue", priced at $2.99/month for now, including paid features," she said in a tweet on Saturday. According to her, it appears that Twitter is working on a tiered subscription model, which means a less-cluttered, premium experience for the subscribers.
Telegram, WhatsApp in tug of war over privacy
The battle of words started when encrypted messaging app Telegram took a jibe on WhatsApp by tweeting a meme that suggested it was time to "bin" WhatsApp and Facebook. However, in reply, WhatsApp tweeted, Telegram admin: "...and what people don't know is we are not end-to-end encrypted by default."
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