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The CEO leading 'Korea's Google' in its battle against Big Tech

Choi Soo-yeon has led Naver through crisis and maintained its search-engine lead over Google. Now she’s aiming to outmaneuver the giants again in AI.

Fortune · Apr 5, 2024

'Wean itself off Nvidia': Samsung signs $750 million agreement with South Korea's largest online platform — Naver wants to replace Nvidia's super expensive AI GPU with the more affordable Mach-1 chip

Samsung has signed an agreement with online platform Naver for between 150,000 and 200,000 units of its Mach-1 AI chip.

TechRadar · Mar 28, 2024

South Korean Search giant Naver pivots away from Nvidia – Samsung will supply $752 million in AI chips instead

Naver, South Korea's top search engine provider, is shifting more of its hardware to Intel, and now Samsung, in efforts to avoid Nvidia's sometimes-gratuitous pricing.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 26, 2024

Leaked Galaxy S24 pre-order bonuses sound genuinely tempting

A leak suggests Galaxy S24 pre-order bonuses will include extra storage, plus discounts on the Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Buds.

TechRadar · Jan 2, 2024

Nvidia Client Switches to Intel CPUs Due to GPU Shortage, Price Hikes

The Korea Economic Daily reports that Naver Corporation has changed suppliers from Nvidia GPUs to Intel CPUs for its AI servers.

Tom’s Hardware · Oct 31, 2023

Most Indians who consume news online like to watch, not read | Data

Reuters Institute Digital News Report finds shift in online news consumption in India; search engines, mobile news aggregators favoured. In Scandinavia, traditional news brands remain popular, while in Asia, Latin America, Africa, social media is main gateway to news. In Asia-Pacific, local portals like Naver, Yahoo! dominate. In India, trust…

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2023

The rumored 'Galaxy Ring' could challenge the Galaxy Watch 6

Samsung is branching out from smart watches to begin prototyping its first smart ring, which allegedly bundles a PPG and ECG and can function as a remote control.

Android Central · Jul 19, 2023

South Korea sues rival North Korea for blowing up joint liaison office in 2020

South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the rivals following the collapse of larger nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Pyongyang faked popular S.Korean website to steal data

SEOUL: North Korea created a fake version of Naver, South Korea's largest internet portal, as part of a sophisticated phishing attack designed to harvest personal information, Seoul's spy agency said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 14, 2023

How the 'Amazon of Asia,' founded by a Harvard dropout, landed on the Fortune 500

Newly-profitable Coupang, which serves customers in South Korea and Taiwan, joins the Fortune 500 list at No. 195.

Fortune · Jun 5, 2023