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5G madness (or: Why no one gives a stuff who launched first)
South Korean and US operators are arguing over who launched 5G first as if anyone cares and any of it matters. Our hot take: Stop. Just stop. Read more…
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Disillusioned South Korean millennials ditching stable jobs
Burned out and disillusioned by repeated night shifts, few opportunities for promotion and high property prices, South Korean millennials ditching stable jobs. Read more…
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SK Telecom launches 5G, signs first enterprise customer
South Korean cellco SK Telecom switched on its 5G network over the weekend, and announced the first enterprise customer for its 5G-AI solution for manufacturers. SK Telecom’s 5G network currently covers the main areas of Read more…
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SK Telecom gets multi-vendor 5G gear to work together
SK Telecom announced that it has successfully tested interoperability between a 5G Non Standalone (NSA) core developed by Samsung Electronics and 5G base stations from Nokia and Ericsson. The test took place at the company’s Read more…
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South Korean cellcos in 5G launch co-op shocker!
ITEM: South Korea’s three cellcos – SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ – have announced plans to launch 5G services in March 2019. And all on the same day. According to the Yonhap news agency, Read more…
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Someone just robbed the Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins were stolen by hackers, the second local exchange targeted in just over a week as cyber thieves Read more…
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SK govt releases 5G network sharing plan, cellcos argue over pricing
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced infrastructure-sharing measures to enable the country’s three cellcos to launch commercial 5G services early next year, but operators are already arguing over pricing details. One of Read more…
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KAIST promises not to develop AI-powered murderbots
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than 50 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have ended a boycott of KAIST, one of South Korea’s top universities, after it agreed not to develop “killer robots” under a partnership with a Read more…
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Researchers boycott South Korean university over AI weaponization
BERLIN (Reuters) – Over 50 top artificial intelligence researchers on Wednesday announced a boycott of KAIST, South Korea’s top university, after it opened what they called an AI weapons lab with one of South Korea’s Read more…
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5G fizzles in Pyeongchang, but don’t blame the technology
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Pyeongchang Winter Games was supposed to be the coming-out party for 5G, the next generation of wireless technology – but few people noticed. And some of those who did Read more…