Valve has opened reservations for the Steam Deck in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marking the first major increase in availability since its launch. Until now, the Steam Deck was only available in North America, parts of Europe and the United Kingdom. The company claims it can sell in more countries without affecting…
The South Korean government passed the Telecommunications Business Act about a year ago, a new law that forces companies like Apple and Google to provide third-party payment systems in iPhone and Android apps. Last November, Google made it possible for developers to charge for digital content on Android via third-party systems. It took Apple longer…
Samsung on Friday demonstrated the industry’s first chip made using its 3 nm-class process technology featuring gate-all-around type transistors to Joe Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol, presidents of the U.S. and South Korea. The company is on track to start high-volume manufacturing of chips using its 3GAE technology in Q2 2022. On Friday, Joe Biden arrived at…
Two former Ekurhuleni officials, businessman jailed for tender fraud, money laundering and corruption The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the imprisonment of two former City of Ekurhuleni officials and businessman for tender fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with R21.8 million. Today, the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court sentenced Businessman Velero David to 10 years…
Less than a month ago, Intel finally confirmed a March 30 release date for its Arc Alchemist A350M and A370M discrete laptop GPUs for general market availability. However, that date has come and gone with no visible changes in stock for any of the already-announced solutions sporting Intel’s latest graphics technology. Via Intel support has…
A Samsung employee is at the center of an investigation by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), the nation’s chief intelligence agency. Business Korea reports that the employee was detected trying to leak confidential documents relating to Samsung foundry technology. The NIS launched an investigation to uncover the facts about the purported “technology leak attempt”…
Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. may not be a household name for the majority of our readers, but the company has become just another front in the ongoing semiconductor trade war between China and, well, essentially the rest of the world. Regulators from both South Korea and the U.S. recently blocked the sale of Magnachip to Wise…