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Gradual downsizing of department store and duty-free channels Two consecutive years of negative growth after pandemic-driven China slump Slow entry into M&A and beauty device market LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H) has begun

Backed by state subsidies, BOE and TCL expand aggressively“Technology gap is narrowing,” say industry insiders

Blackwell GPU Mass Production Begins at TSMC Arizona Plant U.S.

Exynos to Power Even the Ultra Model Yield Improvement to 50% from Initial 30% Positive Outlook for Both Semiconductor and Smartphone Divisions Samsung Electronics is set to strengthen its system semiconductor competitiveness by equippin

Taekwang and Aekyung Boards Approve Deal Aekyung Expands Beyond China to U.S.

Samsung Boosts Competitiveness With Major Gains in Logic Die Yields Micron Claims 11 Gbps per Pin With Efficiency-Focused Architecture As HBM4 Nears Commercialization, Is SK Hynix’s Dominance Fading? Competition in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) m

Expansion of Low-Cost Plans in Emerging Markets $11 Billion in Accumulated Losses User Attrition Sparks Defensive Moves OpenAI has launched a new low-cost subscription plan priced at $5 per month in emerging markets—an experiment aimed o

New Jersey Teen Files Lawsuit Against AI Image Generator Company From Deepfakes to Fake News, AI-Driven Content Sparks Social Backlash “False Information During Disasters?” — Governments Worldwide Step In Real-world cases of harm caused by

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Hidden Malware in Decentralized and Public Blockchains Developers Tricked into Installing “Malicious Commands” In February, 400,000 Ethereum Stolen from Bybit Evidence has emerged indicating that North Korean hacker groups attempted t

Vivo Regains No.1 Position in China Samsung and Xiaomi Overtaken in India Inflection Point for Samsung’s Business Model The global smartphone market’s center of gravity is shifting toward China.

KakaoTalk Faces Backlash Over Ad Expansion NateOn Goes the Opposite Way with “No Ads” Policy A Risky Gamble Amid Losses — Can It Win Over KaTalk Exodus? NateOn, which has recently benefited from the backlash against KakaoTalk’s latest update,

OpenAI and Grok’s Expansion into Adult Content Paid Model Aimed at Maximizing Revenue Altman: “We Are Not the Moral Police” Following xAI’s Grok, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has also begun allowing sexually explicit content for adults, marking a striking s

Supply chain pivots to U.S. and Europe Tech innovation drives shift beyond LFP Experts warn recovery will take time The global battery industry stands at a crossroads of fragmentation and reorganization. As the U.S.

China’s soft power problem is monetization, not creativity Shift incentives to export outcomes, licensing, and private experimentation Let partners localize, focus on proven genres, and flip the IP receipts–payments gap Chi

Weak downstream demand is dragging on both domestic sales and exportsRumors suggest big steelmakers are being pushed to absorb smaller rivals

Dominant position turns into pricing powerYield stability drives overwhelming order intake for TSMC

China remains Apple’s largest market outside the United States and a key production hub Despite President Donald Trump’s tariff warnings, Apple continues to cooperate locally The company’s strategy: maintaining investment in China while diversifying its supply chain

Kia Expands Sales in Europe, Plans to Boost Local Production New hatchbacks and locally favored models lined up for Q4 Chinese EV makers losing price edge in Europe pivot to local production Kia’s compact electric SUV, the E

Asserting price dominance as the market monopolistRising costs sound alarm across semiconductor and battery sectors