South Korea bets $880bn to win the AI era
South Korea bets $880bn to win the AI era

South Korea has placed its biggest bet yet on the AI era. The plan commits at least $880bn over a decade to chips, data centres and robots. It is the boldest South Korea AI investment to date, and the government says speed is now the only way to surviv…

Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch faces
Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch faces

A London court already found 26 of Samsung’s smartwatch faces infringed Swatch trademarks. Now the two sides are fighting over the bill. The fight between a Swiss watchmaker and the world’s largest phone maker has come down to a number, and the number …

Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API
Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API

From October this year Samsung will roll out a variety of new paid tiers for access to its SmartThings API, including a $4.99 monthly plan for “non-commercial, individual developers.” It won’t just be developers that pay the price though. Some more advanced smart home users are likely to fall afoul of the rule change if […]

Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chip-starved southwest

Numbers in the trillions have a way of losing their edges, so it is worth holding this one still for a moment. Samsung is expected to announce plans to invest 1,000 trillion won, around $647.5bn, in South Korea over the next 10 years, according to loca…

Samsung’s wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 may fix the two foldable flaws people still complain about

Samsung’s rumored Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide could bring a lighter feel and reduced display crease, tackling two of the biggest complaints around foldables.

Samsung’s new budget phone Galaxy A27 5G costs $50 more, yet downgrades two key features

Despite a $50 price hike, the Galaxy A27 5G actually takes a step back in a couple of areas compared to the A26, though it does pick up a faster processor and a sleeker design with AI upgrades.

Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades
Samsung’s new budget phone costs $50 more despite downgrades

The Galaxy A27 has been announced, and at $349.99 it’s $50 more than last year’s A26. That’s understandable in the current economic climate, but a harder sell given that Samsung has also downgraded a few key specs. Compared to last year’s phone, the A27 has lower resolution 12-megapixel selfie and 5-megapixel ultrawide cameras, worse IP64 […]

You don’t need to overpay for a premium Android tablet with this Galaxy Tab S11 deal

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 gets a Prime Day price cut, making its AMOLED screen, slim design, and included S Pen much easier to justify for Android tablet shoppers right now.

Samsung plans a 90 trillion won buyback to fund a chip-worker bonus
Samsung plans a 90 trillion won buyback to fund a chip-worker bonus

Samsung Electronics is preparing a share buyback worth about 90 trillion won, one of the largest repurchase programmes a South Korean company has attempted, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified industry sources. The figure …