Apple officially launched the T-money transportation card service on Apple Pay on the 22nd. Now, users in South Korea can add T-money to their iPhone and Apple Watch to conveniently use public transportation without a physical card. This change comes approximately two years after Apple Pay launched in Korea in 2023. Users can complete registration by pressing the "Add" button in the iPhone Wallet app, selecting T-money from the transportation card tab, agreeing to the terms and conditions, and completing the Apple Pay authentication process. Registered T-money cards […]
Apple has released official design resources for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26. This update is attracting attention from designers and developers as it reflects a new cross-platform design language called "Liquid Glass." The resources available on the Apple Design Resources website include Sketch libraries and app icon templates for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26. Figma also released official app […]
ChatGPT integrates agentic capabilities, allowing it to interact with websites and perform complex tasks as if it were a human being, via its own virtual computer. Users simply give instructions, and ChatGPT finds the information it needs, executes it, and refines the results. The key to this feature is the integration of two previously separate technologies. Specifically, Operator, which interacts with websites by clicking and typing, and Operator, which provides deep information through multi-level inference […]
YouTube is gradually testing its video controller UI. This update is being rolled out sequentially across various devices, including desktop, mobile, and even smart TV apps, and the significant changes are garnering significant attention. The new UI is centered around a pill-like design. Previously, all control buttons were concentrated in a translucent bar at the bottom of the video, but in the new interface, each function button is separated into a separate pill-like shape. Play, pause, […]
Figma has officially adopted Apple's new design language, "Glassmorphism." With this update, Figma introduces a new effect called "Glass." It refracts light like real glass and expresses depth and texture, allowing you to embody the physical properties of glass in your digital designs. The Glass effect is available in Figma's Design and Draw modes, and can also be activated in products that support Design Mode, such as Figma Buzz and Slides. Currently in beta […]
Google is expected to launch "YouTube Premium Lite," an ad-free YouTube service, in Korea within the year. The monthly subscription fee is set at 8,500 won for Android and 10,900 won for iOS, roughly half the price of the existing YouTube Premium. However, the music service YouTube Music is excluded, and background playback and offline storage features are not available. On July 15th, the Fair Trade Commission released a provisional consent decree regarding Google's alleged bundling of YouTube Music […]
Adobe has officially launched the mobile app for its generative AI platform, Firefly. iOS and Android versions were released simultaneously worldwide on June 17th (local time in the US), and anyone can download the app from the App Store and Google Play Store. The Firefly mobile app allows users to create images or videos simply by entering text. Features include Generative Fill, which adds or removes objects from existing images, and […]
Elon Musk-led xAI has updated its premium AI service, SuperGrock, with a "companion" feature. Users can now interact with anime-style virtual characters during voice chat. The first characters revealed are "Ani," a blonde girl in gothic lolita fashion, "Rudy," a panda-like character, and "Bad Rudy," a swearing version. A male anime character, "Chad," will also be added soon. Among them, "Ani" is a character from the Japanese anime Death Note, "Misa […]
Google announced that NotebookLM, its AI-powered research and note-taking assistant service, is partnering with renowned authors, researchers, media outlets, and non-profits to launch "Recommended Notebooks" covering a variety of topics. Users can now easily explore expert knowledge and insights in notebook format, including health advice, travel tips, and financial analysis. The first collection of Recommended Notebooks includes works by The Economist, The Atlantic, Oxford University researchers, and Shakespeare's […]
Perplexity has launched its first AI-powered web browser, Comet. Released on July 9th (local time), the browser can answer complex questions via voice or text and integrates with business applications like Slack. It's currently available to subscribers of Perplexity Max, its premium $200-per-month plan. Unlike traditional web searches, Comet reduces the tab- and link-centric nature of tabbed browsing and focuses on AI-generated responses.
Microsoft announced on its official blog that its Edge browser has reached a significant milestone in UI speed. It now takes less than 300 milliseconds for a website's first screen element to appear to the user. This represents a significant reduction in the rendering time of initial content, including text, images, and interface elements. This metric, known as First Contentful Paint (FCP), is a performance metric introduced by Google in Chrome in 2017 and represents the first meaningful […]
Image from Asia Nikkei. Photo by Kaori Yuzawa A shocking revelation that could seriously undermine the fairness of academic research has rocked the academic world. Hidden prompts encouraging AI to give positive evaluations have been discovered in research papers from 14 leading universities in eight countries around the world. According to Nikkei's investigation, Waseda University in Japan, KAIST in South Korea, Peking University in China, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Washington in the United States […]
