LG Electronics is unveiling its new UltraGear GX9 series gaming monitors at CES 2025. The lineup includes the 45GX990A, the world's first bendable OLED display capable of 5K2K resolution. The UltraGear GX9 series features a curved WOLED panel for high brightness, deep blacks, and vivid colors. Its low blue light emissions reduce eye fatigue during extended use, and its anti-reflective coating ensures excellent readability even in bright environments.
An image created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor at Ritsumeikan University and optical illusion researcher, is a hot topic. In 2024, various visual illusions were trending on social media. In particular, an optical illusion created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto and optical illusion researcher, garnered significant attention. What appear to be white and black faces are actually the same gray. This optical illusion arises not only from the differences in color itself, but also from the differences in luminosity of surrounding shades, which influence our perception. This illusion has been used on various platforms, including TikTok […]
LG Electronics has introduced a new lamp that combines indoor gardening and lighting functions. The product, which will be unveiled at CES 2025, is an indoor gardening device with a tray that can hold up to 20 plants and an adjustable LED grow light. It also serves as a home lighting device, brightening up the space. The lamp shines down during the day to help plants grow, and at night, it shines up to create an indoor atmosphere […]
Google has announced its "Search of the Year," analyzing the most popular searches worldwide and domestically throughout 2024. The announcement selected the top 10 keywords across nine categories, based on the largest year-over-year increase in search volume. Categories included K-content, K-pop songs, recipes, books, movies, sports matches, and AI tools. This year's rankings are not based solely on search volume, but also on those that showed a significant increase in interest compared to the previous year.
Naver has launched "Shortcontents," a new short-form content search tab leveraging generative AI technology. This initiative aims to provide users with personalized information in line with rapidly evolving content consumption trends. Shortcontents is powered by Naver's hyper-large language model, "HyperClova X." It analyzes the latest popular documents from blogs, influencer content, and posts, extracting key information by topic and providing a summary. Key content related to the user's search topic is displayed with image thumbnails and […]
Google has released a Santa Tracker for Christmas. Santa's Village offers a variety of activities for families to enjoy together during the holiday season. You can track Santa and his reindeer's gift-delivery journey in real time, arriving at their first destination at 10 p.m. Russian Far East time (RT), and traveling the globe for approximately 25 hours. Santa's Village also offers activities that allow you to learn coding and have fun, such as a game where you can find presents with the elves, […]
As Christmas Eve approaches, children and families around the world wonder when Santa will arrive home. Platforms like the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Google Santa Tracker provide real-time tracking of Santa's journey. Santa begins delivering presents after children are asleep. According to past records from the NORAD Santa Tracker, Santa typically arrives in New Jersey around 10 p.m. and delivers presents in Pennsylvania and Delaware around 11 p.m. […]
KakaoTalk now offers spelling correction and translation in 19 languages. The spelling correction feature automatically corrects spelling and spacing errors by clicking the "Spelling" icon after typing a message. Preview the changes and press the "Apply to Input Window" button to immediately send the corrected message. The translation feature allows you to translate your message in 19 languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish, by clicking the "Translate" icon after typing.
"National Assembly 101," a website providing information on National Assembly activities created by a freelance developer, is generating buzz, recording 71,000 visitors in just five days. The developer stated that he launched National Assembly 101 after realizing the importance of interest in politics following President Yoon Seok-yeol's "December 3 martial law declaration." After purchasing the domain on December 10th, he created individual National Assembly member pages on the 12th and officially launched the site on the 14th, revealing attendance data. On the 15th, he added information on the National Assembly member's constituency, impeachment motion, and […]
Flipboard has released a beta of a new app called Surf. It’s an app that lets you see countless social networks in one place. It pulls information from a variety of social networks, including ActivityPub, AT Proto, and RSS, to create personalized feeds. You can create feeds based on topics, people, and hashtags that interest you, and share them with other users. Surf breaks away from the closed structures of traditional social media and focuses on the open social web to […]
ChatGPT is now available on the phone. US users can call 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) from their landlines to chat with the AI assistant for free. The feature started as a Hack Week project at OpenAI and can handle tasks like simple question answering and translation. OpenAI says the goal is to help more people experience AI. Calls are limited to 15 minutes per phone number per month, and additional access is available […]
Samsung Electronics announced plans to provide personalized information based on individual circumstances, built on robust security, starting with the Galaxy S series, scheduled for release next year. To enable customized AI experiences, Samsung developed the Personal Data Engine. This technology analyzes users' preferences and usage patterns on-device to provide personalized insights. The analyzed data is encrypted and stored via Samsung's security platform, Knox Vault. It also protects data transmission […]
