Wallapop partners with Swiss AI firm Albatross to roll out real-time, in-session discovery across its consumer-to-consumer marketplace, aiming to increase buyer engagement and improve visibility for sellers. The companies said the deployment shifts Wallapop away from recommendation systems that rely

Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said it has published the “ETRI Defense Technology White Paper 2026”, outlining ICT-based technologies intended to support the military’s transition toward a more technology-driven force structure. ETRI described the publication as

A joint talent development initiative between the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the Seoul Metropolitan Government has produced measurable results in both youth employment and industrial competitiveness over the past six years. As demand rises for advanced chip desi

New York City — February 10, 2026 — ZeroDrift announced it has emerged from stealth and raised a $2 million pre-seed round to support the development and rollout of its compliance platform for regulated industries.The company describes ZeroDrift as a compliance enforcement layer that sits between an

MONTREAL, Canada, Feb. 5, 2026 (local time)— RoboDK, a developer of robot simulation and offline programming (OLP) software, announced the release of RoboDK CAM, a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) product aimed at reducing the time required to set up robotic machining cells.The company said RoboDK

Davos, Switzerland — The Confederation of Coconut Farmers Organizations of the Philippines (CONFED) and EcoGuard Global AG signed an agreement at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos to develop what the parties described as the Philippines’ first Carbon Office, supported by a digit

As global electricity demand accelerates amid the expansion of AI infrastructure, a new platform has been created to help Korean small and medium-sized power equipment companies broaden their overseas reach. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA, President Kang Kyung-sung) and the Korea

As AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads expand, demand is rising for data-center power designs that can secure efficiency, reliability, and scalability at the same time. Against this backdrop, Microchip Technology said on Feb. 4 that it has launched the “MCPF1525” power module, a highly

Saltware, an AI and cloud solutions company, announced that it will unveil its natural-language-to-SQL (NL2SQL) solution, Sapie-DeepQ, at Oracle Summit 2026 and present an operational approach for deploying AI-powered data analytics in enterprise environments.Many companies are considering adopting

Hanwha Aerospace said it has signed a contract with NDMA to supply the Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher System (MRLS) to the Norwegian Armed Forces.The company said Norway’s broader acquisition project is budgeted at $2 billion, and that the Chunmoo-related agreement is valued at approximately $922

SEOUL, Korea – February 2, 2026 – Samsung Electronics announced that its 2026 OLED TV lineup and next-generation Odyssey gaming monitors are NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible. The company said the certification is intended to improve gameplay smoothness for users with NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.NVIDIA G-SYNC synchr

With AI-based picking robotics from Sereact, logistics service provider MS Direct is automating picking at its AutoStore port for the first time. Despite having more than 60,000 SKUs, the Sereact solution now independently processes around 1,500 orders per day—even during night shifts. This allows t

Hanwha Systems said on January 28 that it has obtained Approval in Principle (AIP) from the U.K.-based Lloyd’s Register for its smart multipurpose combat ship concept, marking the first such certification granted to a domestically developed design in South Korea.Lloyd’s Register is regarded as one o

Influencer discussion on X about “coding agents” intensified between December 2025 and January 2026, with attention moving beyond code completion toward tools that can plan and execute multi-step workflows with limited human input, according to an analysis by GlobalData.GlobalData said Claude Code a

Cybersecurity agencies and researchers are warning that scams involving QR codes are becoming more common. In these “quishing” (QR code phishing) attacks, criminals use QR codes that direct people to malicious websites or impersonation pages. The outcome can include unauthorized payments, theft of p

Dubai, UAE — January 27, 2026: Mantas, a Dubai-based startup, has launched from stealth and raised a $1.77 million seed funding round to develop insurance products focused on cloud downtime and related digital risks. The company says it is using a parametric insurance approach—where payouts are trig

South Korea is moving to broaden market access for K-consumer goods in China through a partnership linked to Douyin, the country’s largest short-form video and live-commerce platform. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced that it has launched an integrated support program des

Zurich, Switzerland — January 22, 2025 — Sparkli, a Zurich-based education technology startup founded by former Google employees, said it has raised a $5 million pre-seed round to develop a multimodal, AI-based learning platform for children.The company said the funding will be used to scale its pro

Echandia has signed an agreement to supply a battery system for a tugboat that will operate in Singapore’s harbor. The system is rated at 3 MWh and the contract includes an option for an additional unit. The customer is a Singapore-based shipyard and shipowner, though the parties were not identified

Mirae Asset Global Investments announced on January 22 that the combined net asset value of its TIGER China Humanoid Robot ETF (0053L0) and TIGER Korea Humanoid Robot Industry ETF (0148J0) has surpassed KRW 900 billion.According to data from the Korea Exchange, as of January 21 the TIGER China Human