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Neptune (Respective Representatives Kang Yul-bin and Jeong Wook) announced on the 22nd that it will conduct the final third closed beta test (CBT) until May 30th ahead of the Chinese launch of the PC online game 'Eternal Return' developed by its subsidiary Nimble Neuron (Co-CEOs Kim Seung-hoo and Yoo Tae-woong). Eternal Return (Chinese name 永恒轮回) obtained a foreign investment license issued by the State Press and Publication Ministry of China (NPPA) in December of last year. The Chinese launch platform will be through the largest local PC game platform, 'WeGame'. [Photo = Neptune] Nimble Neuron has been conducting a local CBT with a Chinese service provider since March of this year. The first test verified the basic technical stability with 1,000 users. In the second CBT in mid-April, the target range was expanded to 11,000 people to check the actual service situation. In this process, it ranked 5th in the weekly ranking of new pre-orderers on th...

A giant arrow worm caught in the deep sea of ​​Antarctica, 2,000m below sea level, is drawing attention. Arrow worms are considered the key to solving the mystery of Antarctic biological evolution. The Korea Polar Research Institute (Director Shin Hyung-cheol) succeeded in collecting giant arrow worms and hydrothermal minerals from the deep sea of ​​Antarctica. This is the first time in the world that a giant arrow worm has been collected and shown to the public. The research team led by Dr. Park Sung-hyun of the Korea Polar Research Institute successfully caught a 10cm-long arrow worm (Chaetognatha, gnat) using deep-sea collecting equipment developed by the institute while exploring a hydrothermal vent at a depth of 2,000m at the Antarctic Central Ridge on the Araon in February. The research team of the Korea Polar Research Institute succeeded in securing giant arrow worms (above) and hydrothermal minerals from the deep sea of ​​Antarctica. [Photo = Korea Polar...

Taiwan Semiconductor Foundry Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recorded its fastest-ever full-scale operation rate of its advanced process. Taiwan TSMC logo [Photo = Yonhap News] According to Counterpoint Research on the 21st, TSMC's 3nm process reached a 100% operation rate for the first time in five quarters since mass production. This is due to a surge in demand for x86 PC CPUs and other application processors (AP SoCs), including Apple's A17 Pro and A18 Pro. Counterpoint Research forecasts that this high operation rate will continue as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) increases with the full-scale introduction of AI ASICs, such as Nvidia's Rubin graphics processing unit (GPU), Google's TPU v7, and AWS's Trainium 3. Older processes, such as 6/7nm and 4/5nm, were mainly focused on the smartphone market, so production expansion was relatively slow. The 6·7nm process utilization r...

Taiwan Semiconductor Foundry Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recorded its fastest-ever full-scale operation rate of its advanced process. Taiwan TSMC logo [Photo = Yonhap News] According to Counterpoint Research on the 21st, TSMC's 3nm process reached a 100% operation rate for the first time in five quarters since mass production. This is due to a surge in demand for x86 PC CPUs and other application processors (AP SoCs), including Apple's A17 Pro and A18 Pro. Counterpoint Research forecasts that this high operation rate will continue as demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) increases with the full-scale introduction of AI ASICs, such as Nvidia's Rubin graphics processing unit (GPU), Google's TPU v7, and AWS's Trainium 3. Older processes, such as 6/7nm and 4/5nm, were mainly focused on the smartphone market, so production expansion was relatively slow. The 6·7nm process utilization r...

Samsung Electronics' Mobile Experience (MX) division is reviewing a plan to utilize the artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool 'Cursor AI' in software (SW) development. According to an industry source on the 21st, about 400 developers belonging to Samsung Electronics' MX division have received training related to Cursor AI for about a month since last month. Samsung Electronics booth at the '2025 World IT Show' [Photo = Samsung Electronics] The MX division is in charge of Samsung Electronics' smartphones, laptops, and wireless earphones. The MX division is also responsible for Galaxy-exclusive applications (apps) and the One UI operating system (OS). Cursor AI is a service developed by Anysphere, which shares the AI ​​coding market with Windsurf. It was developed by four geniuses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Michael Truell, Suale Asif, Avid Runmark, and Aman Sanger. They are writing code usin...

Apple announced on the 21st that it will hold its annual event, the 'Worldwide Developers Conference' (WWDC), both online and offline from the 9th to the 13th of next month (local time). This year's WWDC25 will be held in Cupertino, California, USA, where Apple Park is located, and will open with a keynote speech by CEO Tim Cook. Apple's annual event, the 'Worldwide Developers Conference' (WWDC), will be held from the 9th to the 13th of next month at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, USA. [Photo = Apple] After the keynote speech, the 'Platforms State of the Union' will be used to announce the direction of improvement for the iOS operating system. Expectations are high for what new features will be added to Apple's mobile operating systems, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, VisionOS, and watchOS. However, it has been reported that improvements related to artificial intelligence (AI) functions will not be announced at...