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LG Uplus launches U+tv Today Life to check weather, news and financial information

LG Uplus said on Oct. 26 it will introduce U+tv Today Life, an AI-powered service that provides daily information such as weather, news and finance. The service is a living-information dashboard that appears with live broadcasts when the TV is turned on and can be used with a TV and remote without installing an app or signing up. It offers weather forecasts, headlines, market indices and local information, with additional features such as linking Google Photos.

Telecommunications & Media

MSIT seeks to ease rising telecom bills from AI and OTT subscriptions with AI for All

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said it will try to ease household communications costs rising with AI and online video subscriptions by launching a free, general-purpose AI service called \"AI for All\" from December. Vice Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon made the remarks during a parliamentary audit after a lawmaker said bundled mobile plans and subscriptions were limiting savings. The ministry also pledged cooperation in a Coupang privacy case and support for expanding 5G-based subway WiFi nationwide.

Industry

Low-cost older smartphones become humanoid robot brains as $400 PhoneBot debuts

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have developed an open-source humanoid robot platform called PhoneBot that uses a low-cost Android smartphone as its camera, sensors and computing unit. The hardware excluding the phone costs about $400. The 48.3 cm, 1.8 kg robot uses 13 servo motors and runs key tasks on the phone. Tests used four Android phones, including the 2017 Honor 9. Limits remain in payload, dynamic motion and uneven terrain.