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LG

South Korean conglomerate making consumer electronics, appliances, displays and batteries via LG Electronics and LG Energy Solution.

Known aliases

  • 003550
  • LG (003550)
  • LG Corp.
  • LG Electronics
  • LG Group

Current stories

leadershipOne report1 publisher

Nickel from Sulawesi mines tied to rainforest loss may reach VW, Ford and Tesla batteries

Nickel from two Sulawesi mines linked to primary-rainforest loss may be in VW, Ford and Tesla batteries, the Guardian reported. Filings do not give the sales volumes that would tie ore to a specific car. For automakers, the near-term exposure is disclosure.

Publishers:theguardian.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
productConfirmed3 publishers

Apple puts a $299 price and a Nov. 13 date on HomeView, its first smart home display

Apple's $299 HomeView display arrives Nov. 13 and the $149 HomePod mini 2 arrives Oct. 30, with pre-orders open now. A household can budget the display and speaker today and has to hold a place for the accessories.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 7%
Operator
Operator 60%
Investor
Investor 33%

Reality

Evidence80
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap
Not scored
Incentives35
Confidence78
buildConfirmed12 publishers

Apple reportedly wants third-party accessories to take voice commands through its HomeView hub

Apple is preparing HomeView, an A18-powered Siri home hub in countertop and wall-mount versions, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Apple hopes third-party makers will build voice-controlled accessories with the hub as the connection point, according to a dev.to write-up.

Perspective Coverage

17 publishers
Builder
Builder 18%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 37%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence62
productConfirmed3 publishers

Stuff says Apple's October 13 Welcome Home event has no livestream scheduled

Apple will hold a Welcome Home event in New York on October 13 that appears to be behind closed doors, Stuff reported. Every product detail so far comes from reports and rumor, so Apple Home teams are working from a date and a city.

Publishers:businessinsider.com engadget.com stuff.tv

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 22%
Operator
Operator 47%
Investor
Investor 31%

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
productOne report1 publisher

Apple's rumored HomeView hub would use a camera to decide whose content to show

MacRumors reports Apple will introduce three Siri AI home devices at its 'Welcome Home' event, led by a hub rumored at about $350. All of it is rumor. For planning, we'd start with the HomePod mini: it would borrow a nearby device for Siri AI work.

Publishers:macrumors.com

Reality

Evidence25
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap
Not scored
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
investConfirmed2 publishers

Korean listed firms wrote renewables and robotics into 30.2% of their new charter business lines

Korea's 1,000 largest listed companies put renewables and robotics into 30.2% of the business lines they added to their charters this year, the FKI found. The unit counted is a business purpose written into articles of incorporation, so the shares describe stated intent.

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+18
Incentives58
Confidence64
productOne report1 publisher

MacRumors ties ADT's secretive technician hires to Apple's Oct. 13 home event

ADT has been hiring low-voltage technicians since about July and giving them iPhones, MacRumors reported, clues the site ties to Apple's Oct. 13 event. A deal would bring professional installation to Apple's wall-mounted home hub, though the case so far is circumstantial.

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
productOne report1 publisher

Apple's October 13 'Welcome home' event is expected to launch a smart display built as a home hub

Apple has confirmed an October 13 'Welcome home' launch event that 9to5Mac expects to focus on new smart home products. Teams whose app is the screen a household runs on have the most to rethink that week, since Apple's rumored display is pitched as the hub.

Publishers:9to5mac.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives30
Confidence40
productConfirmed4 publishers

Apple's LG-branded lock and thermostat are expected to ship after its new HomePod and Apple TV

Apple co-developed seven LG-branded home accessories, Bloomberg reported, and leaked renders now show three of them: a lock, a thermostat and a sensor. Their settings screens are now the feature list that rival Apple Home locks and thermostats will be measured against.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 15%
Operator
Operator 60%
Investor
Investor 25%

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
productOne report1 publisher

1X's $20,000 Neo needs remote human help to get the housework done

The Verge's reviewer has spent years living with home robots, and ahead of IFA's humanoid catwalk she argues the coordinating brain matters more than the body, after none of the humanoids at CES could open her laundry detergent.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption25
Hype gap+12
Incentives60
Confidence50
productOne report1 publisher

Alienware's 39-inch 5K2K OLED trades refresh headroom for pixel density

Wired's review puts the AW3926QW near $1,100, roughly $700 under the only other ultrawide using the same LG panel, with the compromise sitting in a refresh rate that stops at 165Hz at native resolution.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence64
Adoption30
Hype gap+12
Incentives52
Confidence57
productOne report1 publisher

Skild AI's brains are on hundreds of factory robots, and the buying decision moves up a layer

A $14 billion valuation on roughly $30 million of half-year revenue, and three arm makers now shipping someone else's model inside machines they sell under their own names.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption44
Hype gap+42
Incentives71
Confidence34
securityOne report1 publisher

The LG TV "custom kernel" did not break secure boot. Linux 4.4.3 has nothing behind it

The kexec fires from LG's own startup.sh after LG's signed kernel is already up. Kernel lockdown, the thing that closes that door, merged at 5.4. The set runs 4.4.3.

Publishers:scworld.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption18
Hype gap−18
Incentives28
Confidence58
productOne report1 publisher

The most accurate TVs in ZDNET's lab were an LG and a Hisense, not a Sony or Samsung

Calman measurements across seven flagship sets put the LG C6 on top for SDR color and the Hisense U8 for HDR. Brand tier did not predict the result.

Publishers:zdnet.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+28
Incentives55
Confidence38
investOne report1 publisher

SK's chairman warns of worst-ever memory imbalance while a U.S. fab stays under review

Chey Tae-won told CNBC he is willing to build a front-end fab in the U.S. but cannot find a site, and warns rising chip prices will reach finished goods. Memory is now a 2027 cost line.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption28
Hype gap+30
Incentives74
Confidence34
investOne report1 publisher

SK hynix just published the price of chip talent: 144 million won for half a year

Average first-half pay at SK hynix rose 23% to 144 million won across 36,042 people. Every hardware employer in Korea now recruits against a number it did not choose.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption27
Hype gap+24
Incentives55
Confidence44