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While being questioned for allegedly bribing South Korea’s president, Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee is locked up at a prison notorious for housing convicted billionaires, a serial killer and the hangman’s noose. That doesn’t mean he’s

Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee was formally arrested on allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement, an extraordinary step that jeopardises the executive’s ascent to the top role at the world’s biggest smartphone maker. The Seoul central district court

A South Korean special prosecutor is again seeking to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y Lee in relation to allegations of bribery, dealing another blow to a business empire mired in a nationwide political corruption

Jay Y Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Group, has returned home after being questioned for the second time over influence-peddling allegations including bribery that led to the impeachment of

Chinese smartphone brands Oppo and Huawei are tightening their grip on the world’s largest market, grabbing local share and squeezing out Apple and Samsung Electronics. After including Vivo, Chinese vendors held the top

In the latest episode of South Africa’s top technology podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss Microsoft’s blow-out earnings, all thanks to the cloud. Also this week, they discuss the latest rumours, thanks to

Apple is piling onto lawsuits that attack the way Qualcomm licenses technology for mobile phones in a widespread effort to rake back profits in a slowing market. The latest suit by Apple, filed on Friday, alleges that Qualcomm has unfairly used

Apple has sued Qualcomm, accusing it of monopolising the market for chips for wireless devices and withholding US$1bn in retaliation for cooperating with South Korean antitrust authorities. Apple is demanding Qualcomm

It was the battery, after all. In a presentation and news conference on Monday that lasted more than two hours, Samsung Electronics detailed the results of its investigation into Galaxy Note7 smartphones that overheated and burst into flames last