On Wednesday, the police questioned Facebook Indonesia public policy head Ruben Hattari at the force’s headquarters, in their first attempt to shed light on the case. It remains unclear, however, if the ongoing probe could ever lead to criminal charges against Facebook or its representatives here.

Below is what we know so far about the Facebook scandal in Indonesia:

What is the data-breach scandal about?

The Facebook data-breach scandal refers to the data harvesting by a third party, political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica (CA). CA harvested data and used it for marketing or political campaigning, allegedly helping US President Donald Trump win his presidency. CA was also contracted by one of Indonesia’s major political parties in 1999. While Facebook also harvests its users’ data and monetizes the data to run advertisements on its platform, Facebook does not sell the data to advertisers, as confirmed by founder Mark Zuckerberg during a recent US Congress hearing on the matter.

CA managed to harvest the data through two University of Cambridge academics, Aleksandr Kogan and Michal Kosinski. Kogan initially created “This is Your Digital Life” for research purposes, the personality test app was downloaded by 270,000 people but also collected the data of the downloaders’ friends, boosting this number to 87 million users, 1 million of whom were Indonesians.

This is why the Facebook-CA data breach is scandalous: Kogan’s app collected users’ data without their permission and the data was improperly sold to a third party.

How big is Facebook in Indonesia?

As quoted by Kompas.com, Indonesia has the fourth-highest number of Facebook users in the world. As of January, there were 130 million accounts on the social network, or 6 percent of the total global users. The cities with the most active users in Indonesia are Bekasi in West Java with 18 million accounts and Jakarta with 16 million accounts. This makes Indonesia the country with the most Facebook users in Southeast Asia.

How influential is Facebook in Indonesian elections?

Social media was largely to blame for polarizing Indonesians during the 2014 presidential election and the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election, with Facebook and Twitter being the biggest platforms and therefore most influential. However, this had more to do with hoaxes and hate speech than data harvesting.

Some politicians have admitted to relying on social-media data for their campaigns, but it is unclear how sophisticated and widespread their use of social media data has been.

Conversations regarding the elections dominated the Facebook and Twitter news feed in 2014 and peaked in 2016. Since late 2017, the National Police have caught two syndicates allegedly responsible for creating and spreading hoaxes and inciting hate speech, Saracen and the Muslim Cyber Army.

Both groups, which used fake accounts on Facebook and Twitter in their operations, were critical of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and may have been organized to undermine him ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

Do the police have a strong case against Facebook Indonesia?

At this point, the answer is no. The investigation is still in its preliminary stage.

Ruben confirmed that Wednesday’s questioning by the police revolved around the alleged data breach, but stopped short of confirming whether he was questioned in an investigation of a criminal case built by the police.

National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Setyo Wasisto declined to disclose details of the questioning, and instead complained about the lack of cooperation on Facebook’s side in combating radical content on the social-media site.

On Thursday, National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Ari Dono Sumanto made it clear the police were still investigating whether there was a crime in the data-breach scandal. He admitted that they had not found a single person claiming to have suffered losses from the data breach, or even claimed to have had their data stolen.

What are the possible charges against Facebook?

Data privacy is uncharted territory in Indonesia. There is no data protection law in the country, although a bill is expected to be passed this year. The bill has been in the 2015-2019 Prolegnas since 2016, but there has been no progress in the deliberation of the draft law.

The closest thing to data privacy protection is Communications and Information Ministerial Regulation No. 20/2016, but there is only a series of administrative penalties for individuals accused of misusing personal data harvested online. The regulation has no stipulation regarding penalties for corporations accused of stealing personal information.

The 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law, which is focused on curbing hate speech and hoaxes, does not specifically cover personal data protection.

A member of staff at the Communications and Information Ministry, however, has claimed that the ITE law could still be used to press charges against Facebook.

Article 26 of the law stipulates that “the use of electronic information on an individual’s personal data should be approved by the said individual.” Article 30 of the law further states that “illegally accessing information belonging to other people” is punishable by eight years’ imprisonment.

Human rights activist Wahyudi Jafar says that Facebook could be charged with interception as stipulated in Article 31 of the amended ITE law. The crime is punishable by 10 years’ imprisonment or a Rp 5 billion (US$362,287) fine.

“But it won’t be easy to prove this,” he says.

 While working towards that goal, the Chinese technology giant expects to post revenue growth of 50 per cent for its smartphones by the end of 2018.

Tossaporn Nisthanon, deputy country director of Huawei Consumer Business Group (Thailand), said that the premium smartphone market – for models from Bt15,000 – still has room for growth.

The company is coming out with two new flagship models: the Huawei P20 at Bt19,990 and the P20 Pro at Bt27,990.

The two smartphones are especially suitable for photography, according to DxOMark standards. The P20 series will officially hit the Thai market today. The P20 will be available in pink, gold, midnight blue and black. The P20 Pro comes in twilight, midnight blue and black.

“I think that the premium smartphone market in the country is still continuing to grow since it able to meet the demands and lifestyle of customers,” said Tossaporn. “The premium market accounts for around 30 per cent of the total smartphone market in Thailand.

“We will also boost the premium smartphone market via online channels with three strategic partners, the Lazada, Shopee and 11Street online e-commerce channels.

“We have also provided mobile application to create promotion campaigns to support mobile customers. We see online channel as being part of a long-term strategy to support our business.”

He said the firm by the end of this year expects to have doubled its sales of premium smartphones. With such growth, it would rank No 2 in the premium market.

As part of its sales growth plans, the firm will set up more than 140 Brand Shops by the end of this year to drive its smartphone business in the country.

“This year, we will go ahead at full steam to tap deeper into all segments of Thailand’s smartphone market” said Tossaporn.

“We will make smartphones available across all price ranges. This means were are continuing to offer models for the mass market to satisfy the needs of the entry and mid-level markets.”

New Release Accelerates Workflows for Color, Graphics, Animation and Audio with Adobe Sensei

The announcement was made at the 2018 NAB Show and the updates, which are now available, include powerful new capabilities for refining color, creating graphics and crafting audio, along with enhanced VR tools, improved collaboration, integration with Adobe Stock and advanced artificial intelligence powered by Adobe Sensei.

With the growing demand for video, the opportunity for content creators has never been greater, but video professionals are faced with new pressure to deliver more work in less time while ensuring content stands out and meets high audience expectations. In addition, creators must optimize for different platforms, ensure accessibility, meet required broadcast standards and deliver numerous versions of content across languages and regions. This tremendous shift in the way video professionals work requires more refined and streamlined workflows to reduce time to production, giving video creators more time to focus on their craft, Adobe said in a press statement.

“The demands and pace of video content creation are reaching levels we’ve never seen before. The time pressure on video professionals means the need for powerful and efficient creative tools has never been greater,” said Steven Warner, vice president of digital video and audio at Adobe. “Adobe video apps like Premiere Pro and After Effects give them that power which, combined with the services available in Creative Cloud, provides broadcasters, media companies, filmmakers and YouTubers a complete ecosystem to bring their stories to screen faster than ever.”

Ranging from Hollywood to Sundance, feature films to premium television channels, a growing number of industry-leading professional editors are using Adobe Premiere Pro CC to bring their creative visions to life. Projects that premiered this year include The Florida Project, The Square, Only the Brave and 6 Below; indie hits RBG, Clara’s Ghost and Search; and award-winning series MINDHUNTER and Atlanta.

Attendees at this year’s NAB Show can get a closer look at the newly available features and hear from industry experts at the Adobe booth (#SL4610, South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center) and at over 140 partner booths from April 9–12

According to the press statement, new feature highlights include:

·         Edit more powerfully with color and light in Premiere Pro CC – Powered by Adobe Sensei, Color Match two shots with one click, applying editable Lumetri adjustments from one clip to another to achieve visual consistency in scenes and across whole projects. Compare shots using the new split-view.

·         Create animation and graphics more quickly in After Effects CC – Stacked behaviors and effects in combination with timeline-based animation now make the creative process more visual and intuitive. Apply changes to individual effects across multiple versions of a composition with a single adjustment using new Master Properties. Also, complex motions can be made to any surface mesh with the new Advanced Puppet tool.

·         Sound even better with Sensei-powered audio workflows – Automatically adjust soundtrack audio around dialog, whether for a single clip or an entire project, with Sensei-enabled autoducking, now available in Adobe Premiere Pro.

·         Bring art to life faster with Character Animator – Animate personas more quickly and efficiently with a library of behaviors and custom triggers.Drag layers from the Puppet panel into the Triggers panel to apply and refine existing behaviors or create new ones with intuitive new drop targets.

·         Add 360 degrees of creativity with improved tools for immersive content – Adobe Immersive Environment is now available in After Effects CC, simplifying the immersive workflow to move more efficiently through clean-up and effects tasks. New support for the Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality platform offers a wider range of headsets to choose the best tools for the job.

·         Collaborate more easily in Team Projects – For the ultimate in project collaboration, real-time presence shows when teammates are online and new badges indicate when a project has been updated.

·         Get content you need with Adobe Stock – With direct access to millions of curated HD and 4K videos, select clips for establishing shots, fill in the final gaps in projects or enrich storytelling with visual variety. Add sophistication and polish to video content with professionally designed Motion Graphics templates, including animated titling and lower thirds graphics with editable effects and text.

·         Learn panel for new users – Premiere Pro beginners now have a place to start with targeted tutorials that guide them through the foundational steps of video editing. The new Learn panel is just a click away whenever it’s needed.

Dell expressed confidence that the innovations and improvements within these products are designed to improve performance, functionality and overall user experience,

“At Dell, innovation never sleeps. We’re passionate about creating technology that expands the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Anothai Wettayakorn, Vice President, Dell EMC Indo-china.

The new refreshed Latitude portfolio is developed with the mobile workforce in mind, aligned with insights from various research studies sponsored by Dell. The latest global research shared the impact of emerging technologies – 48% of global business leaders surveyed, including leaders in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), believe they’ll have more job satisfaction in the future by offloading tasks to machines. Thus, businesses and the workforce of today are increasingly critical about devices they need to support their work, now and into the future, Dell said in a press statement.

“We are entering the future of work where the way people work and run their businesses constantly change as technology continues to evolve. There is significant expectation riding on the positive impact emerging technologies can bring,” commented Anothai. “To do that, our customers want devices that can help them continue to be productive today and help them persevere for the future, with performance, mobility and security mentioned as the top features they need.”

Addressing a gap in the marketplace for thinner, lighter and more powerful mobile devices at work, Dell unveiled the new refreshed Latitude portfolio.

Designed for the mobile workforce, Dell’s Latitude portfolio of secure and manageable commercial notebooks and 2-in-1s has been fully refreshed with the latest dual-core and quad-core 8th Gen Intel Core vPro 15W processors delivering significant performance improvement. Productivity benchmark tests show dramatic performance uplift over products based on the previous generation processors. The additional cores and threads make a noticeable difference on company networks when IT is running encryption, malware scans and other background apps to secure and connect employees. The Latitude product line also has been updated with several exciting new hidden innovations.

Dell Latitude 7390 line-up has been refreshed with thin and light designs, excellent efficiency and powerful processing options. Latitude’s superior security, versatility and accessories empower the way people work and maintain office-level productivity.

Built with high-end materials like magnesium alloy, the Latitude 7390 combines premium design with best-in-class durability. The 2-in-1 series offer outstanding flexibility with a touchscreen that enables users to quickly access applications or use an optional active pen for fast note taking. The active pen enabled by Wacom technology creates a more lifelike pen-to-paper experience with less lag and it attaches magnetically to the 2-in-1 so it’s always nearby.

The new Latitude 13 7390 comes with processor options up to Intel 8th Gen processors and PCIe SSD for optimal performance. Dell offers a wide range of hardware and software security options including Dell ControlVault 2.0, contact and contactless smart card readers, touch fingerprint reader or infrared camera, ensuring users information is secure.

The Latitude 7490 features an exclusive Active Steering Antenna that delivers better WiFi range, speed and connection reliability, and a new Full HD super low power display that reduces power consumption by up to 50%, resulting in several hours of additional battery life.

Featuring the Intel 8th Gen processors, the new Latitude 7490 is a 14-inch business-class laptop built with premium materials for a clean, seamless exterior and superior structural performance.

The Latitude 5290 is the ultimate 12.5-inch mobility tool that empowers productivity. It offers multiple security options to meet your diverse security needs. Features include essential multi-factor authentication hardware such as touch fingerprint reader, contact FIPS 201 smart card reader, and contactless smart card reader NFC to prevent unauthorised access.

The Latitude 12 5290 navigates congested workspaces with ease with a range of wireless options, including mobile broadband. It also comes with an HD display and all-day battery life that let users work anywhere.

The new Latitude 5290 2-in-1 is thin, light and powerful, weighing less than two pounds and comes with an auto-deploy kickstand to make being productive easy.

Security is also convenient and scalable – options available include Windows Hello via IR camera, or more stringent levels including biometric card readers with Control Vault 2 and FIPS 140-2.

The Latitude 5490 is the ultimate 14″ productivity tool, designed for better security, manageability and reliability. The laptop comes with Windows Hello to facilitate facial recognition for easy and secure access while offering multiple security options to meet security requirements of users. This includes the Dell unique hardware-based security solution that provides a more secure alternative for storing and processing passwords, biometric templates and security codes.

Dell commercial client solutions come with ProSupport Plus, the most complete support solutions for enterprise customers in the industry, combining 24×7 phone access to expert technicians, onsite service after remote diagnosis, and support for both hardware and software and proactive automated support. ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist takes up to 91% less time to resolve issues with technical support and up to 72 percent fewer steps in the support process.

ProSupport Plus allows customers to get:

·         24×7 access to ProSupport engineers with deep hardware and software expertise

·         Proactive and predictive automated support enabled by Dell’s SupportAssist monitoring technology[1]

·         Self-service case management and parts dispatch via Dell’s TechDirect portal, mobile application or API

·         Coverage for drops, spills and electrical surges to protect hardware investments

·         Hard drive retention after replacement to ensure data control

·         A dedicated Technical Account Manager who serves as a single point of accountability and provides monthly reporting for customers with 1,000 or more ProSupport Plus systems.

“Three, two, one and liftoff!” said a NASA commentator as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the blue sky atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:51 pm (2251 GMT).

The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search outside the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming. These so-called “transits” may mean that planets are in orbit around them.

TESS is expected to reveal 20,000 planets beyond our solar system, including more than 50 Earth-sized planets and up to 500 planets less than twice the size of the Earth, NASA said.

Its discoveries will be studied further by ground- and space-based telescopes for signs of habitability, including a rocky terrain, a size similar to Earth and a distance from their sun — neither too close nor too far — that allows the right temperature for liquid water.

“The stories of these planets will continue on, long after their detection,” Martin Still, TESS program scientist, said on Wednesday.

Four eyes on the sky

“It was incredible. It was so emotional,” said Natalia Guerrero, a TESS researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an interview on NASA TV after the launch.

She was part of a team that built four cameras that serve as the spacecraft’s eyes.

“TESS’s four cameras are tiny but mighty,” she said.

“They are only about four inches (10 centimeters) across, the lenses. They could fit in a mailbox. But they are so powerful. You could have an entire constellation, like Orion, in the field of view of one of these cameras.”

TESS will survey far more cosmic terrain than its predecessor, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009.

Both use the same system of detecting planetary transits, or shadows cast as they pass in front of their star.

The new spacecraft will focus on nearby exoplanets, those in the range of 30 to 300 light-years away.

Kepler’s trove of more than 2,300 confirmed planets outside our solar was impressive, but most were too distant and dim to be examined further.

“One of the many amazing things that Kepler told us is that planets are everywhere and there are all kinds of planets out there,” said Patricia “Padi” Boyd, director of the TESS guest investigator program at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

“So TESS takes the next step. If planets are everywhere, then it is time for us to find the planets that are closest to us orbiting bright nearby stars, because these will be the touchstone system.”

The Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2020, should be able to reveal more about planets’ mass, density and the makeup of their atmosphere — all clues to habitability.

The initial launch attempt Monday was scrubbed about two hours before planned takeoff, so that SpaceX engineers could perform extra checks on the rocket’s navigation systems.

On Wednesday, the rocket performed flawlessly.

Less than 10 minutes after launch, the rocket’s first stage returned to an upright landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, marking SpaceX’s 24th touchdown of a rocket booster.

Once a somewhat novel feature, using voice commands have become much more commonplace. A recent survey commissioned by Adobe showed that only 16% of people feel uncomfortable using voice commands in front of others. Whether its playing music, getting the day’s news or controlling room lights, the technology is quickly becoming part of everyday life. However, while voice has emerged as a credible challenger to touch interfaces, it will require a vibrant ecosystem of “skills” in order to thrive. Like with smartphones nearly a decade ago, this presents a big opportunity for brands.

Though Adobe Experience Cloud, we’ve worked with some of the world’s largest brands to deliver great experiences on every digital touchpoint. Now, we want to help them tackle voice. Available today, we are announcing enhanced technologies to deliver truly personalized voice experiences. Consumers will be able to interact with their favorite brands in the same way they engage a local baker or familiar bank teller—with nuanced relevance and context that keep users coming back. This is all is supported by analytics and audience insight, as well as AI capabilities that automate difficult processes and becomes a decisioning engine in the moments where it counts.

Know Who You Are Talking To

Imagine searching for a flight on an Amazon Echo device and finding the right one at the best price. The travel brand you are engaging with has already connected the dots on the backend, and you can book instantly—followed by a travel confirmation sent directly to your smartphone. Or, consider a morning news briefing, where each new piece of content becomes increasingly more aligned with your interest in technology. It begins to remind you of the sophisticated playlist recommendations you’ve seen on music streaming services.

These are the kinds of delightful voice experiences that keep customers wanting more. They are relevant, engaging, and provided in the right context. Enhanced capabilities in Adobe Target now enables brands to deliver these kinds of stand-out experiences. For each individual, marketers are able to customize the experience by acting on their own data—from known tastes and preferences, to tapping existing information provided by the user. Adobe Analytics Cloud serves as the underlying insights platform here, capturing data from voice devices as well as other channels such as desktop web and mobile. The ensures that data is lined up so that brands are engaging people, not devices.

Find the Right Service 

Over the years, the most successful brands on smartphones have been the ones that operated in a constant state of iteration. Instead of porting over the full desktop experience to mobile, they continually tested different features and landed on the ones that delivered the most value. Through Adobe Target, brands can now do the same on voice interfaces. A retailer for example, can experiment with different services offered through their “skill”. Simulations can be run for each service, where brands can begin to see which features are used most frequently, the various steps taken by users after each reaction and the situations that cause people to drop off.

The Power of AI 

Once a brand has figured out how to personalize a voice experience to an individual, they are challenged with having to roll this out across millions of customers. Through Adobe Sensei, Adobe’s AI and machine learning framework, brands now have the ability to accomplish this. As a decisioning engine, Adobe Sensei leverages machine learning and predictive algorithms to help ensure that a perfectly personalized experience can be provided to every single customer. With voice devices bringing in a new stream of data, Adobe Sensei also does the hard number crunching to automatically provide useful insights about customer segments and to flag anomalies in the experience.

Move Fast but Act Cautiously

As much opportunity as the future of voice provides, brands must also keep in mind that mistakes on voice devices are glaringly obvious. It is akin to being in a coffee shop, and getting offered a pastry after you’ve already declined. The shield that a website or mobile app generally provides is not available here. Adobe wants to help brands navigate this tricky landscape, and help them stay ahead of the curve. We saw that a decade ago, many missed the boat with smartphones and some are still paying for it today. With the right discipline and the latest technologies, brands have the tools to make sure this does not happen with voice. They can deliver great experiences that extend their brand presence and ultimately drive more customer loyalty.

“The devastating attacks from the past year demonstrate that cybersecurity is not just about what any single company can do but also about what we can all do together,” said Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, in a statement endorsed by US firms including Facebook, Oracle and global giants including Telefonica, Nokia and BT.

“This tech sector accord will help us take a principled path towards more effective steps to work together and defend customers around the world.”

The companies made a commitment to mount a stronger defense against cyberattacks, “recognizing that everyone deserves protection … regardless of the motivation for attacks online,” the statement said.

The announcement comes after a year marked by devastating attacks including ransomware and news of Russian-led efforts to infiltrate systems controlling critical infrastructure.

Just Monday, US and British officials warned that Russian state-sponsored actors are using compromised routers for attacks to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain persistent access to victim networks and potentially lay a foundation for future offensive operations.

“The real world consequences of cyber threats have been repeatedly proven. As an industry, we must band together to fight cybercriminals and stop future attacks from causing even more damage,” said Kevin Simzer, chief operating officer at the security firm Trend Micro.

According to the statement, economic losses expected from cyberattacks are likely to reach $8 trillion by 2022, impacting services ranging from small businesses to hospitals.

Companies that signed the accord plan to hold their first meeting during the security-focused RSA Conference this week in San Francisco.

The signatories included ABB, Arm Holdings, Avast, Bitdefender. CA Technologies, Cisco, Cloudflare, Datastax, Dell, Docusign, Fastly, FireEye, F-Secure, Github, Guardtime, HP, HPE, Intuit, Juniper Networks, LinkedIn, Nielsen, RSA, SAP, Stripe, Symantec, Tenable and VMware.

The ruling comes as the social network is snared in a scandal over the mishandling of 87 million users’ data ahead of the 2016 US presidential election.

The facial recognition tool, launched in 2010, suggests names for people it identifies in photos uploaded by users — a function which the plaintiffs claim runs afoul of Illinois state law on protecting biometric privacy.

Judge James Donato ruled the claims by Illinois residents Nimesh Patel, Adam Pezen, and Carlo Licata were “sufficiently cohesive to allow for a fair and efficient resolution on a class basis.

“Consequently, the case will proceed with a class consisting of Facebook users located in Illinois for whom Facebook created and stored a face template after June 7, 2011,” he said, according to the ruling seen by AFP.

A Facebook spokeswoman told AFP the company was reviewing the decision, adding: “We continue to believe the case has no merit and will defend ourselves vigorously.”

Facebook also contends it has been very open about the tool since its inception and allows users to turn it off and prevent themselves from being suggested in photo tags.

The technology was suspended for users in Europe in 2012 over privacy fears.

Also on Monday, Facebook confirmed that it collected information from people beyond their social network use.

“When you visit a site or app that uses our services, we receive information even if you’re logged out or don’t have a Facebook account,” product management director David Baser said in a post on the social network’s blog.

Baser said “many” websites and apps use Facebook services to target content and ads, including via the social network’s Like and Share buttons, when people use their Facebook account to log into another website or app and Facebook ads and measurement tools.

But he stressed the practice was widespread, with companies such as Google and Twitter also doing the same.

During heated hearings in Congress last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg had already explained that Facebook collects data beyond what users share on their profiles.

“When you visit a site or app that uses our services, we receive information even if you’re logged out or don’t have a Facebook account,” product management director David Baser said in a post on the social network’s blog.

“This is because other apps and sites don’t know who is using Facebook,” he added, noting Facebook was also following up with Congress on a few dozen questions Zuckerberg was unable to answer at the time of the hearings.

Baser said “many” websites and apps use Facebook services to target content and ads, including via the social network’s Like and Share buttons, when people use their Facebook account to log into another website or app and Facebook ads and measurement tools.

But he stressed the practice was widespread, with companies such as Google and Twitter also doing the same.

“Most websites and apps send the same information to multiple companies each time you visit them,” the post said.

“There are three main ways in which Facebook uses the information we get from other websites and apps: providing our services to these sites or apps; improving safety and security on Facebook; and enhancing our own products and services.

“I want to be clear: We don’t sell people’s data. Period.”

Zuckerberg says Facebook “failed” to protect people’s information following the use by Cambridge Analytica of data scraped from 87 million Facebook users to target political ads ahead of the 2016 US presidential election.

South Korean tech titan Samsung Electronics is increasing its patent holdings outside Korea, in the United States particularly, in a bid to prepare for intensifying intellectual property rights disputes, according to the industry on Friday.

Samsung held a total of 119,337 patents across the globe as of the end of 2017, according to industry data.

The number of Samsung’s patents with the US stood at 46,150, while the Korean company had 24,860 patents in its home country and 10,509 in Europe.

The company had 11,005 and 7,086 patents in China and Japan, respectively, data showed.

Samsung won 6,072 new patents last year in the US, becoming the second-largest holder of patents in the country, trailing only Intel.

The company’s patent holdings have more than doubled since 2009, when it had 22,513 cases in the US.

Samsung is expanding the number of patents in the US in order to cope with potential technology disputes, a company official said.

Most of the patents are related to smartphones, smart TVs, memory and system chips, according to the official.

Last year, Samsung invested 16.8 trillion won ($15.6 billion) in research and development projects, winning 5,394 patents at home, along with 14,279 abroad.