Author: David Rutman

A few months ago, as a result of widespread criticism and legal consequences for pushing addictive painkillers on the public, the name of the Sackler family – who donated to museums and educational and medical institutions around the world – was removed from the name of Tel Aviv University’s Medical Faculty. After he was declared […]

 Apple  on Saturday said it has identified a few issues which can cause new iPhones to run warmer than expected, including a bug in the iOS 17 software which will be fixed in an upcoming update. After complaints that the new phones are getting very warm, Apple has said that the device may feel warmer […]

With the COP-28 global climate summit coming up in Dubai, the TV channel that I work with, WION, asked if I would do a report on water shortages in West Asia. West Asia is the same region as the Middle East, it just has a different name depending on where you are based in the […]

Driving or walking around Jerusalem can be depressing for long-time residents. Many remember Jerusalem as quaint and inspiring, where beauty and awe could be glimpsed in every direction. Now, as far as the eye can see, we view mostly urban blight while choking from dust and debris and forever navigating cranes and bulldozers. In a […]

An Iranian hacker group known as OilRig hijacked legitimate websites in order to target Israeli organizations, including a healthcare organization, in two separate cyberattack campaigns in 2021 and 2022, the Slovak ESET cybersecurity company reported last week. The two cyberattack campaigns were labeled “Outer Space” and “Juicy Mix” by ESET. The two campaigns collected browsing […]

A US civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in the lawsuit filed in California federal court that from 2015 to the present, Black workers at the Tesla […]

A new peer-reviewed study from the University of Tokyo reports an advance in defending artificial intelligence (AI) systems from malicious attacks. Neural networks, the systems of algorithms that use pattern recognition to analyze data inputs, can be confused by the introduction of ‘noise’ into the data they are meant to analyze. A driverless car that […]

Should Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has a serious credibility problem among Israelis and even his ministers and MKs – not to mention the opposition – place houseplants or bookcases behind him when speaking online to seem more trustworthy? First impressions are made instantly. According to a new UK study, people tend to judge faces […]

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Wednesday that ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide users with current information and that browsing is no longer limited to data before September 2021. “Browsing is available to Plus and Enterprise users today, and we’ll expand to all users soon. To enable, choose Browse with Bing in the selector […]

The Melnick State of the Israeli Economy Index reported a modest 0.1 percent increase in August, reflecting the ongoing challenges faced by the Israeli business sector. This news follows a similarly disheartening Index in July, which also saw only a 0.1% increase. The report attributes this economic slowdown to a combination of global economic downturns […]