Author: David Rutman

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 […]

Israeli software start-up Digma has raised $6 million in seed funding for its recently launched “Continuous Feedback” platform, which aims to enable developers to continuously analyze their code to identify issues in real time, preventing bad code from making it to production and slowing down development. The new platform is emblematic of the emerging Continuous […]

Rare coins and bills can fetch a hefty sum, especially if their minting is uncommon. Some 50 pence coins are sold for over $200, while rare £20 notes can be worth over $100. How much are we talking? A coin-collecting expert on TikTok, @coincollectorukofficial, shared how a single £10 coin could be valued at 300 […]

For almost a year, Large Generative AI Models (LGAIMs) such as ChatGPT have broken through as part of our daily lives. The model’s capacity to engage in a convincing dialogue and produce high-order texts has raised many questions, including whether such models possess independent reasoning capabilities, who trains whom (the machine or us), what will […]

The third anniversary of the Abraham Accords has come at a time when a lot of media coverage has focused on the possibility of progress in Israel and Saudi Arabia ties. This could potentially be very important. On another level, the Accords have also led to a lot of opportunities for Israeli companies in the […]

The government published a bill on September 6 that aims to tighten up Israeli rules for taxing offshore-controlled foreign companies (CFCs) and foreign professional companies (FPCs). The Israeli proposals have echoes of US GILTI (global intangible low-taxed income) rules in the US. Israeli CFC rules aim to tax Israeli resident shareholders on deemed dividends regarding […]

HiBob, an Israeli cloud-based human resources platform, has successfully raised an additional $150 million in capital for 2023, just 10 months after their last round of funding was secured, according to a statement released by the company. The company announced that they matched their 2022 amount last week, bringing the company’s capital total to about […]

Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Bloomberg LP, outlined a succession plan for the financial information and news company, saying that his foundation Bloomberg Philanthropies will inherit it and then eventually sell it, the New York Times reported. The former New York City Mayor made the announcement at the Climate Summit hosted by the newspaper on Thursday. […]