Author: David Rutman

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in U.S. District Court this week, acknowledging that Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 because its in-app camera technology outperformed Facebook’s own. The revelation came during a high-stakes antitrust trial in Washington, D.C., where the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging Meta’s past acquisitions. Under intense questioning from FTC lawyers, Zuckerberg […]

Brandlight, a new Israeli startup focused on brand intelligence in AI, has officially launched from stealth with $5.75 million in seed funding. Founded by CEO Imri Marcus, CTO Dvir Dvash, and COO Uri Gafni, Brandlight aims to empower companies to influence how their brands are perceived, interpreted, and represented by AI models across digital platforms. […]

A new study from Boston College reveals that an overwhelming 90% of Christian leaders in the United States, spanning denominations from Catholics to Evangelicals, believe in human-caused climate change. Despite this widespread agreement among church leadership, most pastors and religious figures rarely share these views with their congregations. Published in the Proceedings of the National […]

Airborne dust pollution is becoming an escalating health and environmental concern across Utah and the Western United States, with the drying Great Salt Lake exposing more of its lakebed and increasing the risk of hazardous dust storms. According to new research from the University of Utah, this dust—originating from the Great Basin—often travels eastward and […]

A rare 13th-century manuscript fragment containing medieval tales of Merlin and King Arthur has been unearthed in Cambridge—hidden in plain sight for centuries. The fragile parchment, used as binding material in a 16th-century archival register, was first spotted at Cambridge University Library in 2019 and has now been identified as a part of the Suite […]

Tapcheck, an Israeli startup and a provider of on-demand pay solutions, has announced a major $225 million funding round to accelerate its growth and product expansion. The financing includes a $25 million Series A extension, led by existing investor PeakSpan Capital, alongside a $200 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital. This significant capital injection […]

Researchers at the Human-Tech Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have developed a groundbreaking system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) to detect Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in early childhood with over 85% accuracy. This innovative approach significantly outperforms traditional diagnostic methods, which typically rely on manual psychological evaluations and […]

A groundbreaking study from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has uncovered a vital link between bacterial movement and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Led by Professors Sigal Ben-Yehuda and Ilan Rosenshine from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, the research reveals that the rotation of bacterial flagella—tiny whip-like structures […]

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the secretive AI startup and super unicorn launched by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has secured a massive $2 billion funding round—catapulting its valuation to an astonishing $32 billion. Remarkably, the company has yet to release any public-facing product or service, signaling strong investor confidence in its vision for safe and […]