Author: David Rutman

Eleven Israeli women and their leaders participated in the first-ever FemForward seminar in Casablanca this past week. They were paired with 11 Moroccan women for a program addressing gender disparity in managerial positions within the tech industry. The cohort from Israel included women from all religious backgrounds. “This is the first time that young women […]

Researchers from Israeli security company Check Point revealed this week that malicious firmware may endanger a variety of home and small office network routers. This would connect the routers to a network of hackers allegedly tied to the Chinese government. According to information disclosed by Check Point, a firmware update for these routers includes a […]

Israeli startup QD-SOL won on Tuesday in the annual competition of the Aviram Awards in collaboration with Forbes. The event took place this year at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort in Marrakech, Morocco, in the presence of former US President Bill Clinton, the founder and president of the Aviram Foundation, Ziv Aviram and many business […]

Israel will invest up to a billion shekels in a new Economy Ministry program to build industry “clusters” modeled after Harvard professor Michael E. Porter’s economic model. The program identifies core sectors and helps them to collaborate and develop growth plans, including the potential for public-private investments in companies in these areas. For every $3 […]

With the help of artificial intelligence, you might see Tom Hanks on the big screen long after he’s died.   The two-time Academy Award-winning actor said on an episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast released Sunday that the power of AI will play a significant role in the future of filmmaking. “This has always been lingering,” […]

Wolt delivery service will be adding a two-shekel “operation fee” to orders, the company announced on Wednesday. This fee will now be added to orders that are below NIS 250 and not being picked up by the customer. The company said that the price of operating the company has risen globally and that the extra […]

Microsoft’s recent research paper on artificial general intelligence (AGI) has stirred controversy and excitement within the scientific community, according to the New York Times. Led by Dr. Sébastien Bubeck, the study explores the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4, a powerful language model that has shown remarkable potential in generating humanlike answers and ideas. The paper, titles […]

The Biden administration said Tuesday it has formed an interagency team to develop a national strategy relating to advanced air mobility efforts such as flying taxis. Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) have been touted as the future of urban air mobility. Low-altitude urban air mobility aircraft have drawn intense global interest, with numerous […]

As the days get warmer and summer vacation gets closer, here are some interesting facts about travel that you may not have known. First, about 72% of Europeans plan to travel between the months of April and September this year. And while leisure remains the main reason for travel (69%), there’s been a decrease of […]

The Innovation, Science and Technology Ministry will lead the national effort to formulate a plan to remove barriers in the food-tech arena, Minister Ofir Akunis said Monday. The Ministerial Committee for Innovation, Science and Technology chaired by Akunis met Monday to discuss the urgent need for developing such a plan, which will be done in […]