Author: David Rutman

If new power plants are not built in Israel now, a shortage of electricity is expected to occur in the country’s center by 2026. That is what Meir Spiegler, Israel Electric Company CEO, claimed in an interview with Maariv, further explaining that this is why the Reading power plant in Tel Aviv, now dormant, hasn’t […]

Russia’s largest air carrier Aeroflot AFLT.MM, whose aircraft maintenance capabilities are crippled by Western sanctions, sent one of its Airbus AIR.PA planes to Iran for repair, the company said on Tuesday. According to the flight tracking system Flightradar24 the Airbus A330-300 flew to Tehran on April 5 and remains there until now. “The maintenance of […]

Microsoft is adding the artificial intelligence (AI) art generator DALL-E to its Bing search engine and Microsoft Edge browser: Just write in the search bar what image you want, and DALL-E will make it for you. The feature is now publically available to anyone using the latest versions of Bing and Microsoft Edge. Made by […]

Netivei Israel-The National Transport Infrastructure Company and Israel Railways are working together on the Eastern Railways project, which will run between Hadera and Lod alongside Road 6. The major project will be an alternative to the coastal route, which is already at full capacity, and will allow an increase in freight capacity.  The section being […]

Israel is a hub for food tech innovation. At its nucleus is the country’s largest food manufacturer: Tnuva.  Every year, Tnuva’s R&D innovation center launches around 80 new products, according to the company’s Chief Innovation Officer, Shay Cohen, and its Chief R&D Officer, Pnina Sverdlov.  “We understand that we need to provide solutions for all […]

Israeli start-up DOTS (Data Of The Soil) has launched a new technology that could have a dramatic impact on global agriculture, sustainability, and the health of the global population: an electro-optical sensor and information system which helps users optimize fertilizer usage based on continuous and readily available soil data, making it possible to significantly reduce […]

After the rocket fire from Lebanon and Gaza into Israeli territory and many customer inquiries, the Israel Consumer Council has made a list detailing about what happens if your flight is canceled due to the ongoing regional tensions – and what you are entitled to. What can you do if an airline cancels flights to […]

Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport saw its busiest month in history, the Israel Airports Authority revealed on Sunday, with more passengers passing through it in March 2023 than any other month ever. During this month, a total of 1,983,428 passengers passed through Ben-Gurion Aiport on 13,490 international and domestic flights. This is a 57% increase in passenger […]

It was the end of an era on March 31 as the iconic Brooklyn Bake Shop in Jerusalem closed its doors for the last time.  The bakery operated for close to three decades and was beloved by American olim, tourists and gap-year and yeshiva students, who would flock to the legendary bakeshop, which operated for […]

Israel-based Stratasys – a 3D printing manufacturer – and CollPlant – a regenerative and aesthetic medicine company developing products based on its plant-based collagen for tissue regeneration and organ manufacturing – announced a joint development and commercialization agreement. The companies plan on collaborating on the development of a solution to bio-fabricate human tissues and organs. This, […]