Author: David Rutman

Russia president for life, Vladimir Putin, is planning to step down next year amid  Parkinson’s disease, a report said Thursday. Speculation swirls in Russia that the president may have Moscow political scientist Valery Solovei told The Sun “There is a family, it has a great influence on him. He intends to make public his handover plans […]

Eye on the Israeli High-Tech Industry Week (Oct 30 – Nov 5) Israeli High-Tech Industry Updates Waze And WalkMe Founders Announce The Launch Of $110 Million Venture Fund Israeli venture capital firm 10D invested in 6 Seed and A Stage Startups(Jewish Business News 04, Nov 2020) Frankfurt Stock Exchange seeks Israeli tech cos​The relatively new […]

Jared Kushner was certainly in no position to ask for a retraction. White House staffer Jared Kushner, who just so happens to be the President’s son-in-law, tried to influence media coverage of the election results as they were being reported. According to a report in the New York Times, Kushner personally spoke with Rupert Murdock […]

US Election Center In Arizona Closes Due to Rising Unrest From Trump Supporters ‘armed with guns’ Demonstrations in the United States: “Do not let Trump steal the election”. Fear of Trump-backed militias takes to the streets. More than 150 supporters of President Donald Trump, some of whom were armed, gathered outside the building where votes […]

Current sweeteners either taste artificial or might cause health problems. Scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem may have come up with a plan for a realistic alternative to sugar. Everybody wants to be able to eat whatever they want without the consequences. Calories free sweets that really do taste like the real thing and […]

FiveThirtyEight.com may have misled people. How did Nate Silver blow it so badly? That’s what many people are asking now both about him and his famed FiveThirtyEight.com. People and politicians love hearing about the polls. But how accurate are they? Why should we listen to them? Some people say that the polls may actually affect […]

Eloops has released a new App. Eloops is an Israeli startup which offers companies a better way to engage their workforces. Based in Tel Aviv, Eloops was founded in 2017 by Idan Shem Tov, Naor David Melamed, Sharon Dayag and Tal Groder. Eloops provides pre-made content templates, virtual activities, and gamification tools to help managers […]

Denmark, the world’s largest supplier of mink fur, will slaughter 17 million mink due to a mutation of the coronavirus discovered in the mammal that may prevent the body from producing antibodies. The decision was made after some mink have been identified as positive for Coronavirus. The fear is that the animals will spread a […]

Trump’s political ideas are not going anywhere, and are already being emulated by other authoritarian leaders around the world Despite what many may believe, Donald Trump’s presidency is not a mere fluke in America’s political history. He may be detestable, an unfit leader and a failed president, but for many disheartened Americans, Trump was the […]