Pfizer and partner BioNTech plan to ask US and European regulators within weeks to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, based on evidence of greater risk of infection six months after inoculation and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease […]
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Still Asking the Wrong Questions: A Perilous American Error Portrait of Jefferson in his late 50s Prof. Louis René Beres “The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in Our Time (1952) How did America get to this fragile place? Often, history deserves pride of […]
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Medorion Offers SaaS Solutions for Health Insurers Medorion just raised $6 million. Medorion Founders (Photo: Adi Eckstein) Israeli startup Medorion develops behavioral intelligence SaaS solutions for health insurers. Medorion completed a $6 million funding round led by 10D. This brings Medorion’s total funding to date to $9 million. Behavioral Intelligence is defined as the use […]
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Banner year for Tel Aviv City, Tech startups, and multinationals Tel Aviv, Israel/photo credit Yoav Aziz, Unsplash With a population of 460.000, Tel Aviv is home to 29% (2750 businesses) of all Israeli technology companies, 115 international R&D facilities, and 20 unicorn firms, 14 of them exceeding the $1 billion valuations in 2020 alone. According […]
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A new nanotechnology device developed by a research team led by Tel Aviv University researchers, will allow the human body to generate electric currents and voltage through the activation of various organs with mechanical force. They study was led by Professor Ehud Gazit of the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at the Wise […]
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Rachel Nichols Pulled from NBA Finals by ESPN Over Racial Comments Rachel Nichols was caught on a hot mike criticizing ESPN. Rachel Nichols Apologizes The Jump – ESPN 2 (screenshot) ESPN sportscaster Rachel Nichols has been in the hot seat ever since a video emerged in which she was heard making negative comments about fellow […]
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Israeli Unicorn Orca Security Raises $150 Million from Singapore’s Temasek Orca only recently hit unicorn status. Orca Security Employees (Photo: Orca Security) Israeli cybersecurity startup Orca Security. which specializes in cloud services security, Just brought in an additional $150 million in funding, and all from the same source too. According to Calcalist, Orca Security, a […]
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Israel has ignored the World Health Organization’s recommendation that children should not be vaccinated for the moment and instead is now running one of the most stunningly rapid vaccination campaigns worldwide for youngsters aged 12-16. While the WHO did conclude that the Pfizer vaccine is “suitable for use by people aged 12 years and above,” and […]
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Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review June 27 – July 3 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup Noname Security Raises $60 Million for API VulnerabilitiesNoname Security is an Israeli enterprise API security cybersecurity company. The company just announced a $60 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with Next47, […]
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Hewlett Packard Buys Israel’s Zerto Cybersecurity Firm for $374 Million Zerto helps beat ransomware. Zerto, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, is to be bought out by Hewlett Packard Enterprises for $374 Million. Zetro specializes in assisting with ransomware attacks. The acquisition is being made by HPE GreenLake which states that this will help the company continues […]
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