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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Humans infected with the coronavirus need to be careful not to infect their pets, though it seems dogs are less likely than cats to catch it, according to new scientific studies.In two preliminary studies that will presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in July, it was found that COVID-19 […]
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Israel’s floLIVE Raises $15.5 Million for 5G Service floLIVE team. (Photo floLIVE) floLive is an Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) 5G connectivity startup. The company just announced the completion of a $15.5 million Series B financing round led by Intel Capital, with participation from existing investors Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Dell Technologies Capital, 83North, Saban Ventures […]
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MDI Health Offers Personalized AI Medication Platform MDI Health just raised $6 million. MDI Health co-founders. Photo MDI Health Israeli medtech startup MDI Health uses artificial intelligence to improve the use of medications. The company has completed a $6 million seed round led by Hanaco Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $7 […]
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New COVID-19 mutations have been identified, which could lead to the spread of more dangerous variants, according to a new study in the academic journal Genetic Epidemiology. The study includes an analysis of 7,548 genomes of COVID-19 patients around the world. A total of 29,891 locations in the viral genome were assessed for correlations between variants […]
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NVIDIA Israel to Provide All Employees Full Financing for Adoption and Surrogacy proceedings Regardless of Gender or Orientation “There will be no employee here who wants to be a parent and gives up on the dream for a financial reason.” NVIDIA develops artificial intelligence chips and platforms for a variety of industries and markets. Any […]
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