Category: Business

In 1944, the Jewish paratrooper Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was deployed into Nazi-occupied Europe by the British in a last-ditch effort to rescue Hungarian Jews from death camps. After her capture, she was tortured and ultimately executed, but her story and her poetry – in particular “A Walk to Caesarea” (commonly known as “Eli, Eli” / […]

Believe it or not, Magic Mushrooms can enhance your sex life. So can LSD and other psychoactive compounds. A new study from the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London found that psychedelics like Psilocybin found that the test subjects reported improvements in a wide variety of areas in their personal sex lives over […]

Time Magazine released its list of the “Best Inventions of 2024,” which includes nine Israeli startups. Startup Nation Israel continues to impress the world with its innovations and cutting-edge technologies. The nine Israeli firms on the Time Magazine list include Aporia, BeeHero, D-ID, InnerPlant, Laguna Health, Nanox, OrCam and UVeye, Aporia is an Israeli startup […]

The newly released Navigating the Future VI report highlights the pressing issue of saltwater intrusion into coastal freshwater systems. As the European Commission prioritizes water resilience, it is essential to recognize the crucial role of the Ocean in safeguarding water resources. By adopting an integrated approach to water management, policymakers can mitigate the impacts of […]

If you have not heard yet, a really important election will be held on Tuesday for the presidency of the United States. Americans are evenly divided this year between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and the polls are so close that people are looking to the so called political experts – the “gurus” and “pundits” […]

For more than a year now it has been difficult to fly to and from Israel, with Israel’s national airline El Al being the only airline to consistently offer service. This is because since the October 7, 2023, barbaric Hamas terror Massacre Israel has been under constant attack by rockets launched from both Gaza and […]

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup October 26 – November 1, 2024New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup Vensica Medical Launches Needle-Free Bladder Treatment Device for Overactive Bladder PatientsVensica Medical is an Israeli medtech startup that offers a type of needle-free tech to inject meds into a person’s bladder for the treatment of overactive bladder […]

New Israeli startup Noma launched its application security platform for securing the entire Data and AI Lifecycle. The company raised $32 million in a Series A round of funding led by Ballistic Ventures, less than a year after a previously undisclosed seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners. “The Data & AI Lifecycle is significantly […]

Verax AI is an Israeli startup and a developer of enterprise-grade software solutions that provide visibility and control of AI in production. The firm raised $7.6 million in seed funding led by TQ Ventures with participation from Concept Ventures, Cardumen Capital, Seedcamp, InMotion Ventures, and XTX Ventures. Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized various industries, […]

The U.S. Marines completed their first live-fire training with an air defense system integrating Israel’s Iron Dome Interceptor. The system is based on an American radar and command-and-control center, combined with the Iron Dome (Tamir) interceptor and a mobile launcher developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon as a prime contractor. In August 2023, […]