Category: Business

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is healthy and operating normally as it approaches its record-breaking solar flyby on Christmas Eve. “This is one example of NASA’s bold missions, doing something that no one else has ever done before to answer longstanding questions about our universe,” said Arik Posner, Parker Solar Probe program scientist at NASA Headquarters […]

Be careful – very careful! – when logging in to any website/service these days if it requires that you go through a two-factor authentication through your mobile device, whether you use Apple or Android devices. The federal government has warned that hackers have committed a breach that could steal your passwords. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 14 – December 20, 2024 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli AI-Powered Chargeback Prevention Platform Justt Fights Payment Fraud with Machine LearningJustt is an Israeli startup developing an AI-based chargeback management to fight fraudulent chargebacks. The firm closed a $30 million Series C funding round, led by Zeev […]

Decart is an Israeli startup that offers an efficiency-focused AI research lab. The firm raised $32 million in a Series A funding round led by Benchmark. This raise comes just six weeks after Decart came out of stealth last month when it raised $32 million in a Series A funding round led by Benchmark, taking […]

Chainalysis, a major company that offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses, has acquired Israeli blockchain startup Hexagate. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Calcalist reported that it was for $60 million. Founded in 2023, Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law […]

Breathing, acting as a conductor, orchestrates hippocampal brain waves during sleep, a process essential for memory consolidation, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. This groundbreaking study provides the first evidence of a direct link between breathing rhythms during sleep and key hippocampal brain waves—slow waves, spindles, and ripples—in humans. While the role of these […]

A groundbreaking DNA study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, has unveiled a fascinating chapter in human history: the interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans. This genetic exchange, which began around 50,500 years ago and lasted for 7,000 years, offers a glimpse into the complex interactions between these ancient populations. That interbreeding, said […]

Google released Willow, its latest quantum chip. Google boasts that Willow performs state-of-the-art across several metrics, enabling two major achievements. In the journal Nature, Google unveiled results demonstrating that increasing the number of qubits in Willow significantly reduces errors, bringing the system closer to true quantum behavior. They tested progressively larger arrays of physical qubits, […]

A recent study published in Management Science suggests that companies might inadvertently be attracting narcissistic employees through the language used in their job postings. By employing terms like “results-oriented,” “ambitious,” and “persuasive,” companies may be inadvertently enticing individuals who are more likely to prioritize self-interest and engage in unethical behavior to achieve their goals. “That’s […]

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 7 – December 13, 2024New Startups / VC FundingRiverside.fm: Revolutionary Remote Recording Platform Launched by Israeli Tech InnovatorsRiverside.fm is an Israeli startup that offers a platform for remote recording. The firm raised $30 million in Series C funding. Led by Oren Zeev’s Zeev Ventures, with participation from […]