Category: Business

WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features – the ability to edit messages. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” the Meta Platforms Inc-owned messaging app said in a blog post on Monday. With the feature rolling […]

The majority of American Twitter users who have used the application within the last 12 months have taken a break from the site, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.  The data was analyzed by researchers in an effort to understand the changing utilization of Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover in April 2022. […]

China’s cyberspace regulator said on Sunday that products made by US memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology had failed its network security review and that it would bar operators of key infrastructure from procuring from the firm. According to China’s broad definition of critical information infrastructure, this could include sectors ranging from transport to finance. “The […]

Eleven Israeli women and their leaders participated in the first-ever FemForward seminar in Casablanca this past week. They were paired with 11 Moroccan women for a program addressing gender disparity in managerial positions within the tech industry. The cohort from Israel included women from all religious backgrounds. “This is the first time that young women […]

Researchers from Israeli security company Check Point revealed this week that malicious firmware may endanger a variety of home and small office network routers. This would connect the routers to a network of hackers allegedly tied to the Chinese government. According to information disclosed by Check Point, a firmware update for these routers includes a […]

Israeli startup QD-SOL won on Tuesday in the annual competition of the Aviram Awards in collaboration with Forbes. The event took place this year at the luxurious Four Seasons Resort in Marrakech, Morocco, in the presence of former US President Bill Clinton, the founder and president of the Aviram Foundation, Ziv Aviram and many business […]

Israel will invest up to a billion shekels in a new Economy Ministry program to build industry “clusters” modeled after Harvard professor Michael E. Porter’s economic model. The program identifies core sectors and helps them to collaborate and develop growth plans, including the potential for public-private investments in companies in these areas. For every $3 […]

With the help of artificial intelligence, you might see Tom Hanks on the big screen long after he’s died.   The two-time Academy Award-winning actor said on an episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast released Sunday that the power of AI will play a significant role in the future of filmmaking. “This has always been lingering,” […]

Wolt delivery service will be adding a two-shekel “operation fee” to orders, the company announced on Wednesday. This fee will now be added to orders that are below NIS 250 and not being picked up by the customer. The company said that the price of operating the company has risen globally and that the extra […]

Microsoft’s recent research paper on artificial general intelligence (AGI) has stirred controversy and excitement within the scientific community, according to the New York Times. Led by Dr. Sébastien Bubeck, the study explores the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4, a powerful language model that has shown remarkable potential in generating humanlike answers and ideas. The paper, titles […]