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2024-05-08 12:26
The American government upheld an arms shipment to Israel last week in order to pressure the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to move forward with a planned ground offen… Read More
2024-05-08 08:53
"You’ve been conditioned to have sex in a particular way, but I encourage people to challenge that conditioning." Read More
2024-05-08 08:29
Bob Iger, the head of Disney, announced that the company will greatly scale back its production of Marvel based television shows and movies known collectively as the Marvel Cinematic Univers… Read More
2024-05-08 08:06
Israeli cybersecurity startup and unicorn Noname Security was acquired by America’s Akamai Technologies. Akamai has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Noname for approx… Read More
2024-05-08 07:43
Wiz, an Israeli unicorn that offers an API security platform, has now become the “superest” of unicorns, let’s say a “super-duper” unicorn, hitting a $12 billio… Read More
2024-05-07 14:42
Opmed.ai is a new Israeli startup that offers a platform the firm says will optimize the operational capacity of operating rooms using AI-driven software. The company raised $15 million in S… Read More
2024-05-07 09:33
The Taam Ja’ Blue Hole is now believed to be the world’s deepest such hole, surpassing the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea by about 480 feet. Its bottom is almost… Read More
2024-05-07 09:13
You probably have plastics in your brain right now. But don’t look for any. They are microplastics and they could be causing serious damage to your body as you read these words. So, ho… Read More
2024-05-07 08:49
Howard Schultz, the founder and former CEO of Starbucks, criticized the company’s leadership and issued a list of suggestions that he thinks the world’s leading coffee provider s… Read More
2024-05-07 08:30
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of America’s most renowned academic institutions, announced that it will no longer require that diversity statements be provided by… Read More
2024-05-06 11:11
America’s Alcon Pharmaceuticals is buying out Israeli healthtech company Belkin Vision, which has developed a laser treatment for glaucoma. The deal is for as much as $335 million, wit… Read More
2024-05-06 10:36
Do you want to talk to whales, specifically humpback whales? Well, scientists from the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute say they have succeeded in doing just that… Read More
2024-05-06 06:23
As Israel observes its annual Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day on Monday the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released data on the number of Holoc… Read More
2024-05-06 06:05
Billionaire Barry Sternlicht is just the latest in a long list of prominent business figures to be losing faith in America’s elite universities due to all of the pro-Hamas/anti-Semitic… Read More
2024-05-05 08:32
Israel remembers the Holocaust with the start of its annual memorial day for the victims which begins Sunday night. Ahead of the start of Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day &ndash&hell…Read More
2024-05-05 08:16
The Jeffrey Epstein saga keeps on creating drama, even years after the disgraced pedophile businessman killed himself in Prison. Now his “Black Book” – at least a second on… Read More
2024-05-05 07:51
British scientists successfully recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from a crushed skull discovered in Kurdistan. The scientists were able to reconstruct the female&rs&hell…Read More
2024-05-05 07:26
Alex Karp, the billionaire businessman best known as the co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, a data mining software firm, is really not impressed by all of the American college stud… Read More
2024-05-05 07:04
AEYE Health, an Israeli firm that develops AI retinal imaging and diagnostics, received the first ever FDA clearance for a fully autonomous AI that diagnoses referable diabetic retinopathy f… Read More
2024-05-03 13:56
Adv. Tzivin: "I'm Glad the court in Athens decision. An Israeli Arab, Suleiman Al Amor, was accused of smuggling 2.382 grams of cannabis." Read More
2024-05-03 08:55
Israel High Tech Scene April 20 – May 3 New Startups / VC Funding New Fund Will Stimulate Hundreds Of Millions In Startup Nation Israel Investments The Israel Innovation Authority… Read More
2024-05-03 07:40
Apex.AI, an Israeli security startup, which has backing from the founder of Open.AI Sam Altman, emerged from stealth this week with a $7 million Seed round of funding co-led by Sequoia Capit… Read More
2024-05-03 07:14
BioCatch, an Israeli biometrics and behavioral unicorn that helps to fight against bank fraud, is being acquired by Permira Growth Opportunities II. Permia will acquire a majority stake in B… Read More
2024-05-03 06:58
Oasis Security, an Israeli startup that offers non-human identity management (NIM) solutions, raised a Series A Extension of $35 million, just three months after emerging from stealth. The r… Read More
2024-05-02 16:23
You won't get anywhere by simply posting content on social media without a plan. To reach organic growth, you must avoid social media mistakes Read More
2024-05-02 14:17
Israeli archeologists carried out a new scientific study they described as being of “unprecedented scope” that succeeded in accurately dating antiquities from the First Temple pe… Read More
2024-05-02 06:47
Island Security, an Israeli startup and a unicorn that created the Enterprise Browser, has now hit super-unicorn status, hitting a $3 billion valuation. The new status came after the firm co… Read More
2024-05-02 06:20
Israel’s Diamond Trade Sees Some Life In 2024 Israel’s diamond trade saw a decrease in the trade in polished diamonds and an increase in the trade in rough diamonds in the first… Read More
2024-05-02 05:50
April was a really good month for Israel Startup Nation. Here are five of the biggest stories from the month. Israel’s Gauzy Looks To $500 Million NASDAQ IPO Gauzy, an Israeli st… Read More
2024-04-30 15:42
Israel Bonds broke records for sales in a short period of time, surpassing the $3 billion mark, after the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, in which more than 1,000 innocen… Read More
2024-04-30 13:43
Now that the Passover holiday has ended (it lasts a day longer outside of Israel), the Israeli government is bracing for the possibility that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) may iss… Read More
2024-04-30 13:08
For the first time in history, a space laser sent a signal back to Earth from 140 million miles away. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psych… Read More
2024-04-30 11:21
Do you want to avoid suffering from cognitive impairment later in life? Well, then you should have a job that requires you to use your noggin more than just from time to time. According to a… Read More
2024-04-26 15:38
America's demographics are undergoing a historic shift. Gen Z, the last majority white, is racially diverse, which marks a turning point Read More
2024-04-25 17:58
TikTok needs to unload its American operations soon now that President Joe Biden signed a new law that prohibits ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, from continuing to operate the popular… Read More
2024-04-25 13:29
Nvidia, a chip maker best known for its video/graphics cards, is acquiring two Israeli startups: Run:ai and Deci AI. And yes, as their names imply they both deal with artificial intelligence… Read More
2024-04-25 12:49
Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund pauses all grant money to Israeli organizations, specifically the Good Food Institute, developing alternative proteins for food, due to the war against Hamas in… Read More
2024-04-25 12:49
Jeff Bezos does not think Israel is worthy of investment these days, even when it comes to new “green” technologies and ways to feed the world without harming the environment. Hi… Read More
2024-04-25 11:43
New Israeli startup Nagomi Security offers a platform for security and threat exposure management. The company came out of stealth with a $30 million Series A funding round. Nagomi Security… Read More
2024-04-24 14:19
Dave Portnoy is speaking out about Caitlan Clark, the college basketball star turning pro, and her new contract for endorsements. The Barstool Sports founder is taking a loud and unpopular p… Read More
2024-04-24 13:24
Bill Ackman, the billionaire activist investor who runs Pershing Square Capital, certainly does not believe in having all of his eggs in just one basket. However, Ackman does have a large sh… Read More
2024-04-24 13:01
Sam Altman, the founder of AI powerhouse OpenAI, is getting into green technologies. Altman took part in a $20 million seed funding round for the American startup Exowatt, a next-generation… Read More
2024-04-22 12:24
Israeli scientists from the Technion in Haifa have found a way to harness ultrasounds for drug delivery and tissue implantation. The researchers were led by Prof. Shulamit Levenberg and they… Read More
2024-04-22 12:05
The Israel Innovation Authority and Israel’s Ministry of Finance launched the Yozma Fund 2.0, a new program aimed at encouraging investments by institutional entities in Israeli ventur… Read More
2024-04-21 13:08
Gauzy, an Israeli startup that develops liquid crystal glass panels for use in a variety of industries, filed for a NASDAQ IPO. Once the IPO is completed, the company will trade under the ti… Read More
2024-04-21 12:56
Are you a man over the age of 40? Are you having trouble losing weight, or burning off that extra belly fat? Well, don’t worry. You don’t need to take Ozempic or use steroids lik… Read More
2024-04-19 11:09
Cynomi is an Israeli startup that provides a vCISO platform for MSPs and MSSPs. The firm raised $20 million in new funding. The financing was led by Canaan, with Flint Capital, s16vc, and Al… Read More
2024-04-19 10:45
Magnus Metal is an Israeli startup that says it is pioneering technology in industrial, high volume digital casting for metal alloys. The firm raised $74 million in a Series B round of fundi… Read More
2024-04-19 09:54
Legendary singer Barbra Streisand recorded a new song “Love Will Survive,” which will be the end title of the upcoming Peacock and Sky Original series, “The Tattooist of Au… Read More
2024-04-18 13:04
British cycling prodigy Joe Blackmore has signed a two-year contract with the Israel – Premier Tech (IPT) professional cycling team, propelling him to the next stage of his burgeoning… Read More
2024-04-17 10:29
Dot Compliance is an Israeli startup that offers AI-enabled Quality Management System (QMS) solutions. The firm raised $17.5 million in Series B extension funding, bringing its total funding… Read More
2024-04-17 09:42
Bill Maher actually came out and defended Donald Trump supporters. Yes, that Bill Maher. The comments came in an interview with famed television journalist Katie Couric on Bill Maher&rs&hell…Read More
2024-04-17 07:32
Entitle, an Israeli startup founded by veterans of the Israeli military’s elite cybersecurity unit that offers a cloud permissions management platform, is being bought out by American… Read More
2024-04-17 07:19
When is the best time of day for someone to exercise? Apparently, it is at night. At least that is what scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia have determined. Everyone thinks… Read More
2024-04-16 12:48
Snappy is an Israeli startup that offers a new platform for gift giving. The company, reported Globes, just completed a $25 million Series D financing round led by Qumra Capital, bringing it… Read More
2024-04-16 08:56
Bridgewise is an Israeli startup that offers an AI-based financial intelligence analysis platform for global securities. The firm completed a $21 million funding round led by SIX Group, brin… Read More
2024-04-16 08:34
Everything dies, including our own solar system. Suns don’t last forever. But the question is what the death of System Sol will look like when it comes. First of all, relax! The end is… Read More
2024-04-16 07:53
Doctors are saying that Mozzarella cheese may be the healthiest of cheeses for your diet and that it comes with some surprising benefits. But that does not mean you should eat a lot of pizza… Read More
2024-04-16 07:31
The billionaire Mark Cuban got into a war of words with OutKick writer Ian Miller. Miller criticized Cuban for slamming Donald Trump’s irresponsible tax cuts for rich Americans. Cuban… Read More
2024-04-15 13:26
No one would be surprised to hear that America came up pretty high on the list of countries that are the most sexually promiscuous in the world, as did Israel. Nor would anyone be surprised… Read More
2024-04-15 08:35
DeepCure is an Israeli medtech startup that uses an artificial intelligence AI drug discovery engine to develop novel, small molecule therapeutics. The company closed a $24.6 million Series… Read More
2024-04-15 07:57
It’s a good thing that Dave Portnoy went back on his pledge to quit sports gambling, well, at least it was good for Dave Portnoy anyway, as he keeps on winning big bets. The Barstool S… Read More
2024-04-15 07:02
Salesforce, an American cloud-based software company founded by Marc Benioff, is in “advanced talks” to acquire software company Informatica, reported Reuters. Informatica curren… Read More
2024-04-15 06:15
Everyone wants to lose weight and look good. But exercise is not just about how you look, it is also important for your health. Once upon a time, everyone spent long days of work filled with… Read More
2024-04-14 13:22
The Iranian regime may have miscalculated when it chose to launch its missile attack on Israel overnight. The condemnation of Iran’s attack from world leaders was as swift as it was ha… Read More
2024-04-14 11:16
Iran's “retaliation” for Israel’s self-defense killing of a senior Iranian commander in Damascus could spark a war between the two states Read More
2024-04-14 08:42
Believe it or not, New York’s John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport made the list of the world’s ten best airports in food and dining for 2024. The much maligned gateway to… Read More
2024-04-14 08:07
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is still issuing warnings that the U.S. and world economies might be headed into some trouble in the near future. The banker’s latest warning came i… Read More
2024-04-14 07:37
Israel “Izzy” Englander’s Millennium Management was sued by fellow financial firm Jane Street, who accused it of stealing trade secrets. Jane Street alleged that two… Read More
2024-04-14 07:02
Israelis woke up Sunday morning in the wake of an Iranian attack overnight which saw more than 300 missiles and Drones launched against the State of Israel by the Islamic Republic at the Jew… Read More
2024-04-12 11:59
Israel High Tech Scene April 6 – April 12 New Startups / VC Funding Israel’s Almost Unicorn Guesty Raises Hundreds of Millions For The $280 Billion Hospitality Market Guesty, an… Read More
2024-04-12 10:42
Datafy, a new Israeli startup that boasts it will redefine cloud storage optimization, raised $6 million in a Seed funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners. Datafy said… Read More
2024-04-12 10:26
PVML, an Israeli startup that offers a platform for secure AI-powered data access, has had its coming out into the community of Startup Nation Israel with an $8 million Seed funding raise le… Read More
2024-04-11 08:44
Donald Trump is now being sued by Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, former contestants on Trump’s reality television show “The Apprentice” and who co-founded Truth Social. Their… Read More
2024-04-11 08:20
Gauzy, an Israeli startup that develops liquid crystal glass panels for use in a variety of industries, is looking to go public with a NASDAQ IPO. Calcalist reported that Gauzy expects to co… Read More
2024-04-11 07:55
March 2024 was the tenth straight hottest month on record, according to a report from the European Union climate agency Copernicus. That’s right! Each of the last ten months has set a… Read More
2024-04-11 07:27
Jared Kushner took full advantage of his time working at the White House under his father-in-law Donald Trump, making a fortune. According to a report in the New York Times, Kushner’s… Read More
2024-04-11 07:03
A new study from Israeli scientists has found a mechanism linking heart disease to cancer development. Previous studies have shown that heart disease and cancer may be connected through shar… Read More
Israel’s Almost Unicorn Guesty Raises Hundreds Of Millions For The $280 Billion Hospitality Market
2024-04-10 13:32
Guesty, an Israeli startup that offers a property management platform for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, raised $130 million in Series F funding round, led by global investm… Read More
2024-04-10 08:34
Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University are using artificial intelligence to “rediscover” illegible letters and words in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions and t… Read More
2024-04-10 08:03
Israeli archeologists have done it again. This time they uncovered a rare 6,000-year-old ivory vessel made of elephant tusk, dated to the Chalcolithic period, in an excavation in southern Is… Read More
2024-04-10 07:43
Bret Stephens, a prominent American Jewish conservative political commentator, has now joined the growing chorus of people who are calling on Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More
2024-04-09 12:01
The government of Turkey has imposed export restrictions on Israel until such time that a ceasefire is reached in the fighting in Gaza. Turkey is one of Israel’s largest trading partne… Read More
2024-04-09 08:24
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) will divest itself from six Israeli organizations because of their activities in the West Bank. This is according to a statement issued by Irelan… Read More
2024-04-09 07:59
A lawsuit against the maker of the 2022 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun: Maverick” was thrown out by a federal court. The suit was brought by the family of the Israeli man whose magazi… Read More
2024-04-09 07:39
The Bank of Israel on Monday decided to leave the interest rate unchanged at 4.5 percent. The decision was made as Israel’s Iron Swords War against the Hamas terrorist organization con… Read More
2024-04-09 07:15
Everyone is still wowed by the total solar eclipse that was seen over North America on Monday. But have you heard of solar retinopathy? It is damage to the eyes that could have happened to s… Read More
2024-04-08 18:23
A total eclipse sets off a series of strange and magnificent occurrences, showcasing the delicate balance of our planet Read More
2024-04-08 13:58
TikTok, the popular, as well as controversial, social media platform known for offering a variety of entertaining videos, has been working hard to improve its image. American politicians are… Read More
2024-04-08 12:17
Everyone knows about menopause, but how aware are people of the issue of perimenopause? Perimenopause is the transitional period in a woman’s life leading up to menopause, which is whe… Read More
2024-04-08 11:28
Israel’s diamond trade saw a decrease in the trade in polished diamonds and an increase in the trade in rough diamonds in the first quarter of 2024, according to the quarterly summary… Read More
2024-04-08 10:16
Israeli scientists have made yet another cancer treatment breakthrough, this time using nanosized polymers. Researchers from Ben Gurion University say they developed a way to selectively del… Read More
2024-04-07 13:42
Israel Startup Nation had a number of ups and downs in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas massacre and the ensuing war in Gaza. This is according to a new report released by IVC. For examp… Read More
2024-04-07 08:26
Bill Ackman, the billionaire activist investor who runs Pershing Square Capital, has called for a new plan to rebuild Gaza. He calls it “New Gaza.” The plan includes an end to Ha… Read More
2024-04-07 07:48
Scarlett Johansson, who was once nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year, and Oscar winner Michael Douglas, are related. Well, at least they are very distant cousins. Douglas found… Read More
2024-04-07 06:59
Louis Farrakhan’s $4.8 billion defamation lawsuit brought last year against the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) has been dismissed. Manhattan Federal Court… Read More
2024-04-07 06:38
You should eat a lot of Broccoli if you want to avoid getting a stroke. This is according to scientists from the Heart Research Institute (HRI) in Australia. Their three-year world-first stu… Read More
2024-04-05 09:17
Ogen, a social lending enterprise offering credit solutions and financial guidance for low- and middle-income Israelis, expanded its impact goals for the Swords of Iron Emergency Relief Fund… Read More
2024-04-05 07:48
Nucleai, an Israeli medtech startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) powered spatial biology to transform drug development and clinical treatment decisions for precision cancer treatme… Read More
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