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Future of Parler clouded by uncertainty, CEO says
January 15, 2021     Video

Amazon, Google, and Apple have given the microblogging service favored by Trump supporters the boot following the Capitol riots. CEO John Matze: It may take days, it may take weeks but Parler will...
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Big Tech, Social Media, Progressives Launch The Purge on Conservatives
January 10, 2021     Video

The concept of 'purging' used to be the purview of Communist China and Soviet Russia; clearly that is no longer the case. Big Brothers...
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After Covid-19 'Apocalypse,' Israeli Tech Job Board Reveals Surge in Open Positions
January 7, 2021

The Secret Tel Aviv Job Board, a popular platform used by Anglos and Israelis in Tel Aviv, primarily in the tech sector, has seen a...
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Google, Facebook made secret pact against possible antitrust action
January 6, 2021     Video

Prosecutors in a Texas-led suite against Google and Facebook believe that the two tech giants teamed up to help shield each other against...
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Jewish Programmers, Who Needs JavaScript? Here Comes ChavaScript
January 5, 2021

ChavaScript is not a new programming language, but a translation and decoding engine from Hebrew to English, built on top of JavaScript.
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Man dies 2 hours after getting Covid-19 vaccine
December 28, 2020

A 75-year-old man from Northern Israel died of a heart attack about two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, with the Pfizer vaccine.
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Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop new gene therapy for deafness
December 27, 2020

A novel therapy could lead to a breakthrough in treating children born with various mutations that eventually cause deafness...
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Israeli software firm uses AI modeled after the human brain
December 16, 2020     Video

'Organizations responsible for critical services must be rigorous in acquiring and analyzing data to enable informed actions,' says Michael Ouliel, the founder and CEO of BlackSwan Technologies.
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I don't want them injecting me with anything
December 13, 2020     Video

37% of Israelis, including doctors, former vaccine supporters, and even one former Health Minister, will refuse to chance the vaccine, representing about 4 million people. Why?
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An insider's look at Israel's next satellite: A 'smartphone in space'
November 26, 2020

Built by Israel Aerospace Industries, the Dror 1 will be the most advanced communication satellite made in Israel.
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CDC reveals hospitals counted heart attacks as COVID-19
November 2, 2020     Video

Latest numbers from CDC reveal hospitals have been counting patients who died from serious preexisting conditions as COVID-19 deaths.
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Scientists grow fresh dates from a 6th BCE seed
September 21, 2020

Grown from ancient seeds found at Masada and Qumran and likely brought back to Judea from Babylon in the sixth century BCE, the fresh dates symbolize the remarkable resilience of nature.
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Uman rabbi has developed a 'cure' for coronavirus
August 30, 2020     Video

Speaking with Rafi Reshef, an Israeli journalist, the rabbi said his natural medicine has supposedly helped cure 50 people who were infected with the coronavirus.
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Vitamin D helps the body fight coronavirus
July 26, 2020

'Sunshine' vitamin is like a steroid, researcher says, urging public to head outdoors; another scientist urges caution, saying other factors may be at play.
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Facebook to label but leave up posts that violate company policies
June 28, 2020

Facebook CEO says company will label newsworthy posts that violate company policies but will not delete them.
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University develop one-minute coronavirus test
May 14, 2020

We will compare samples from COVID-19 patients with samples from patients with other diseases to see if we can identify the different...
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Trump Is Right About the Coronavirus
March 22, 2020

Dr. Dan Yamin has developed models for predicting the spread of infectious diseases, and helped curb the Ebola epidemic. He says there's cause for optimism.
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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, world markets plunge amid virus panic
March 18, 2020

Israeli equities drop over 6% as indices in Europe, Asia plummet; Wall Street circuit breaker stops trading at open; crude shares nosedive...
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WHO Declares Global Health Emergency
January 31, 2020     Video

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a global health emergency on Thursday and said the illness represents a risk outside of China.
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Israeli CO2-eating bacteria could help save the planet
December 12, 2019

Scientists' new cultured bacteria may lead to net-zero fuels, alternative food production and other green technologies to conquer climate change.
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Israeli Gene Manipulation Puts Cow Flatulence Behind Us
July 7, 2019

Ben Gurion University, has found that cow genes can be used to control rumen microbiomes in order to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that animals emit.
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Intel launches its 'most powerful' laptop processors
April 28, 2019     Video

The new processors boost performance by 33% and responsiveness by 28%; are meant for gamers and video content creators, US tech giant says.
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$1 million prize for Israeli Beresheet's touchdown on moon
March 29, 2019

The touchdown of Beresheet is set to make history on April 11 as the first privately funded craft to land on the moon as well as the first Israeli one.
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With sights set on the moon, Israel to launch spacecraft
February 20, 2019     Video

Beresheet set to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11; $100 million project, paid for mostly by Jewish donors, would make Israel 4th country to land a craft on the moon.
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Rashida Tlaib epic BDS fail (with friends)
February 18, 2019     Video

Despite endorsing BDS, US Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib used Israeli technology to build her website.
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Israeli cloud computing company acquired by Amazon
January 14, 2019

CloudEndure, an Israeli company, confirmed that it had been acquired by AWS, Amazon's cloud computing unit, for $250 million, Globes reported.
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Netanya Hi-Tech Company Raised $500,000
December 27, 2018     Video

The Netanya, Israel based hi-tech company CropX will carry out a project in Ireland to increase herb yields and reduce soil pollution resulting from cattle growth.
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Bird e-scooters take flight in Tel Aviv
December 23, 2018     Video

'One in 10' residents have used California start-up's system in fight against traffic congestion. Electric scooter start-up Bird has an ambitious, global mission to reduce car ownership and...
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PepsiCo completes acquisition of Israel's SodaStream
December 9, 2018

The US food and drinks giant announced in August that it was buying the Israeli firm, which makes machines that carbonate home tap water, for $3.2 billion.
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The Israeli car that will take off from the roof
November 25, 2018

With the help of engineers from Israeli defense industries, and with funds from the sale of his previous company to General Electric, Guy Kaplinsky is setting out to compete with Hoover and Airbus and...
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XpressSAR to Buy 4 Israel Aerospace Industries Radar Satellites
November 22, 2018

The TecSAR satellites are substantially smaller, lighter and more agile than competing satellites in their category.
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