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Google seeks to stamp out Israelis' interest in conversion therapy

Tech giant joins hands with some of the country's most prominent LGBT rights groups to launch an awareness campaign about the risks involved in the practice as company data shows Israelis lead the world in searches for the term

Hadar Gil-Ad , 19:35 , 06.22.21

Boeing to use anti-jamming system from Israel’s Elbit in F-15s

U.S. aviation giant says cooperation with Israeli company 'demonstrates Boeing’s commitment to partner with Israeli industry to advance the capabilities of the F-15 platform'

Reuters, Yoav Zitun , 17:15 , 06.22.21

Israel cites progress in airborne laser that shoots down drones

Military official says plane-mounted prototype successfully shot down several drones in a recent test over the Mediterranean Sea and hails cost-effective technology, complementing country's existing air defenses

News Agencies, Ynet , 19:41 , 06.21.21

Israel's i24News network to open Dubai office

Tel Aviv-based station expands Middle East operations to UAE's media hub and will launch cooperation with local English-language daily Gulf News, as well as Emirati Tourism Ministry

AFP , 17:56 , 06.21.21

Israeli scientists invent artificial ‘nose’ for detecting bacteria

Ben-Gurion University researchers say technology could have many potential uses including food quality control, detection of poisonous gases, assisting in lab work and environmental monitoring

TPS , 22:23 , 06.20.21

Israel develops camouflage tech that makes soldiers ‘invisible’

Polaris Solutions unveils 'Kit 300', which was developed in cooperation with the Defense Ministry and is made out of special thermal visual concealment material that makes troops increasingly difficult to distinguish from landscape

Maya Margit\The Media Line , 17:04 , 06.15.21

IDF welcomes its second advanced 'patrol corvette' warship

Sa'ar 6 will be part of four-ship squadron of German-made Thyssenkrupp vessels, which will oversee the defense of Israel's territorial waters and its offshore gas rigs; it's designed to offer better attack capabilities than its predecessor Sa'ar 5

TPS, Ynet , 14:30 , 06.10.21

New likely finance minister to bring more Orthodox Jews into workforce

Avigdor Liberman, who is set to receive finance portfolio in new government, vows to get the post-COVID budget deficit under control, partly by bringing Haredi men into the labor force by providing them education and vocational studies

Reuters , 21:50 , 06.03.21

Israelis, Emiratis meet in Dubai to discuss investments

Trade between the two countries continue to flourish with 25 trade agreements already signed and profits exceeding $354 million, despite the UAE's rebuke of Israel during the recent round of hostilities in Gaza

Associated Press , 23:14 , 06.02.21

Israel to open economic office in Abu Dhabi to boost Gulf investment

Announcement comes following the official opening of Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv and signing of a tax treaty between the two countries meant to spur mutual business development

Reuters , 18:16 , 06.01.21

Instagram overhauls algorithm after accusations of anti-Palestinian bias

Photo-sharing app's employees claim moderation system incorrectly flagged posts as associated with 'violence or dangerous organizations'; company rejects claims posts were targeted due to their political nature

Oshrit Ben-El , 19:45 , 05.31.21

Israel, UAE sign tax treaty to boost economic cooperation

Finance Ministry Israel Katz confirms the move that, once ratified by ministers, will prevent double taxation, while tax deductions, dividends and royalties will be capped

Reuters , 15:25 , 05.31.21

How Israeli startups made a splash in Europe

With its huge market, geographical proximity to Israel and similar time zones making it easy to get foothold on the continent, it should come as no surprise that there are reportedly 24,223 Europeans now employed by Israeli tech firms

Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line , 09:00 , 05.29.21

New York, Miami, Singapore - and now Tel Aviv

The residential tower trend hits Israel with a unique, local flavor at Park Bavli

Paid for by Park Bavli , 11:54 , 05.27.21

Israeli scientists develop bio-sensor to help prevent crop failures

In new groundbreaking research, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have introduced molecular bio-sensors inside potatoes that allow for real-time monitoring of stress signals within the plants

TPS , 21:31 , 05.25.21

Israeli businesses lost $368 million during Gaza fighting

Industrial group says heavy monetary loss caused mostly due to employees choosing to stay at home amid nearly nonstop rocket fire from Gaza and rest from direct damage from rocket shrapnel; estimate does not include indirect damage, like canceled orders

Reuters , 21:21 , 05.24.21

Facebook running special center to respond to content on Israeli-Gaza conflict

Social media platform says operations center will allow it to closely monitor the situation and better tackle misinformation, hate speech and calls for violence circulating online amid deadly fighting

Reuters , 22:05 , 05.19.21

Can AI help end the misery of infertility?

Israeli startup AiVF is using artificial intelligence to identify which embryos are most viable during IVF treatments, potentially cutting short a lengthy, painful and expensive process and helping childless couples to make their greatest dream come true

Tal Shahaf , 13:59 , 05.19.21

Chilling simulation illustrates intensity of rocket launches on Israel

Data scientist Yoav Tepper collected the information published by Home Front Command and created a video showing when and where Gaza rockets were fired to across eight days of fighting

Tal Shahaf , 14:08 , 05.18.21

Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts

Data rights groups fear 'discriminatory' algorithms at work, demand greater transparency as social media watchdog receives over 200 complaints about deleted posts, suspended accounts related to Sheikh Jarrah

Reuters , 21:41 , 05.10.21

Low inflation to keep Israel rates 'accommodative', says central bank chief

Despite a spike in unemployment caused by three pandemic-induced lockdowns, Israel's annual inflation rate is projected to stabilize at around 1.6%; 'Israel's economy is bouncing back very fast' says Bank of Israel governor

Reuters , 11:11 , 05.10.21

Israel set to sign free trade pact with South Korea

Agreement is regional first for both the Mideast and Asian countries; foreign and economy ministers to attend signing ceremony in Seoul this week, will also meet with leading members of Korean business world, including Samsung, Hyundai execs

Reuters , 15:12 , 05.09.21

Google seeks to save the Yiddish language

Software giant launches open-source photo translation web app that uses machine learning and image recognition to give cultures the AI tools they need to protect their spoken tongues themselves

Ynet , 15:27 , 05.06.21

Bank of Israel calls for more incentives to get people back to work

Although much of country's economy has reopened and foreign tourism expected to gradually resume later this month, current 8% unemployment rate remains higher than before pandemic

Reuters , 16:37 , 05.03.21

Intel to invest $600 mln to expand chip, Mobileye R&D in Israel

Chip maker is investing $400 million to turn its Mobileye unit HQ in Jerusalem into an R&D campus for developing self-driving car tech, and another $200 million to build an R&D center in Haifa

Reuters , 09:37 , 05.03.21

Iranian hackers said to launch cyberattack on H&M Israel

Hacker group N3tw0rm threatens to publish data stolen from clothing giant's servers if requirements not met in latest incident in host of ransomware attacks; experts estimate more such attacks ahead

Tal Shahaf , 21:54 , 05.02.21

How CLICKONET Helped Shay Benhamou with his Tech company during COVID-19

Only the Tech industry unlike all others, moved into high gear for accommodating the sudden boost in demand of remote working and collaboration solutions, with most businesses going digital

Clickonet , 14:53 , 05.02.21

Google and Tel Aviv University launch AI research program

The program includes 10 projects whose aim is to support development of artificial intelligence usage in a variety of fields, including Zoology, electrical engineering and even Bible studies

i24NEWS , 22:51 , 04.28.21

Apple Pay to launch in Israel on May 5

With the reopening of the country's economy and the installation of EMV terminals in 90% of businesses, Israel is set to join the 62 countries in which Apple's digital payment service is already live with over a billion and a half users

Yisrael Wolman , 15:56 , 04.27.21

Israeli energy giant plans $1.1B gas deal with UAE company

In bid to introduce more competition to growing Israeli gas sector, Delek Drilling will sell 22% of its share in the Tamar gas field to Mubadala Petroleum, part of a conglomerate owned by the government of Abu Dhabi

Associated Press , 17:25 , 04.26.21

Israel's high-tech world strikes out from 'Silicon Wadi'

Hoping to escape the hiring wars of central Israel, companies are moving out to the Western Negev and other further-flung locations, helped by a year of remote working that highlighted the possibilities of a non-office workforce

Tara Kavaler/The Media Line , 13:51 , 04.24.21

Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security

Social media giant says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party used fake and compromised accounts to trick people in the Palestinian territories, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Libya to install malware to gain access to their phones

Associated Press , 23:22 , 04.21.21

Israel picks Amazon, Google for flagship cloud project

With an investment of NIS 4 billion, the 2 tech giants will create a multi-year Nimbus project that will provide a comprehensive solution for the provision of cloud services to the government, the defense system and the public

Reuters , 19:18 , 04.21.21

Israel set for international bond offering, likely in euros

Israel spent more than NIS 100B in 2020 to cope with pandemic, resulting in a ratio of debt to GDP of 72.4%, up from 60% in 2019 but well below the average of developed countries of 125%

Reuters , 14:48 , 04.21.21

Canada's ZoomerMedia will brodcast ILTV's Israel Daily

News and content company signs two-year cooperation agreement with organization owned by Canadian Jewish media mogul Moses Znaimer in bid to balance out biased reports and agendas against Israel

Ynet , 20:42 , 04.20.21