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Beam me up, Bezos: Star Trek's star becomes world's oldest space traveler

Jewish actor Bill Shatner, who turned 90 in March and is best known for starring as Captain James T. Kirk in the classic 1960s TV series, takes part in Blue Origin's second space tourism flight

Reuters , 19:34, 10.13.21

Israel reports rare cyber attack on one of its hospitals

Health Ministry, National Cyber Directorate investigating ransomware attack on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, which may have included large-scale theft of patient information; surgeries and patient treatment continue as scheduled

Tal Shahaf , 18:16, 10.13.21

Israel weighs legal steps to limit Facebook's 'negative impact'

A panel of experts convened by communications minister may propose the first and most advanced move to regulate the social media platform and force to reveal its algorithms, hold it liable for content posted

i24NEWS, Ynet , 07:59, 10.12.21

Israel reveals 'sees through walls' technology at Paris military expo

Camero-Tech specializes in pulse-based ultra-wideband imaging solutions and provides tools particularly helpful in standoff situations or covert operations, where a tactical team needs to remain at a safe distance from the target

The Media Line , 11:22, 10.11.21

A robot is required: Merage Institute has launched a joint challenge of Israel and U.S. defense offices

The MoSAIC Prize Challenge is launched with the aim of identifying new technologies for operating autonomous robotic in buildings; winners get hundreds of thousands of dollars, exposure to senior government officials in both countries, participation in workshops and the prestigious start-up program of the Merage Institute in California, and more

In partnership with Merage Institute , 10:34, 10.07.21

Facebook blames 'faulty configuration change' for nearly six-hour outage

Several Facebook employees say outage was caused by an internal mistake in how internet traffic is routed to its systems; outage came a day after whistleblower accused company of prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech

Reuters , 09:13, 10.05.21

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down in global outage

Error message on Facebook's webpage suggests a Domain Name System (DNS) error; Social media giant says on Twitter 'working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible'

Reuters , 20:26, 10.04.21

YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content

Move comes as tech giants accused of not doing enough to stop the spread of false health information online; Russia threatens to block video sharing site for 'unprecedented information aggression'

Reuters , 23:20, 09.29.21

Czech Republic to purchase Israeli air defense system

Prague announces it struck $630 million deal with Jerusalem to buy short- and medium-range air defense system meant to replace Soviet-made technology from the 1970s

Reuters , 23:29, 09.27.21

Israeli communications company Voicenter hit by major cyber attack

CEO Golan Ashtan confirms that 'hackers from abroad' managed to carry out an attack on the company's systems by no sensitive information was leaked; communications giant's clients include Check Point, Mobileye, Gett and others

Tal Shahaf , 22:32, 09.20.21

NSO exploits new iPhone software vulnerability, affecting most versions, say researchers

Apple said it fixed the vulnerability in how iMessage automatically renders images, in Monday's software update, confirming Citizen Lab's finding while Citizen Lab warns chat apps are the soft underbelly of device security

Reuters , 09:34, 09.14.21

Israeli firm unveils armed robot to patrol volatile borders

Israel Aerospace Industries unveils the 'REX MKII', a semi-autonomous four-wheel-drive robot, which looks to be the most advanced unmanned vehicle developed by the defense contractor over the past 15 years

Associated Press , 13:01, 09.13.21

Report finds NSO Group’s spyware used on Bahraini activists

Cybersecurity watchdog says at least nine activists in the Gulf kingdom — which has a history of using commercially available spyware — were hacked using Israeli group's Pegasus malware

Associated Press , 23:22, 08.24.21

First U.S. Army Iron Dome Battery completes live-fire test

American soldiers intercept live targets employing Israeli-made missile defense system for first time, underscoring tight military cooperation with Jewish state

i24NEWS , 19:34, 08.23.21

Thousands of Wikipedia pages vandalized with swastikas

Volunteer administrators quickly remove changes to website and block account responsible for attack which targeted entries of celebrities and political figures including U.S. President Joe Biden

Ynet , 18:11, 08.17.21

UN experts urge moratorium on surveillance tech sales

International body's call comes in the wake of human rights concerns prompted by Israeli-based NSO Group's alleged sale of the Pegasus spyware to autocratic regimes, despite supposed governmental oversights

AFP , 13:59, 08.12.21

China committing cyber espionage against Israel since 2019, U.S. firm says

Cybersecurity company Mandiant claims Chinese espionage group UNC215 has been targeting Israel's robust technology sector as well as other Mideast countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and others

i24NEWS , 14:39, 08.10.21

Bees find refuge from perilous world in robotic hive

Israeli startup Beewise develops robotic arm that scans stacks of honeycombs, inspecting them for disease and pesticides and reporting in real time any hazards that threaten the colony; tool appears to be more efficient than humans

Reuters , 13:41, 08.09.21

Facebook, tech giants to target far-right 'militias' in database

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism appears to shift focus from content produced by terror groups on a United Nations list to far-right extremists, white supremacists and neo-Nazis

Reuters , 16:24, 07.26.21

Israel wraps up drone exercise with U.S., European forces

The joint drill saw pilots from U.S, Britain, Italy, Germany and France conduct exercises under IDF's supervision in order 'to position the Israeli army as a leader in the area of remotely piloted aircraft'

AFP , 20:10, 07.22.21

EU: Israeli spyware use against journalists 'completely unacceptable'

Head of the European Commission says would go against all EU rules if turns out reports that NSO group's software was used to target business executives, activists, journalists, politicians and government officials are true

Reuters, Ynet , 14:45, 07.19.21

Report: Private Israeli malware used to spy on journalists, activists

Washington Post, the Guardian, Le Monde and others report some 50,000 phone numbers were on the list of 'people of interest' by clients of the NSO group that developed software called Pegasus; among the clients are Saudi Arabia and UAE

AFP , 08:42, 07.19.21

Israel's SpaceIL raises $70M for another shot at Moon landing

Non-profit sets sights on 2024 launch of its second space mission thanks to massive cash infusion, hoping for a record-smashing, soft landing on lunar surface

i24NEWS , 15:16, 07.11.21

President Herzog given NFT of father's oath of office

Knesset digs out oath of office signed by Chaim Herzog — former president and father of newly instated head of state — from parliamentary archives and creates an encrypted digital image; Issac Herzog 'visibly moved' by gesture

Associated Press , 19:07, 07.08.21

Will Start-Up Nation be left without start-ups?

Israel faces a brain drain if it does not quickly change strategy as governments around the world compete to attract new tech talent, warns Eugene Kandel, economics professor and co-chair of Start-Up Nation Central’s Economic Research and Policy Institute

Maya Margit/The Media Line , 09:14, 07.03.21