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Intel's acquisitions in the Israeli economy amounts to more than $ 40 billion in a decade, according to the 13th corporate report published today by the International Monetary Fund (SDG) The 45th anniversary of Intel Israel, founded in July 1974 by Dov Frohman in Israel. In its 13th corporate responsibility report, Intel Israel lists a number of new economic and social data, including: an Israeli volunteer record - 6,000 volunteers per year, a 40% increase over last year, 60,000 volunteer hours, an increase of 33% The 5-second initiative, which has been in existence for the past five...
Jul 24, 2019
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The Harel insurance group was selected by Japan's largest insurance giant Tokyo Marine Holidings to cooperate in locating Israeli high-tech companies in the fields of innovation and digitalization. According to the agreement, the Harel Group and Tokyo Marine will act to locate Israeli companies engaged in innovative technologies and services, and the Harel Group will have access to Tokyo Marin's leading technology infrastructure. The collaboration was led by the Deloitte consulting firm. Japan's Tokyo Marin Group is one of the leading insurance companies in the world. The company was...
Jul 24, 2019
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The GPS disruptions, which have been felt since June in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport and in Israel and the area, have suddenly stopped in recent days. It is still unclear whether the interruptions have ceased following the intervention of Israeli security officials and the National Cyber Arrangement that took responsibility for the matter, but El Al Airline which instructed its pilots last month to disconnect the GPS components before landing at Ben Gurion Airport updated its pilots from now on as usual. At the end of June, the International Pilots Association warned pilots of losing...
Aug 5, 2019
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Space-x successfully launched Israeli "Amos 17" satellite on the Falcon 9 launch carrier tonight. The launch was initially planned for the night between Saturday and Sunday, but was postponed due to a launcher valve failure. In a rainy weather area and the launch window tonight was postponed for half an hour following a lightning storm that occurred several hours before the launch. The launcher on which the satellite is stationed has been launched twice into space in the last two years and since it is his last mission - and it will not be recycled again - the amount of fuel is higher than...
Aug 6, 2019
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IAI announces its entry into the onshore field and the establishment of an innovative plant in this area in Be'er Sheva. The plant's products will be at the forefront of global technology in areas such as ground autonomous robotics, terrestrial radar systems such as drone guard for disrupting skimmers and border radar protection. The establishment of the onshore plant in Be'er Sheva is part of the new strategy led by the board of directors and management of the aerospace industry. Tens of millions of shekels will be invested in the establishment of the plant to build innovative...
Aug 15, 2019
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Intel on Tuesday evening at the Hot Chips Conference in Silicon Valley, USA, unveiled the first artificial intelligence chip developed in Israel. In large data centers (compared to the training phase, and to chipsets for end devices). The new chip is based on 10-inch Ice Lake cores, capable of handling 3,600 images per second, at 10 watts. Hundreds of Intel's development center employees in Haifa and the manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat participated in the new chip development. The chip will go into production this year, but according to an Intel message, Facebook has "already announced...
Aug 20, 2019
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The Korean Samsung and Israeli Amdocs announced a number of joint initiatives to accelerate the transition of telecommunications service providers to open cloud networks that provide the freedom and flexibility needed to innovate and improve the provision of G5 services in the market, with greater speed, scope and coverage for both private and business customers . Amdocs and Samsung Networks (Samsung Networks) will collaborate in the integration process (onboarding) and integrate virtual network functions so that telecommunications service providers can take advantage of Samsung's G5...
Sep 9, 2019
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Facebook announced that the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page violated the company's rules and therefore suspended the page's chat bot activity for twenty-four hours. Facebook explains that all chat activity will stop for a day regardless of the content being distributed. That means all Likud campaign content will be blocked in Messenger, and not just texts that violate company rules. The company statement said that the texts posted on Netanyahu's Facebook page were "hate speech" and therefore violated the company's policy. According to the company announcement...
Sep 11, 2019
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Facebook is suing the Israeli NSO following a crackdown on the spyware exploited by a spyware developer, which it says has been used, among other things, to track at least 100 journalists and human rights activists. That's how the tech giant announced. "In May, Wetsap announced that it had identified and blocked a new type of cyberbullying that included a video call service vulnerability," Wetsap Director Will Cathcart said in a Washington Post article. "Now, after months of investigation, we can say with certainty who is behind the attack. Today we filed a lawsuit in a federal court that...
Oct 30, 2019
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US cyber giant Proofpoint acquires Israeli cyber company ObserveIT for $ 225 million. To date, ObserveIT has raised more than fifty million dollars.Observer develops solutions to address enterprise security threats. The company was founded in 2007 by Gabi Friedlander and Avi Amos and in 2013 the American venture capital fund Bain Capital acquired a significant stake in the company. The company's headquarters are in Boston and the main development center - in Tel Aviv. The company's CEO, Mike McKee, sits in Boston. The director of the company's development center in Israel is Tal Tikotsky....
Nov 3, 2019