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The Innovation Authority launches a special track for start-ups established by women: 75% grants for R & D for enterprises owned by entrepreneurial women. The purpose of the Innovation Authority is to double the number of initiatives supported by the Authority within two years. In the framework of the approved track, the financing for enterprises owned by women entrepreneurs (at least 33% ownership and managerial technological role in the company) will be 75% for a first-year R & D grant and 70% for the second year . The budget ceiling will be up to NIS 2.5 million in the first year and...

The High Court of Justice accepted the petitioner's claim, the Digital Rights Movement, and ordered the government to transfer most of the classified materials to opponents of the biometric database within a month and a half. The petition was submitted about a year ago and touches upon the very necessity of the biometric database. The petition alleges that in a pilot conducted, the state did not take sufficient steps to ascertain its necessity.

Three of the world's most recognized and innovative football clubs, Arsenal, Liverpool and Premier League Manchester City will leverage True View technology to capture each and every element of football from every angle. The technology recreates the action on the field and offers it from an ideal point of view or from the player's point of view. It does this by using Intel's unmatched data processing capability with one goal - to pass the experience on to fans. The technology was developed at Intel Israel by the Intel sports team, which is run by Dudu in Nayoun Imagine that you are...

The government is scheduled to discuss today and decide on a reform in the technological education system. According to the proposal, the prerequisites for acceptance, the number of hours of training and the number of examinations in technological education under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will be significantly reduced. The model submitted for Cabinet approval was not discussed at all with the Ministry of Education and the Council of Technicians and Practical Engineers. There was no consultation with representatives of the industry, which is supposed to...

The FIMI Fund acquired the TEVADAPTOR business unit, which manufactures medical equipment at the Magda plant in Kiryat Shemona, from Teva for $ 47.5 million. Former CEO of Frutarom, Ori Yehudai, will be appointed Chairman of Migda. TEVADAPTOR was founded in 2005 and has about 200 employees. The plant in Kiryat Shmona deals with the manufacture of medical devices designed to protect the medical staff from exposure to hazardous substances while preparing medicines and treating patients. The company's products are marketed to over 20 countries worldwide. The FIMI Foundation notes that...

The Ministry of Economy's flagship program for promoting women in business and industry is underway. Over the past year, the Ministry of Economy and Industry has worked to formulate a multi-dimensional program to promote women's entrepreneurship. As part of the program, the Ministry of Economy and Industry offers a series of benefits for women under four central bodies in the ministry. - The Investment Authority will grant preference to women-controlled businesses in the framework of grants under the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law, in the total amount of NIS 15 million per year....

The IMTM - International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) 2019 International Tourism Exhibition opened for the 25th time at booth 2 at the EXPO in Tel Aviv and continues throughout the day. This year, a record number of exhibitors, over 50 countries and 20 tourism ministers from around the world attended the exhibition. "The largest tourism exhibition in the Middle East being held for the 25th time in Israel is an excellent way to celebrate the peak year of incoming tourism to Israel," said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin. "This year, historic records were broken - more than 4.1 million...

Symantec announced the acquisition of Luminate Security, an Israeli start-up that develops a platform for secure access to enterprise applications in a single-value connection. According to estimates, the scope of the transaction is more than 200 million USD. Lumenate was founded by experienced entrepreneurs. The company's CEO, Ofer Samadry and, Leonid Belkind and Eldad Livni former Check Point's employees. until recently the Israeli company raised $ 14 million. Luminate has 40 employees in Israel and in the UD

Gross domestic product (GDP), at constant prices and after seasonal adjustment, rose by an annualized 2.2% in the second half of 2018, according to the first estimate released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, following a 3.4% In the first half of the year and an increase of 4.3% in the second half of 2017. The decline in growth is explained by the stagnation in exports of goods and services, the decline in investments and the slowdown in expenditure on private consumption, and mainly in the purchase of vehicles

A research group from the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the Hebrew University, under the direction of Prof. Amnon Shashua, has succeeded in proving mathematically that methods leading the field of artificial intelligence can help to understand phenomena in quantum physics, "This is an exceptional event in which the leading scientific journal in physics publishes the work of researchers from another field - computer science, and we are at a turning point in which computing power and methods Modern artificial intelligence, allow cross-domain contribution, and for example will...