Monthly Archives: June 2023

Four Israeli startups star in CNBC top 50 list

Posted on June 4, 2023

CNBC’s latest Disruptor 50 List of outstanding startup companies includes Israel’s BeeHero (technology for healthier commercial beehives), Orca Security (agentless cloud security), Snyk (app security products for developers) and Wiz (cloud cybersecurity). https://unitedwithisrael.org/4-israeli-companies-make-cnbc-disruptor-50-list/ https://israelactive.com/?s=beehero  https://israelactive.com/?s=Orca+Security https://israelactive.com/?s=Snyk+  https://israelactive.com/?s=Wiz+cloud+security

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Boosting links with Morocco

Posted on June 4, 2023

Israel and Morocco have signed three new transportation agreements. They are to allow Israeli driver’s licenses to be used on the roads in Morocco, to encourage direct shipping between the two countries, and to facilitate exchanges related to road safety … Continue reading →

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GDP increases higher than forecasts

Posted on June 4, 2023

Israel’s economy grew by an annualized 2.5% in the first quarter of 2023.  This exceeded the 1.5% forecast by the IMF and beat S&P’s forecast of negative growth per capita. Unemployment in April fell to 3.6% from 3.8% in March. … Continue reading →

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The world’s fastest AI supercomputer

Posted on June 4, 2023

US-based Nvidia Corporation has announced that, by the end of 2023, it will start to build one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers at its facilities in Israel. Designated “Israel-1”, it is expected to deliver up to 8 exaflops … Continue reading →

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Israeli environmental winner in Morocco

Posted on June 4, 2023

780 startups from across the Middle East competed for the Aviram Awards in Marrakesh to solve global health, environment, and sustainability problems. It was won by Israel’s QD-SOL & its hydrogen from water (see here previously). Israel’s Carbon Blue (CO2 … Continue reading →

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Uncovering the good, bad and the ugly fakes

Posted on June 4, 2023

Markets wobbled recently after a verified Twitter account published a news photo of smoke billowing from a building apparently near the Pentagon. But it was fake, as exposed by Israel’s Cyabra (see here previously). https://abcnews.go.com/US/verified-accounts-helped-make-fake-images-pentagon-explosion/story?id=99541361

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Scanning 2,000-year-old Egyptian coffin lids

Posted on June 4, 2023

In a meticulously planned operation that took five months to organize, a pair of 2,000-year-old coffin lids from Egypt was transferred from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to undergo a CT scan. https://www.jns.org/ancient-egyptian-coffin-lids-undergo-ct-in-jerusalem/

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Brilliant Weizmann minds

Posted on June 4, 2023

Read the achievements of eight top Weizmann researchers who have been making discoveries in the areas of agri-tech, IVF, medical algorithms, the microbiome, embryos, quantum science, genetic tools, and marine algae. https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/celebrating-great-minds/

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The future of 3D sensing

Posted on June 4, 2023

Israel’s Lidwave has developed a unique LIDAR sensor on a chip that can provide a detailed real-time 3D map up to distances of hundreds of meters. The technology is low cost, low bandwidth, high performance, has high resolution and high … Continue reading →

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A hawk that never sleeps

Posted on June 4, 2023

Israel’s Robotican (see here previously) has launched the Goshawk, to defend against rogue UAVs (drones). The 120km/hour Goshawk captures its “prey” in a net and either drops it (to continue patrolling) or transports it to a designated area. The autonomous … Continue reading →

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