Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Meetings with avatars

Microsoft and Israel’s D-ID (see here previously) will provide tools to enterprises and developers to create AI avatars for Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft software. D-ID will integrate its technology into Microsoft Azure, allowing AI avatars to be embedded into … Continue reading

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$20 million towards creating another university

The Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA (JFC-UIA) have announced a $20 million investment in education for northern Israel. Most of the funds will help transform Tel-Hai College into a full-fledged university, while the remainder will support informal education initiatives. https://israfan.com/p/canadian-jews-invest-northern-israel

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Countering SMS fraud attacks

Israel’s Atrinet have launched the Atrinet URL Scanner, an advanced solution designed to combat real-time SMS fraud from SMS phishing (“Smishing”).  It combines an SMS Firewall with URL Scanner, in collaboration with Google, to scan SMS links for malicious content. … Continue reading

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Outstanding Scientists

The Israel Chemical Society has awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist Awards for 2024 to Prof. Josh Baraban from Ben-Gurion University (see here previously) and Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami from the Weizmann Institute. See also Outstanding Scientists and ICS Gold Medal winners. … Continue reading

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Syrians ask Israel for help

Syrian minorities want Israel to protect them from the new Syrian government and jihadist groups. “Israel is the Iron Dome of the Druze in Syria” said a cleric from the Druze city of Sweida.  And after 1,000+ the pro-Assad Alawites … Continue reading

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40th anniversary of Operation Moses

Israel’s PM headed a ceremony in Jerusalem to celebrate “Operation Moses” – Israel’s 1984 mission, to bring to Israel the community known as Beta Israel from Ethiopia via Sudan. Some 170,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel, including Adi Jegna … Continue reading

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Irish police use Israeli tech to solve murder

Irish police used Israel’s Cellebrite to convict a man who murdered his wife in Dublin two years ago. Technical specialists used Cellebrite to extract data from the husband’s cellphone, having previously been unable to bypass its encryption. The Irish media … Continue reading

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Technion UK on Israel tour

The Technion UK brought a group of British Jews to Israel to hear from key people about the war, the country, the latest innovations and much more. They included ILTV’s Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Uri Geller, the British Ambassador, and retired IDF … Continue reading

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90,000 Muslims pray on Temple Mount

Approximately 90,000 Muslims, including thousands from Judea and Samaria, ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City for prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan. https://www.jns.org/judea-and-samaria-arabs-to-ascend-temple-mount-for-ramadan-prayers/

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Animals rescued in the Negev

Israeli police rescued two monkeys and a lion cub from illegal captivity by Negev Bedouins. They were located through operational activities and identified in social media videos. They were subsequently transferred to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority for medical … Continue reading

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