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Egged Group has unveiled “egg,” a new no-ads public-transport, real time navigation and payments app for riders across operators and modes. Smart route options, fares, ticketing, and customer service. Android and iOS; all buses, Israel Railways, light rail lines, shared scooters and bikes.

Intel has unveiled its first 18A-based processors, developed in Israel. They will form the basis for Panther Lake, a new Israeli-developed family of 900 AI models that will support real-time translation, image recognition, and much more, while maintaining strict user privacy.

Barclays Center in New York has selected the advanced artificial intelligence software from Israel’s SeeTrue to detect prohibited items at visitor checkpoints. The system enables faster throughput, reducing long lines at entry points, while providing detection across a wide range of threats.

Israel's Ministry of Defense has bought dozens of EdgeUAV systems from Israel’s Axon Vision (see previously) to detect nearby air threats (e.g. drones). The systems analyze and classify data collected by cameras mounted on armored combat vehicles or stationary installations.

Latest progress of Israeli archaeologists in the City of David, using muon particle detectors to map ancient sites underground without digging (see previously). Jerusalem’s historic layers are revealed, from the Iron Age / First Temple period through the Roman era and into the Early Islamic period.

Israel’s GrowDirector has developed a modular greenhouse automation system to reduce input costs, water, electricity, fertilizers, and labor. Farmers can track crop details, schedule planting, spraying, receive reminders, analyze and refine protocols to avoid repeating mistakes.

Israel’s Technion is part of an international team that has determined how to scale up decoupled water electrolysis (DWE, see previously) - a technique that produces green hydrogen without carbon emissions or expensive hardware.

Researchers at Israel’s Technion Institute, and at University of Texas Austin, have mapped the nano-properties of desalination membranes in their wet state – never achieved before. The information will help design membranes that will desalinate seawater more efficiently, using less energy.

Israel’s startup ecosystem is punching far above its weight in the global semiconductor race. With $5.5 billion raised collectively, 70 startups are positioning Israel as a key player in next-generation chips and AI models.

Israel’s ZutaCore has established another cool partnership (see for previous one) this time with Taiwan’s Compal. The integrated server and cooling solution aims to “revolutionize data center efficiency, reliability, and sustainability”.