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Cybersecurity professionals, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs and academics, including some from INTERPOL and NATO, attended Tel Aviv’s 6th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference (also known as Cyber Week). They discussed threats facing the international community and the latest advances in cyber technology.

At cybersecurity startup Preempt’s Israeli R&D center it has developed a firewall that not only detects suspicious behavior, but responds to neutralize any threat in real time.  It will decide whether to block the attacker, notify management or challenge the attacker to authenticate.

To mark World Environment Day, the Israeli Union of Environmental NGOs - Life and Environment, presented a Green Globe to Yosef Abramowitz - the Israeli CEO of solar energy company Energiya Global.  Other winners included Greeneye in the Business category.  

Israel’s Lumus produces optical engines - a critical part of Augmented Reality (AR) products.  Its customers build AR glasses, visors, goggles, and headsets including Thales, Atheer and DAQRI.  Lumus has just raised $15 million in new funding. 

The Haifa municipality and the Ministry of Environmental Protection is to launch a pilot program for shared vehicles. It includes operation of an electric car rental service for users to collect a vehicle at a one location and return it at any of the charging stations scattered around the city.

Israeli DIY website development company Wix.com is to market a new platform that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure the website completely meets the requirements of the builder.  Wix ADI asks the user what he/she needs and then uses its algorithms to build the website in minutes.

Israel’s Biobee has sent Russia 500 million predatory insects as natural, non-toxic methods to get rid of agricultural pests.  BioBee also sent Russian farmers its home-grown bumblebees for pollination, without which there is no horticulture.

Israeli startups won three of the four top prizes at the Asia Smartphone Apps Competition in Hong Kong.  Tekoia’s universal remote, won the grand prize for the event, and also the advertising and marketing category. Castle Builders won the games and edutainment category, and Bazz, came in second in the creative lifestyle category.

Israeli video-messaging startup Glide is now working on a new project for smartwatches that it plans to unveil later this summer.

Israel’s Slidely enables businesses and individuals to make a video with licensed music for a price as low as $20.  Slidely has now joined forces with Getty Images, providing access to Getty’s library of nearly two million stock video clips.  Slidely has over 100 million registered users.