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Travel applications Waze and Google Maps have disabled reports of road congestion, traffic, and the location of other drivers in Israel. They aim to prevent terrorist organizations from using real-time reports to target vehicle concentrations. They will continue to give directions and estimated arrival times.

With Israel’s Trendtrack, social media users can easily identify and report posts containing hate speech, violence, and false information or share pro-Israeli content. Use it to stop hate, stop misinformation and support Israel. Just 5 minutes a day can help promote Israeli advocacy.

Israeli tech companies Fiverr (see previously) and HiBob (see previously) have partnered to create the AI platform Lev Echad (One Heart). It manages any Israeli public needs or requests (civilian or military) during the current conflict and escalates them to the relevant bodies.

Israel's Informatics team won three gold medals and an honorable mention at the International Olympiad in Informatics. It was Israel’s best-ever result at the Olympiad since it first competed in 1996 (see previously). Israel came overall 4th of the 90 participating countries.

Two Bar-Ilan University scientists received a total of $3.6 million from the European Research Council. Dr. Assaf Ben-Moshe studies the properties of mirror images of chemicals. Dr Shahar Alon studies interactions between the immune system and tumors.

Israelis have been working hard to develop systems to support Israelis during the war. Digitaldome.io reports toxic content on social media with a single click. Swords of Steel helps families search for missing loved ones. Remember710 translates Hebrew personal testimonies into English in sharable format.

Israel’s ToBe has developed a solution to eradicate the Varroa mite – the number one enemy of the honeybee. ToBe’s Hivemaster automatically monitors hives for the mite and at optimal times releases precise minuscule pulses of anti-Varroa compounds (natural or synthetic) without damaging the bees.

Another article about the floating solar panels from Israel’s Xfloat (see previously). It contains a video showing the panels automatically tilting, to track the position of the sun as the earth rotates.

Bing Klima, based at Kibbutz HaGoshrim, has developed an all-in-one green roofing system that can pay for itself. Solar panels sit above crops and generate energy to offset electricity bills or be sold to the electric grid operators. Customers are mainly in the USA and Spain.

Researchers at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed new methods to evaluate daylight in hospital inpatient rooms and new design guidelines for improved inpatient health. The guidelines are also relevant for offices and schools.