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Israeli start-up makes vertical farms to grow crops in city parking lots

An Israeli agri-tech start-up has created vertical farms in urban environments, allowing for fresh produce to be grown in cities.These vertical, sustainable farms were developed by Ra'anana-based Vertical Field through the use of geoponi...

Jerusalem Venture Partners in talks to open innovation hub in UAE

Israeli venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is in talks with potential partners in the United Arab Emirates to set up an innovation hub there, its chairman said on Monday.JVP chairman Erel Margalit has met with potentia...

WhatsApp to offer in-app purchases, cloud hosting services

Facebook Inc on Thursday said its WhatsApp messaging app would start to offer in-app purchases and hosting services, as it moves to boost revenue from the app while knitting together e-commerce infrastructure across the company.The world...

Elbit speeds up race to fly military drones in civil airspace

REHOVOT, Israel, - Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems on Thursday unveiled a 1.6 tonne unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) designed to fly in airspace currently reserved for piloted civilian planes as a race heats up to deploy military dron...

Google VP to offer Zoom event through ESRA

Google vice president Meir Brand will be discussing “The Future in the Shadow of Technology” at a Zoom event next week organized by ESRA, a volunteer nonprofit of English speakers.Brand will be answering questions like: What’s new at Goo...

Israeli software development firm Frontegg announces $5m. seed round

Israel-based firm Frontegg has announced a $5 million seed round on Wednesday as it sets out to accelerate innovation in the global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market.The round of funding was led by Pitango, with backing from i3 Equity...

From refugee camps to cybertech

There is an inextricable link between poverty and education. When living in poverty, able members of the family are put in the position to put their education indefinitely on hold to work. In order to fulfill basic needs for survival, th...

Israeli tech firm Inspecto to fight food toxins with innovative nano-tech

Inspecto CEO Avner Avidan believes his company has perfected an innovative solution that will cut down on the production of contaminated food and reduce food-related illness around the world, not to mention saving the food industry milli...

140% rise in bad checks in wake of COVID-19, BoI data reveals

There has been a 140% increase in the rate of bad checks being passed during the coronavirus crisis period, with 6% of all checks not clearing due to insufficient funds, according to statistics released by the Bank of Israel.The Bank of...

Converting offices to residential can help solve real estate crisis

In response to the lockdown and the likely harm it will cause to commercial real estate, the government should approve the conversion of office towers to residential spaces, according to Jacky Mukmel, chairman of CBRE Israel, a commercia...

Israel’s tale of two economies

The coronavirus outbreak supplied a stark reminder of one of Israel’s main long-standing economic challenges: social inequality and poverty. Two populations have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19: Arabs and haredim (ultra-Orth...

WhatsApp hacking: the new method hackers are using

Who would have thought that the way of logging into WhatsApp accounts could be misused to hack user data without their knowledge?How is it done?If you receive a message on your phone explaining that an error has been made and that you ha...

Qwilt signs deal with British Telecom to improve streaming during COVID-19

Israeli hi-tech company Qwilt has reported it signed an agreement with British Telecom, together with investment capital firm Digital Alpha and Cisco, making the UK’s leading network service provider the latest player to utilize the new...

Chevron completes Noble Energy acquisition, wishes Israelis Shana Tova

Chevron, the second largest energy company in the world, announced on Monday the official completion of its acquisition of Noble Energy and its entry into the Israeli market. Noble Energy shareholders approved the deal last week.Chevron...

Nvidia building UK supercomputer to boost coronavirus research

US chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britain's most powerful supercomputer, which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challenges, including those related to COVID-19.GSK and AstraZene...