US Marine Corps moves forward with purchase of Israel’s Iron Dome

[ad_1] The United States Marine Corps (USMC) plans to purchase dozens of Iron Dome launchers and thousands of interceptor missiles in a deal that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the War Zone reported on Saturday citing a procurement notice of intent publicly available online. The deal, which would see the USMC purchase […]

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How to get results from asset allocation – opinion

[ad_1] I would like to start off by issuing a clarification. I received a note from an alert reader regarding my column “Letter to Daughter Doing National Service Abroad” a few weeks ago. I spoke about how if the girls are doing national service abroad, and if they need extra money, they could babysit. As […]

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Labeling Facebook accounts as state media results in reduced engagement

[ad_1] China, Russia, Iran and other undemocratic countries do their best to prevent their citizens from knowing the truth and to spread mis-information and dis-information via the social media that is fake news.  To combat the effect of these persuasion attempts by such governments, Facebook introduced a “state-controlled media” label in June 2020 to alert […]

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Israel to increase gas exports to Egypt, energy minister rules

[ad_1] Energy Minister Israel Katz decided on Wednesday to approve additional exports of gas from the Tamar reservoir to Egypt, despite the postponement of a meeting between himself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich because of the security cabinet meeting. This was on the recommendation of Chen Bar-Yoseph, head of the Fuel […]

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Navigating shadow AI: a strategic guide to responsible generative AI

[ad_1] In the fast-evolving landscape of technology, where innovation often casts shadows of potential risks, real-life examples of the challenges posed by unregulated technology deployment have come to the forefront. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.O), the parent company of Google, recently issued a cautionary message to its employees, shedding light on the concept of Shadow AI. This […]

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Enlight launches largest solar-storage fusion project in Israel

[ad_1] Enlight Renewable Energy’s Sde Nitzan venture has kicked off commercial operations on Wednesday. The project has a capacity of 23 MW of renewable energy and 40 MWh of storage. This is Enlight’s first project that connects it to the electricity grid and is the largest in the country to combine both solar and storage. […]

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Meta unveils AI model enabling “seamless” multilingual communication

[ad_1] Meta Platforms, the parent company of (the company formerly known as) Facebook, unveiled on Tuesday an advanced AI model that boasts the capability to efficiently translate and transcribe speech in numerous languages. This technology holds the potential to facilitate real-time cross-lingual communication, which sci-fi fans will surely be excited to hear. According to an […]

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Advancing urban mobility: Startups pave way for freedom of movement

[ad_1] In a bold move, Keren Beit Cohen, head of Strategic Partnerships at EIT Urban Mobility, reveals a staggering budget of 400 million euros allocated for urban mobility projects. Cohen seeks pioneering startups to invest in, predicting immense profitability for those solving urban mobility woes swiftly. Considering the Moovit app’s transformative impact, Cohen explains her […]

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US FTC to probe Qualcomm’s purchase of Israel’s Autotalks

[ad_1] The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to open an in-depth probe on Wednesday of Qualcomm’s  purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. In May, Qualcomm had said it would acquire Israel’s Autotalks Ltd, a maker of chips used in crash-prevention technology in vehicles, […]

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Elon Musk’s X plans to remove headlines from links to news articles

[ad_1] Elon Musk is pushing to change how news links appear on his social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, in a move that could potentially undermine the ability of news publishers to draw audience. X is planning to remove the headline and text while retaining just the lead image from links to news articles […]

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