Category: Business

Twitter Blue verification on X (formerly Twitter) will now require the user to supply the platform with a selfie alongside a photo of a government-verified ID, according to a Sunday report by PC Magazine. The new verification process will be made possible with the help of Israeli AU10TIX software. Users will have to agree to have […]

Artificial intelligence-generated art cannot be protected by copyright, a US federal judge ruled on Friday, in a piece of legislation that may codify intellectual property rights regarding creative works made by AI as opposed to those made by humans. The ruling was made by US District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell and backed up findings […]

Owners of Tesla electric vehicles have reported being stuck inside their vehicles once their cars suddenly lost power, Business Insider reported last Wednesday. The report documents numerous incidences where car owners were unable to leave their cars. For example, one claimed that his Tesla ordered him to pull over on the street before the vehicle […]

BIRD – the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation – is set to inject $3.85 million into pioneering critical infrastructure cybersecurity projects, a testament to the growing importance of fortifying cyber resilience in both the United States and Israel. In response to the escalating demand for heightened cybersecurity measures, the awarded projects stand poised […]

Daniel Nave always had a love for sharp things. As a kid, his “great knife collection” included “swords, axes, and everything in between.” Now 31, the namesake of Nave Knives is one of the only handmade artisan chef knife-makers in Israel, and from his studio on Kibbutz Gesher Haziv, outside Nahariya, he is fashioning the […]

Last week I wrote about my 31st Aliyaversary and gave some financial tips for olim. With this week’s flight carrying 215 olim, I’d like to continue the focus on financial aliyah. For the first time I watched the live stream of the plane landing and the newly minted olim deplane, and it was very cool. […]

X (or Twitter) CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Friday saying that users will no longer be able to block other users on the social media platform. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature,’ except for DMs,” he tweeted. “It makes no sense.” Musk however stated that “you will still be able to mute […]

Itzik the Great (Itzik Luzon), never ceases to surprise and brings to Israel the “Meat Station” – a machine for selling frozen meat. So when did the project start, what exactly will it sell, and in what distribution? You can say a lot about the meat empire of Itzik the Great, you can love it […]

US chipmaker Qualcomm will have to seek EU antitrust approval for its planned takeover of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks even though the deal is below the European Union’s turnover threshold, EU regulators said on Friday. The European Commission cited the importance of the deal to original equipment manufacturers and others who need access to vehicle-to-everything […]

At 5:40 am on Friday morning, history took place as the Tel Aviv Light Rail began operating for the first time. An estimated 234,000 passengers are expected to ride the rail daily on the Red Line, which spans 24 km. Once up and running fully, the light rail is expected to connect Petah Tikva to Bat […]