Category: Technology

Why is it that many people can’t remember where they put their car keys most mornings, but can sing along to every lyric of a song they haven’t heard in years when it comes on the radio? Do song lyrics live in some sort of privileged place in our memories? Music has a long history […]

The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient traction due to cost and technological hurdles. Can some of these […]

Footprints on a sandy surface don’t usually last long: they’re washed away by water, wiped out by wind or covered over by new tracks. At certain sites in southern Africa, though, some traces of animals have lasted for many thousands or even millions of years – fleeting moments preserved in sand that turned to rock. […]

Another terrifying dog attack video has just gone viral on social media. It shows three large bull breed dogs jumping up and grabbing onto a screaming woman in a park. It is understandable that when such videos and media reports circulate there are renewed calls to ban certain breeds. The latest is the American Bully […]

The Ring Nebula (M57) from Webb Space Telescope, is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring of the Ring Nebula (M57) is about one light-year across, but this remarkable exposure by the James Webb Space Telescope explores this popular nebula with deep exposure to infrared light. Strings of […]

Given the current hype surrounding ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence programs, one might have thought that AI was a very new technology with a very short history. However, it has taken many years of research and development to get to this stage, and Israelis – and Jews generally– have played an important role in […]

SOS is a Morse code maritime distress signal (dot-dot-dot-dash-dash-dash-dot-dot-dot), first used in 1909. It has been translated as “Save our souls” or “Save our ship” and has become a universal call for help.  In Israel, SOS takes on a new meaning: Save our start-ups! Start-ups in Israel are in decline. It leads us to ask: […]

As ChatGPT, the innovative AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, gains popularity among workers in the United States for accomplishing routine tasks, a cloud of uncertainty hovers over its future. Businesses have begun questioning the extent to which ChatGPT should be embraced while safeguarding against potential data security breaches and intellectual property leaks. This intriguing juxtaposition […]

In a significant move reflecting the changing landscape of cybersecurity, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a global cybersecurity solutions provider, has recently announced its intention to acquire Perimeter 81, a notable player in the Security Service Edge (SSE) sector. The planned acquisition, valued at around $490 million, is aimed at bolstering Check Point’s […]

There are several parallel projects running across the world to save the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), one of Africa’s captivating and iconic wildlife species. With the death of last male in 2018 and with only two females alive, the species is functionally extinct. The most famous of these projects is an international research […]