Category: Technology

Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. The findings have led to a lot of concern and discussion. There are several revealing aspects of these polls. […]

Global cyber threat intelligence data provider Cybersixgill has introduced “Cybersixgill IQ,” a generative artificial intelligence solution that marks a significant breakthrough in the field of cyber threat intelligence (CTI). Leveraging the company’s deep and dark web data, as well as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and contextual information about organizations’ attack surfaces, Cybersixgill IQ stands out […]

Microsoft and Google have recently made big investments in two of the most valuable companies in artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has received a staggering investment of US$10 billion (£7.8 billion) from Microsoft, while Google has invested US$300 million in Anthropic. The companies’ financial support for AI has pushed an ongoing rivalry in […]

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Margalit Startup City New York announced a new “ClimateTech insurance” collaboration with the corporate venture arm of Australia and New Zealand’s largest general insurer, IAG Firemark Venture, to develop technologies and discover startups that could measure and mitigate climate change risks. “As extreme weather conditions and climate change are increasingly […]

While ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominating headlines recently, little attention has been given to the physical infrastructure such as data centres and microchip factories needed to support this technological revolution. Debates surrounding AI are rarely concerned with how tech companies extract resources to fuel their growth. Physical infrastructure supports […]

Okoora, a Swiss-Israeli fintech start-up, has introduced its new artificial intelligence-driven platform, Automatic Business Currency Management, which aims to simplify global payments, banking and risk management, offering businesses a comprehensive solution to navigate the challenges of the international marketplace. By integrating operational tools, currency risk management modules, and access to a wide network of banks […]

Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are. So it’s important to keep up with the latest scams and understand how they work. Recently, consumer protection magazine […]

What do gifted children and students need? A groundbreaking conference organized by the Maimonides Fund’s Future Scientists Center and the Education Ministry’s Division for Gifted and Outstanding Students last week offered answers. The Maimonides Fund’s Future Scientists Center is a leading organization in Israel that specializes in developing and implementing innovative programs for gifted and […]

Bowlers playing for England and Australia in the current Ashes cricket series are collectively meant to deliver at least 540 balls each day (that’s 90 overs of six balls each – more if they bowl any no-balls or wides). If one side’s bowlers cannot capture all ten wickets in one day, they must toil on […]

Every day, an average of 24,000 new songs are released worldwide, or 168,000 new songs every week. People are drowning in choices. But this constant stream of options makes it difficult for streaming services and radio stations to choose which songs to add to playlists. Predicting hits in entertainment is a long-standing problem. Predicting hit […]