As recently as 2021, it was reported that Israel’s tech industry was booming, with one third of the world’s cybersecurity unicorns emerging from the country. Eric Schmidt, Google founder, also claimed that Israel is the best incubator in the world for tech entrepreneurs after the United States. Although the industry accounts for only around 15% […]
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Moody’s is the world’s pre-eminent advisory on debt markets. Along with Standard & Poor and Fitch, it monitors global investment risk. And now, it’s just sounded the alarm bell for Israel, warning that the severity and probable longevity of the current Israel/Palestine conflict will make it more expensive for Netanyahu’s Government to borrow money. The […]
They had a party last week in Beijing. Even Putin was invited. In fact, over 100 leaders went to the same party. It was billed as a forum to celebrate a decade since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched. But actually, this little soirée was really about China sending out a message about global […]
Roll Royce Holdings has announced it will reduce its staff by up to 2500. The announcement by the jet engine manufacturing division of the iconic marque has taken no-one by surprise. But it’s interesting to note that one news website has claimed the cuts, which are all in the non-engineering sector, are to reduce costs […]
As big U.S. corporations kicked off corporate earnings season this week, Big Tech showed support to Israel during conflict.
Meta's CEO was warned by the European Commission to remove all terrorist information from its social media platforms.
Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know right now(Reuters) – Israel has formed an emergency unity government, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in a war cabinet with centrist former defence minister Benny Gantz. The move came as the Israeli military pounds Gaza to root out the Palestinian militant group Hamas, ahead of a possible […]
First pair of prototype satellites for the planned Amazon Kuiper internet network were launched into space on Friday from Florida.
Spanish company PLD Space launched its recoverable Miura-1 rocket from a site in southwest Spain, carrying out Europe's first private launch.
Since the advent of social media, the trope ‘becoming connected is actually becoming disconnected’ has been so overused as clickbait that it’s become a cliché; a meaningless headline that surprises no one anymore. But on Mental Health Day, we’d be wise to remember that all clichés have a root in truth. And that the disconnection […]