Technology

Israel’s Tech Industry Hit Hardest by War

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% […]

War Will Downgrade Israel's Credit Rating

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 […]

China Celebrates the Recolonization of Africa

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 […]

Mental Health Day Should Remind Us of Our Disconnection

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 […]

If You Imagine that Jeff Bezos Lives in that Castle, You’ll Understand Techno-feudalism

A great friend of Inside Telecom and a frequent contributor, Cesar Tabr, sent me an interview yesterday between Channel 4’s Krishan Guru-Murthy and Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister. Mr. Varoufakis was explaining society’s journey from about eight hundred years ago to today. What made the interview fascinating was his ability to take an extremely […]

Warning. Do not read this article if you DON'T have a fear of flying.

There may be a faulty engine part on your next flight Alarming news from the civil aviation sector yesterday is the discovery of jet engine components, in service right now, which have false safety certification. All the details, such as the broker company who supplied the engine parts, the particular engine in which they’re now […]

How Would it Taste if it Happened to You, Google?

Advertisers Will Find this One Hard to Swallow So unbeknownst to you, Google has apparently been re-arranging the letters of your search enquiry when shopping online to include a brand name supposedly relevant to the search. It gets fed back to you, and you click on it. However, this is also unbeknownst to the company […]