Iran to criminalize sale of VPNs used to skirt Internet restrictions

Islamic Republic drastically curtailed access to social media platforms as it grapples with protests over the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest for alleged dress code violation | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Designer babies? Hi-tech preimplantation genetic testing may soon come to Israel

Unlike simpler forms of testing used in IVF today, screening for polygenic diseases doesn't offer a clear diagnosis but rather a 'risk score' for a Pandora's box full of conditions | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

With a 93M-mile zoom, a stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal

David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as if it were next door | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Dozens of pure gold coins discovered in secret cache dating from Muslim conquest

44 pieces found hidden in base of wall at Banias archaeological site; apparently stored by owner fleeing invaders 2,500 years ago with the hope of one day recovering the treasure | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Using only skin cells, Israeli lab makes synthetic mouse embryos with hearts

In peer-reviewed breakthrough, embryos are grown from stem cells; scientists say method may one day be used to ethically grow cells for replacement human organs | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Over 500 Israeli tech employees fired in one day, amid ‘bubble’ fears

AID Genomics moves its R&D center abroad, laying off 400 workers, while Asurion closes its development center; thousands have lost their jobs in recent months | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

The wolves of Tel Aviv: Israel’s vast, amoral binary options scam exposed (2016)

An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices. It is doing terrible harm to its victims, and it risks doing the same to Israel’s reputation | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

While visiting the POLIN museum in 2016, Daniel Patt realized he could be walking by his own relatives without knowing it, so he designed a platform 'From Numbers to Names' | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Out with the unicorns, in with the centaurs? A new tech milestone takes shape

Leading investment firm BVP says global tech and VC community should look to a horse of a different color to measure promising ventures | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Traffic jams just a math problem, says Israeli AI firm

With nation's congestion ranking near worst among developed economies, EcoMotion hopes to use algorithms to smartly direct flow | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Suicide drones said to have hit parchin military complex in Iran

New York Times reports that Tehran views deadly incident as an attack, noting it fits pattern of alleged past Israeli strikes in Iran and Lebanon | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 1 year ago

Israeli balloon tipped as first affordable, scalable method for carbon capture

High Hopes Lab, in central Israel, which captures frozen carbon 9 miles above Earth, aims to catch 1,000 metric tons per balloon per day, for less than $50 a ton | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives

Funding round led by Insight Partners; investors include subsidiary of UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Sky Dew: Missile Detecting Balloon

Defense Ministry hands Sky Dew system over to air force after years of testing; sensors onboard aerostat are meant to identify incoming long-range munitions, drones | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Germany warns against use of anti-virus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky

German cybersecurity agency says tech firm could be involved in hacking assaults during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine; US banned use of the software by government agencies in 2017 | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Ukrainian Jews push back against Putin’s Nazi claim as they gear up for battle

Taking up arms to defend their homes alongside their fellow countrymen, many Jewish volunteers reject the claim that Ukraine is a hotbed of antisemitism | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Yuval Noah Harari: No matter what he does, Putin has already lost this war

'It's a war by one man, with astounding power and several screws loose,' says historian, but he cannot conquer Ukrainians' spirit, and his assault will further unite them | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

CFO of Celsius named as suspect in vast crypto scam

Yaron Shalem, suspended CFO of Celsius Network, and Saga cryptocurrency firm's Ido Sadeh Man now named among 10 suspects nabbed for aggravated fraud, money laundering, embezzlement | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Zelensky asks PM of Israel to mediate between Ukraine and Russia

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@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israeli study offers strongest proof yet of Vitamin D’s power to fight Covid

Bolstering previous research, scientists publish 'remarkable' data showing strong link between vitamin deficiency, prevalent in Israel, and death or serious illness among patients | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Soldiers left elderly Palestinian American to die in ‘ethical failure’ – IDF

Army says troops abandoned the unconscious 78-year-old Omar As'ad at a construction site after zip-tying his hands together and gagging him at an impromptu checkpoint | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

New Israeli imaging technique gives unprecedented window into genes deep in body

Team at Weizmann Institute publishes study on method it says could help detect cancers, aid in organ transplants and help monitor cell therapy | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Headed for a 6th mass extinction? MIT geophysicist warns oceans are on the brink

Daniel Rothman says carbon in the atmosphere may push our seas past a tipping point, triggering a cascading catastrophe for global ecosystems that we do not yet fully understand | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israeli startups prepare to play major role in building metaverse

'Creative reality' startup D-ID, and VR/AR company Glimpse Group partner to bring 'life' into a futuristic virtual world | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Most Iran gas stations still offline three days after cyberattack

Among 4,300 fuel stations across Islamic Republic, 1,450 have been reconnected to central fuel distribution system, authorities say following attack they blame on foreign state | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Hospital has ‘no idea’ of scale of cyberattack havoc; recovery could take months

Day after major ransom attack identified at Hadera center, doctors report minimal progress on solving problem; experts unsurprised, predicting normality is at least 3 months away | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

The missing verse from Leonard Cohen's song 'Lover'

One verse of Cohen's song 'Lover, Lover, Lover,' written while he played for troops battling Egypt, deeply moved the soldiers who heard it, then mysteriously disappeared. Until now | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel to genetically scan all arrivals for the coronavirus

No details of program immediately available; PM says patience running out for the unvaccinated; cabinet backs proposal for classmates of infected kids to avoid automatic quarantine | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Aussie cops surround synagogue, fine Rosh Hashanah worshipers in lockdown breach

Group of Orthodox Jews hit with steep penalties after celebrating Jewish new year in violation of local COVID ordinances and refusing police orders to leave house of worship | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Open Banking: Israel’s fintech community readies for ‘dramatic’ changes

Though banking giants are kicking and screaming about open-banking reforms, non-bank entities stand ready to offer services at competitive rates | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel virus czar calls to begin readying for eventual 4th vaccine dose

Salman Zarka says COVID-19 is here to stay for and that next booster shot may be adjusted for variants: 'This is our life from now on, in waves' | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel's Iron Dome of Data

An ‘Iron Dome for data’ from Israeli startup QuantLR protects information using Einstein’s principles of quantum mechanics | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel’s active Covid cases pass 50k, just 2 months after they hovered at 200

41 deaths in 24 hours; 531 serious cases; positive test rate highest since February; 500 at-risk kids age 5-11 vaccinated, with mild or no side effects; new travel rules start | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Just 1 in 3 Israelis expected to abide by a new lockdown if imposed

Home Front Command presents internal research to PM Bennett; health official says crisis point approaching | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?

Questions over whether Paris Agreement's aspirational target can be met, as UN's first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Early vaccinees are twice as likely to catch Covid as later recipients

Latest research ‘definitely’ reinforces argument for giving boosters to the elderly, says lab chief at Leumit | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Jackie Mason Has Died

Rabbi-turned-comedian was an outspoken supporter of Israel and unapologetic about his Judaism | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

First Temple-era walls, razed in Biblical account, found unbreached in Jerusalem

Missing section of 8th-7th century BCE fortification puts in question narrative of 2 Kings in which conquering Babylonians 'tore down Jerusalem's walls on every side' | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel’s SpaceIL shoots for the Moon for a second time, raises $70M

Beresheet 2 mission hopes to launch in 2024 and will see double landing of two small crafts that will detach from mothership, one of them aiming for far side | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

IDF deployed drone swarms in Gaza fighting

Military used 'flocks' of small aircraft, all communicating with each other, to locate targets, direct airstrikes, highlighting advances in artificial intelligence-driven combat | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Drug-delivery robots deployed at Israel’s largest hospital to cut chemo wait

The robots will whirr along a system of underground tunnels, use regular corridors, and even call and ride elevators, to race drugs to patients as fast as possible | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

New details reveal scale of Kaseya ransomware attack

CEO says thousands of mostly smaller businesses hit by likely Russian hackers, who are demanding sums between $45,000 and $5 million to unscramble data, according to expert | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israeli scientists say they’ve paved way to turn off the brain’s ‘hunger switch’

Peer-reviewed research at Weizmann Institute is most detailed insight into MC4 hunger-controlling receptor; drugs may now be able to target it precisely, without major side effects | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Scientists show they can ‘shrink’ optical technology by 1k times

Trapping and observing light in super-thin materials, Technion researchers say their work may pave way for new generation of tiny light-powered tech | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Scientists warn that flooding cave will ruin unique 5M-year-old ecosystem

Blind, colorless arthropods make their home in Ayalon Cave in central Israel, thriving in dark, oxygen-free environment, fed by sulfurous water rising from deep in the earth | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israeli scientists extend mice's lives by 23%, say method may work on humans

Mice not only live longer, but are more youthful and less susceptible to cancer, after team from Bar Ilan University and US National Institutes of Health boosts a single protein | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Israel’s most-hyped initial coin offerings were scams, ex-employees allege

An assistant to the Beitar Jerusalem owner sues his boss, claiming that Moshe Hogeg and his associates stole $250 million raised through Stox, Sirin Labs and Leadcoin ICOs | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago

Ancient Israelites at Biblical shrine used cannabis to spark ‘ecstasy’

Researchers find resin on altar at Tel Arad is marijuana mixed with animal dung, used 2,700 years ago 'as deliberate psychoactive' - first evidence of ritual cannabis use in region | Continue reading


@timesofisrael.com | 2 years ago