Omer Kabir

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אלון מאסק ביקור בסין מאי 2023

AI powerhouse? The sole outcome of the meeting between Netanyahu and Musk will be a flashy photo op

18.09.23|Omer Kabir
It's safe to assume that Netanyahu's visit to Silicon Valley will not significantly advance Israel's transformation into an AI powerhouse. Achieving these goals requires comprehensive, long-term efforts, and unfortunately, they don't yield photo ops for news releases or headlines
כנס הגיימינג של ישראל אורן אהרון מנכ"ל Hour One וידאו

"Within 24 months, it will be challenging to differentiate between a real person and one created by AI"

18.09.23|Omer Kabir
Oren Aharon, CEO of the generative AI company Hour One, explained how the startup's platform allows users to create virtual reality avatars of themselves using AI technology
כנס הגיימינג של ישראל - מימין אנה פישביין מנהלת תעשיית גיימינג Google ו מרים גדיאל יוטיוברית ויוצרת תוכן ל Gen Z וידאו

“Generation Z lives and breathes gaming”

14.09.23|Omer Kabir
Miryam Gadiel, a YouTuber, content creator for Gen Z, and a member of Google's marketing team, was speaking at Calcalist's gaming conference together with Anna Fishbein, an Industry Manager on the gaming team at Google
אפל סטור בברקלי קליפורניה

iPhone 15: Even a high price won’t stop Apple’s newest crown jewel

12.09.23|Omer Kabir
The new iPhone 15 models, to be unveiled by Apple today, are poised to become bestsellers, even if the price of the most expensive model reaches $1,200
חברות הטכנולוגיה הגדולות אפל גוגל פייסבוק אמזון

Regulatory storm looms: Europe and the US challenge tech giants' dominance

11.09.23|Omer Kabir
Behemoths like Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and others have to date operated in a market almost completely free of regulatory restrictions. However, a global shift in regulatory attitudes now threatens their unbridled power
ראש הממשלה יאיר לפיד

Cyber Directorate investigates blocking of opposition MKs from WhatsApp

10.09.23|Omer Kabir
According to the Cyber Directorate, as of now all members of the Knesset, including Opposition Head Yair Lapid, have access again to the application. As far as is known, this is not a case of device hacking
אלון מאסק  Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s crusade isn't about protecting data privacy, but leveraging data for himself

07.09.23|Omer Kabir
Musk has sued Microsoft and Israeli company Bright Data for scraping public data from X, but has now changed X's privacy policy to allow his own xAI to train its models based on user data
רפאל פרנקו ראש חטיבת העמידות במערך הסייבר הלאומי

Code Blue launching cyber venture in Germany with Dussmann

07.09.23|Omer Kabir
The Israeli startup will establish a joint operation in Europe with an investment of tens of millions of dollars
מנכ"ל Arm רנה האס שבבים

Give their right Arm: Intel, Apple, Google all want a piece of chip giant

05.09.23|Omer Kabir
SoftBank, the controlling owner of chip development giant Arm, has recruited prominent names for what is set to be the biggest IPO of the year on Wall Street
פרות ו טורבינות בגבעות מונטזומה

Urban living reimagined or tech takeover? The divisive private city venture

31.08.23|Omer Kabir
The widow of Steve Jobs, the founder of LinkedIn and former CEO of GitHub, are just a few of the tech entrepreneurs involved in the initiative to develop a mega-private city in the Montezuma Hills in California
שבב מחשב ARM

China's contribution to Arm: A double-edged sword for reviving the U.S. IPO market

23.08.23|Omer Kabir, Reuters
Arm did not disclose the valuation it is aiming for in its Nasdaq IPO, but according to estimates it hopes to raise as much as $10 billion at a valuation of $60-70 billion - the largest IPO in the technology industry since Alibaba's IPO in 2014
אפל חנויות אפליקציות אפליקציה

How EU's Digital Services Act is revolutionizing online platforms

23.08.23|Omer Kabir
Turning point for the tech sector: Unpacking the impact of the Digital Services Act on Meta, Amazon, TikTok, Apple, Google
הגנה מפני מתקפת סייבר עשויה לחסוך לארגונים נזקים כלכליים עצומים

Gag order placed on hack of leading dating websites

22.08.23|Omer Kabir
The National Cyber Directorate said that the leaked information also includes "sensitive" data. This sensitive information encompasses identifying details of users from the websites
מטה אנבידיה Nvidia סנטה קלרה קליפורניה

Global chip market paying the price for Nvidia’s success

21.08.23|Omer Kabir
AI chip scarcity exacerbates disparity: How startups and tech giants navigate the challenge
מימין מנכ"ל אינטל העולמית פט גלסינגר ומנכ"ל טאואר ראסל אלוונגר

Tower Semiconductor caught in tug-of-war between U.S. and China over chip supremacy

16.08.23|Omer Kabir
Intel’s $5.4 billion acquisition of the Israeli company faltered as geopolitical tensions reshape the chip landscape
מימין תערוכה טכנולוגית בנאנג'ינג וג'ו ביידן נשיא ארה"ב

Biden tightens screws with China investment restrictions

14.08.23|Omer Kabir
A presidential order designed to significantly limit China's technological capabilities is driving away American money after years of investment by funds such as Warburg Pincus and Carlyle
בובי גילברד

"Any cybersecurity company failing to leverage AI is obsolete"

13.08.23|Omer Kabir
"The bar has been raised for both attackers and defenders. No one will ultimately emerge victorious; it will remain a cat-and-mouse game. Education is valuable, but technology is the solution," says Team8 Chief Innovation Officer Bobi Gilburd
בית חולים מעייני הישועה ב בני ברק

Cyber attack paralyzes Israeli hospital's computer systems

08.08.23|Omer Kabir
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak is dealing with a ransomware attack that damaged and shut down administrative computer systems on Tuesday. Following the attack, some treatments were stopped and the emergency room is referring patients to other hospitals
חייל אוקראיני מטפל ברחפן

Starlink Wars: Musk controls battlefield from his office chair

02.08.23|Omer Kabir
Starlink, Elon Musk's Internet satellite company, dominates its sector and, among other things, enables the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. The problem: one person holds extraordinary power to connect or disconnect large areas of the world
עדי מירב גלעדי מנהלת מוצר בחטיבת המחקר של גוגל

Google executive: "Bard is not intended to provide factual answers, just a companion for creative tasks"

30.07.23|Omer Kabir
Adi Mayrav Gilady, a product manager in Google's research division, delves into the intricacies of the innovative AI chatbot, the challenges and triumphs in training Bard in Hebrew, and sheds light on the efforts to make it as bias-free and creative as possible