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Omer Kabir

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מטה אנבידיה בסנטה קלרה קליפורניה

Nvidia’s financial leap confirms accelerating AI industry

23.05.24|Omer Kabir
Nvidia smashed revenue forecasts with a 262% jump to $26 billion. Net profit soared 628% to $14.88 billion. The company raised its forecasts and expects revenues of $28 billion in the next quarter
מחאה ב אוניברסיטת קולומביה נגד ישראל

Israel's tech boom faces global headwinds amid geopolitical tensions

06.05.24|Omer Kabir
Fallout in academia, with boycotts of Israeli researchers and cancellations of collaborations, threatens the R&D pipeline critical to Israel's tech prominence. This chilling effect could severely undermine the sector's competitiveness over time.
מנכ"ל אפל טים קוק בפתיחת חנות אפל בשנגחאי

Apple's AI shortcomings put Samsung's smartphones back in the lead

18.04.24|Omer Kabir
In the first quarter, iPhone sales fell by 9.6% and Samsung returned to dominate the market. Apple will look to show it has closed the gap in the AI race in its conference in June. The obstacle: a Chinese ban on government employees using iPhones
סם אלטמן 1

The hidden battle for data dominance: AI giants' secret struggle

18.04.24|Omer Kabir
The generative artificial intelligence market is engaged in a new competitive race for a particularly critical resource: data. According to estimates, soon the data available online will not keep up with the required pace and there will be nothing to train the models behind services like ChatGTP and Gemini. The obvious solutions: transcribing videos and recordings or a technological development that circumvents the problem
שלומית וייס מנהלת ראשית של ארגון ההנדסה של אינטל העולמית

SVP Shlomit Weiss leaving Intel amid engineering reorganization

17.04.24|Omer Kabir
Weiss returned to Intel three years ago to serve as senior vice president and co-general manager of its Design Engineering Group. Intel confirmed her departure but asserted that Weiss' retirement was unrelated to an ongoing engineering reorganization process
מנטיבוט רובוט דמוי אדם מציית לפקודות אמנון שעשוע בינה מלאכותית

There’s a new humanoid in town: How does Amnon Shashua's MenteeBot stack up against the competition?

17.04.24|Omer Kabir
Mentee Robotics, which has raised $17 million to date, was founded in 2022 by Prof. Amnon Shashua, the founder of Mobileye, Prof. Lior Wolf, formerly a research scientist and director at Facebook AI Research, and Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, a world-renowned computer scientist and machine learning researcher. The production-ready prototype is expected to be deployed by Q1 2025 and will be powered by camera-only sensing, proprietary electric motors that support unprecedented dexterity, and fully integrated AI.
ציוד של ASML המשמש לייצור מוליכים למחצה

The price of failure: Dutch company's chip monopoly born from a bad bet by Intel

15.04.24|Omer Kabir
China or the US, who holds the real power in the global chip industry? Behind the investments in manufacturing giants such as Intel and TSMC is an assumption that whoever controls chip production has the power to direct the future of the global economy. But the real power may not be in the hands of the chip manufacturers themselves, but rather ASML, the company that owns the technology to manufacture the expensive machines that are used to manufacture the chips.
Sergey Brin (left), Mark Zuckerberg

The AI talent gold rush: Tech giants offering million-dollar salaries, accelerated options

03.04.24|Omer Kabir
The technology giants are chasing after the hot talents in artificial intelligence with lucrative pay offers and an accelerated track for options. Google founder Sergey Brin even called one of the engineers to prevent him from moving to OpenAI
חמ"ל של מערך הסייבר הלאומי סייבר

Israel confronts sharp rise in cyber attacks from Iran and Hezbollah amid war

31.03.24|Omer Kabir
According to the annual report published by Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, from October 7 to the end of 2023, the number of cyber attacks jumped by 2.5 times
סין ארה"ב שבב שבבים

China's three main goals in escalating chip war with US

26.03.24|Omer Kabir
China is expanding the war to the software front, and has also begun to block the use of chips made by Intel and AMD in government computers. The move will allow China to enhance national security, harm the US economically and create strong local competitors for the American chip companies
מונית יאנגו

Yango divests Israeli taxi operations to local investors

21.03.24|Omer Kabir
Established by the Russian technology firm Yandex, Yango is restructuring its operations amid sanctions imposed on Russian companies due to the Ukraine invasion. This includes transitioning taxi operations to local franchisees across various countries
מימין משרדי גוגל תל אביב ו לוגו אפל

Is the Google-Apple AI deal a game changer?

18.03.24|Omer Kabir
According to Bloomberg, Apple is holding negotiations to integrate Google's artificial intelligence engine into its iPhones; the deal could make Google one of the clear winners in the AI race, and will improve Apple's capabilities in the field
תמונות של מנכ"לי טיקטוק ו מטא בוושינגטון

Is TikTok about to be banned in the US?

12.03.24|Omer Kabir
A new bill, which gained momentum following the Hamas attack and the spread of hatred, threatens to block the Chinese platform in the US if it is not sold to American hands. Potential investors include: former CEO of Activision, who is interested in recruiting Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI
ועידת ניו יורק ועידת ניו יורק - פאנל בלינסון - ד"ר גואל שטיין ד"ר מיכאל בכר ו ד"ר ליאור פרל

"Innovation in rehabilitation in Israel will determine the future of the wounded of the war"

07.03.24|Omer Kabir
In a panel at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York, Dr. Michael Bahar said that due to the war new rehabilitation departments with innovative technologies were opened. Dr. Joel Stein of Columbia University: "Making the exercises more similar to a computer game helps people become more involved"
ועידת ניו יורק - תערוכה רועי נחום

"Creating a new movement": A look at the new Museum of Art & Technology in New York

07.03.24|Omer Kabir
The participants of Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech New York conference were given a tour of the Mercer Labs Museum of Art & Technology which will officially open in April. "The idea is to create a new movement, to decipher things that are impossible," says Roy Nachum, the driving force behind the establishment of the museum
ועידת ניו יורק - פאנל איך רותמים את ה AI כדי לבנות את ענקיות הטכנולוגיה הבאות - סיון שמרי דהן מאיה הנקין מעין כהן סער יוסקוביץ׳ בשיחה עם סופי שולמן וידאו

"October 7 showed how resilient the tech ecosystem in Israel is"

06.03.24|Omer Kabir
Maya Henkin, Director at Google Israel, was speaking on a panel at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. Maayan Cohen, CEO and co-founder of Hello Heart: "Two months after October 7, when investors saw that Israeli startups were delivering products no matter what, they committed to increasing investments in Israel."
Michael Rogers

Former NSA Director Michael Rogers: "The acquisition of Talon shows that the Israeli tech model is very vibrant and is recognized for its excellence"

06.03.24|Omer Kabir
"Even after October 7, Israel's reputation in cybersecurity remains incredibly strong," said Michael Rogers, former head of the National Security Agency and current Team8 Operating Partner
ועידת ניו יורק - דר ליאור פרל סמנכל חדשנות בבילינסון וידאו

Prof. Leor Perl: Beilinson is establishing a virtual hospital

06.03.24|Omer Kabir
“The war changed the perception of reality in which a hospital is a physical structure,” Prof. Leor Perl, head of innovation at Beilinson Hospital said at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech Conference in New York. “We reached our patients everywhere, from medical services for evacuees in Eilat to the establishment of a virtual hospital."
ועידת ניו יורק - דינה פסקא רז שותפה וראש תחום טכנולוגיה ב KPMG ישראל וידאו

"Israeli technology companies have a tremendous advantage in a chaotic environment"

06.03.24|Omer Kabir
Dina Pasca-Raz, Head of Technology at KPMG Israel, spoke at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. "As uncertainty increases and threats are more tangible than ever, the need to ensure stability and continuity creates demand for a variety of tools and measures that will require innovation"
ועידת ניו יורק יקי נוימן מנכ"ל דוראל וידאו

Doral CEO: "There is reason to be optimistic, 2024 is the year of renewable energies"

06.03.24|Omer Kabir
"The open market approach is the most important thing,” Doral CEO Yaki Noyman said at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Mind the Tech conference in New York. “We need to let the market, companies and consumers act because there is a great demand for our product - for renewable energy.”
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