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Trump and Harris align on keeping China out of AI competition

27.10.24|Omer Kabir

Despite fierce rivalry, both camps stand united on limiting China’s chip access before the elections.

מימין הופעה ד"ר דרה ו סנופ דוג ו טום קרוז רוכב על אופנוע

LA takes the torch: preparing for the 2028 Olympics

15.08.24|Viki Auslender

Top celebrities were recruited for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which included the transfer of the Olympic flag to the next host city - Los Angeles, which must grapple with its poor public transportation, homelessness, and security concerns as it prepares to host the world.

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.

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

US attempts to curb Chinese AI are backfiring

09.01.24|Omer Kabir

Tech giants such as Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are far from enthusiastic about Nvidia's weakened chips produced especially for the Chinese market. As a result, they have reduced imports from the US and are transferring orders of advanced chips to local developers such as Huawei

Regulators across the world racing to contain AI threats

20.12.23|Viki Auslender

For the first time, US and EU authorities are defining the use of artificial intelligence in the financial market as a risk, and are setting regulations to deal with it. Meanwhile in Israel, the reaction is slow and lethargic.

US increasing military aid to Israel, including ammunition and guided missiles

15.11.23|CTech

Internal documents from the US Department of Defense obtained by Bloomberg reveal the list of weapons that Israel is requesting in addition to Iron Dome interceptors, including Hellfire missiles for Apache helicopters, bombs to destroy bunkers and armored vehicles.

60 leading U.S. lawyers and firms call on law schools to condemn antisemitism

06.11.23|CTech, Reuters

In a letter circulated by some of the top U.S. law firms to law schools, they write that they are “alarmed at reports of anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism and assaults on college campuses,” and indicate that such sentiments will not be accepted by future employers.

The U.S. has imposed new restrictions on the export of AI chips to China

25.10.23|Omer Kabir

These new restrictions are to prevent the export of chips that enable Chinese companies to develop advanced artificial intelligence capabilities, and were originally set to take effect in mid-November.

U.S. officially accepts Israel into Visa Waiver Program

27.09.23|Itamar Eichner, Ynet

Israel will become the 41st country to join the program after extensive negotiations, legislative changes, and significant preparations

U.S. blacklists Israeli hacking tool vendor NSO Group

03.11.21|Reuters

The Commerce Department placed NSO Group and Candiru on its trade blacklist, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others

Israel's First Digital Bank to offer full digital banking services to US citizens

15.07.21|CTech

The banking system doesn’t currently make it possible for Israeli citizens who also hold a US citizenship or a foreign tax residency to open a bank account by digital means and they are forced to arrive at bank branches in order to physically sign a series of documents

U.S. military aid must not be used to facilitate annexation

09.07.20|Chris Van Hollen

"If Netanyahu's government pushes forward annexation it will distance itself from America"

דונלד טראמפ גן הוורדים הבית הלבן 26.5.20 קורונה

Is Trump’s visa decree the end of the American dream for foreign tech workers?

23.06.20|CTech

The U.S.'s tech giants often use the newly restricted visas to bring in thousands of foreign workers, including Israelis

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Former Israeli General for Arms Trade with South Sudan

17.12.18|Adi Pick

Update: Israel Ziv, the former general, was interviewed on Israeli television Sunday and stated the accusations are baseless and that he hasn't "even sold scissors there"

NFL Kicks Off 3D Video Partnership with Intel

10.09.17|Lilach Baumer

3D replays of the games played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday now available on NFL.com

I'm Done Blaming Trump, Says Billionaire Businessman Mark Cuban

04.09.17|Tzach Yoked

"We have to take responsibility for what happens in our country," said the tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner in an email conversation with Calcalist. Known as a vocal critic of the Trump administration, Cuban was named as a potential challenger to President Trump in the 2020 election by Public Policy Polling.