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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

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The Waze navigation app will map more than 1,200 Zikaron Basalon gatherings and events across Israel dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2024, 10:48 pm
Microsoft, Meta and Google’s Waze provide tech for Holocaust remembrance projects
Ahead of Yom Hashoah, Microsoft rolls out AI platform for Zikaron Basalon events with survivors; Google’s Waze navigation app will map 1,200 meeting locations across Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Left to right: Eyal Biram, Ilan Hazam, Norah Alawadi and Ahmed Elmansuri, pose for a photo as part of the first formal visit of the Leaders of Tomorrow initiative in Dubai last November (Courtesy)
March 9, 2021, 1:12 pm
In hackathon, hopes of new ties between young Israelis and Arab peers
‘The First Abraham Accords Virtual Social Hackathon,’ to be held in late March, will see students and professionals from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE brainstorm together
By Jake Epstein
Illustrative: A kangaroo jumping in a field amidst smoke from a bushfire in Snowy Valley Australia (SAEED KHAN / AFP, January 4, 2020)
January 26, 2020, 1:30 pm
Israel techies to brainstorm ideas for tackling Australia bush fire challenges
15-hour hackathon hopes to find solutions to water contamination, monitoring air quality, caring for displaced animals and fireproofing for crucial infrastructure
By Shoshanna Solomon
IDF soldiers from the C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate took part in the Spark Hackathon, held in May 23-24, 2019, to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and increase the quality of life of the survivors (IDF spokesperson's unit)
May 28, 2019, 1:55 pm
IDF soldiers join battle for Holocaust memory, dignity
For the first time tech soldiers take part in hackathon, joining entrepreneurs to help preserve memory and raise the quality of life of survivors; ‘It is our duty,’ says Major E
By Shoshanna Solomon
Holocaust survivor Bracha Ghilai, 75, shows her tattooed arm at her house in Holon near Tel Aviv, January 23, 2005. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
May 1, 2019, 2:29 pm
Tech entrepreneurs dedicate 36 hours to aid Holocaust survivors
For second year, developers and mentors team up in May to find creative ways to address the need for assistance, commemoration and education
By Shoshanna Solomon
Palestinian protesters hold balloons before loading them with flammable material to be flown towards Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in the central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
June 20, 2018, 6:47 pm
Startup Nation unites to seek solution to Palestinian terror balloons
Mini-hackathon on Friday organized by tech incubator SouthUp calls for ideas to help counter flying incendiary devices launched from Gaza into Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
File: Holocaust survivors attend a ceremony at the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2016, the 71st anniversary of the death camp's liberation by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 10, 2018, 12:12 pm
Holocaust survivors’ challenges to be tackled in 36-hour Tel Aviv hackathon
In May, tech entrepreneurs and mentors will search for new ways to improve lives, ease loneliness and commemorate the tragedy
By Shoshanna Solomon
In first-ever hackathon for Haredim at Facebook offices in Tel Aviv, ultra-Orthodox teams tackle bringing tech to study of ancient Jewish texts; November 16, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
November 19, 2017, 4:58 pm
With ‘cholent’ and prayers, Haredim bring tech to study of ancient texts
In first-ever hackathon for ultra-Orthodox developers, teams brainstorm with mentors on how to mesh AI, big data with Torah studies
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
October 3, 2017, 2:13 pm
Finance Ministry, TASE seek to revamp insurance, pensions with tech
Capital markets regulator, stock exchange to hold digitalization competition where industry heads and startups can brainstorm
By Shoshanna Solomon
Conan O'Brien, with the Orange T-shirt, meets participants of the Tower of David Museum Hackathon in Jerusalem, Aug. 28, 2017; Elat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Museum, is at the far left (Courtesy: Ricky Rachman)
August 29, 2017, 2:27 pm
Conan O’Brien, Israeli teenagers storm Tower of David in hackathon
American comedian is honorary hacker at Jerusalem event that aims to find out what makes venues attractive to teenagers
By Shoshanna Solomon
A group of IAF soldiers works to create a program to help autistic children from ALUT. (Dror Sitahkol)
August 11, 2017, 2:08 am
IDF soldiers take part in a unique collaboration to help children with autism
Soldiers develop apps to help autistic youngsters communicate better with facial expressions, stay close to their caregivers
By Jade Alexandre
IDF soldiers in plain clothes take part in army's chatbot hackathon, 14 Feb. 2017 (Courtesy IDF)
February 27, 2017, 7:36 pm
Techie soldiers program chatbots for the military in IDF hackathon
Apps developed include an Instagram for operational purposes, but army keeps contest winner under wraps
By Shoshanna Solomon
Working together at JDC-Israel's Social Impact Hackathon held in Jerusalem to close social gaps in Israel, January 2017 (Courtesy)
January 15, 2017, 1:23 pm
JDC’s Social Hackathon aims to help vulnerable Israelis
Programmers, mentors and tech industry giants team up to find tech solutions to solve challenges of at-risk populations
By Shoshanna Solomon
Mellanox headquarters in Yokne'am (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 24, 2016, 11:37 am
Israel’s Mellanox to hold network tech hackathon
At the Tel Aviv event, competing teams will work to scale up RDMA capabilities
By Iacopo Luzi
Indian municipal cooperation workers clear water from a main road in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, July 30, 2016. (AFP/CHANDAN KHANNA)
November 20, 2016, 12:30 pm
New Pears Challenge to address India’s health woes
India’s healthcare market is expected to grow to $280 billion by 2020, creating an opportunity for Israeli firms
By Shoshanna Solomon
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