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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Sharon Wrobel

Sharon Wrobel

Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel.
An easyJet flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
January 17, 2025, 7:30 pm
EasyJet announces resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv from June 1
British low cost airline will operate 38 weekly flights to and from Israel on the London, Geneva, Amsterdam, Milan, Berlin, Basel and Nice routes
By ToI Staff, Sharon Wrobel and Agencies
Knesset subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies discusses new restrictions by the US on exporting advanced computer chips. (Knesset website)
January 16, 2025, 11:38 pm
Israel to bring forward procurement of AI chips ahead of Biden’s new export rules
Knesset subcommittee discusses new US restrictions on the export of advanced computer chips, calls on government to act on a national AI strategy to secure Israel’s global standing
By Sharon Wrobel
A Wizz Air jet comes in to land at Gatwick Airport, south of London on June 10, 2022. (Ben Stansall / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 6:14 pm
Wizz Air resumes Tel Aviv-London flights, Lufthansa group to return Feb. 1
Lufthansa’s five airlines will fly routes to six European travel hubs; EasyJet says it will review its plans in the coming days; Turkish Airlines to return to Damascus after decade
By Sharon Wrobel, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli startup qbiq develops an architectural AI platform that allows users to generate layout plans and 3D visualizations. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 8:39 pm
Israeli generative AI startup raises $16 million to automate architectural planning
Tel Aviv-based qbiq says its AI-based software platform can be used by non-architects and architects alike to plan, visualize, and optimize any interior space within a few clicks
By Sharon Wrobel
US chipmaker Nvidia's offices in Yokne'am in Israel's north. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 3:20 pm
Chip giant Nvidia to invest more than $500m in new Israeli AI research data lab
10,000-square-meter facility in the north to be used by Nvidia’s engineering teams to develop AI technologies
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustration: Israelis withdraw money from Bank Hapoalim cash machines. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2025, 10:01 pm
More than a third of Israeli households spend more than they earn, as living costs rise
Around 2.5 million Israelis are overdrawing their accounts, struggling to make ends meet, while banks reap record profits from extending credit lines and charging high interest
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli airline Arkia will start operating flights from Tel Aviv to New York. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 7:04 pm
Arkia teams up with tech initiative to launch flights to New York starting February 8
With US airlines staying away, seats scarce and fares sky-high, the Israeli airline will operate three weekly flights on the Tel Aviv-New York route for an initial three months
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative - Intel's 12th-generation Intel Core processors, named Alder Lake. (Ohad Palik)
January 13, 2025, 6:35 pm
Israeli sources say Biden’s new AI chip export rules a ‘major blow’ to industry
Experts quoted saying framework, which tries to balance US national security concerns with economic interests, could prevent 120 countries, including Israel, from competing in AI
By Sharon Wrobel and AP
Israeli startup FireDome has developed a wildfire defense system. (Courtesy)
January 12, 2025, 9:35 pm
An ‘Iron Dome’ to stop wildfires: Israeli startup’s ‘FireDome’ is based on missile defense
System shoots capsules of eco-friendly fire retardant to create barrier; detects and extinguishes blazes; set for testing in Israel in May, and the US in 2026
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Israeli entrepreneurs, investors and lawyers mingle at the Up & Coming annual tech conference by PwC Israel and Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm in Tel Aviv on September 4, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2025, 8:48 pm
With a possible end to the war in sight, will 2025 bring a startup ‘baby boom’?
Fund managers and tech executives worry about a shortage of local talent and new startups, but expect a revival of Israeli tech firms going public on the US stock market
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Endostream Medical develops a medical device for the treatment of brain aneurysms. (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 4:52 pm
Japan’s Kaneka buys Israeli medical device startup in $100 millon deal
Endostream Medical, the developer of an implant device for the treatment of brain aneurysms, will operate as Kaneka’s first Israeli R&D hub
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. Cybersecurity technology. (Stock Depot via iStock by Getty Images)
January 7, 2025, 11:39 pm
In year of war, investment in Israeli cyber startups more than doubles to $4 billion
Fundraising in 2024 was led by Israeli cyber firms that develop technology to protect the cloud and artificial intelligence threats, according to a report by YL Ventures
By Sharon Wrobel
Watching planes take off at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 26, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 7, 2025, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 7: Day 459 – Will new law bring airlines back to Israel’s skies?
Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses hostage talks and Hezbollah; tech editor Sharon Wrobel reviews central bank comments, funds for the north, and foreign airlines
By Jessica Steinberg, Gianluca Pacchiani and Sharon Wrobel
Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem, April 8, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 6, 2025, 8:19 pm
Central bank sees economy improving but warns of continued geopolitical uncertainty
Bank of Israel holds interest rates at 4.5%, citing rising inflation following January tax hikes, including VAT; governor warns lawmakers against making changes to the 2025 budget
By Sharon Wrobel
Security forces speak to residents inside a cordoned-off area near a house hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Ein Hamifratz near Acre in northern Israel on October 19, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 5, 2025, 9:43 pm
Israel lays out NIS 3.4 billion plan to get northerners back home in March
Internally displaced for more than a year, returning residents will be eligible for assistance grants of up to NIS 25,360 per adult and NIS 12,680 per child
By Sharon Wrobel
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