Shoshanna Solomon

A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)

August 16, 2018, 4:03 pm

Gett revenue totals $1b, seeks profitability in 2019, investor says

Stockholm-listed investor Vostok New Ventures says the ride-sharing firm performs 100 million rides per year globally

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Barak-8 missile, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is launched during a test (IAI)

August 16, 2018, 4:00 pm

IAI to supply Israeli warships with Barak-8 missile defense systems

Systems integrate digital radar, command and control systems, launchers, interceptors; firm says it has signed $5 billion in contracts in recent years

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of Seedo’s technology for the automated growing of cannabis. (Seedo)

August 16, 2018, 2:28 pm

Israeli firms team up to create kits for growing medical cannabis at home

Cannabics Pharmaceuticals and Enroll Grow Tech, the maker of the Seedo home lab, aim to eventually expand the AI-based technology to industrial use

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustration of how IceCure Medical's technology freezes tumors using a probe and extremely cold temperatures (Courtesy)

August 15, 2018, 4:23 pm

Tumors to meet a frozen end at private Haifa hospital

IceCure's tech to be used starting within a few months, initially on benign breast tumors and malignant kidney tumors

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Technion team has managed to breach Intel's new security wall Software Guard Extension (SGX); Intel has released patches to mitigate vulnerability (YouTube screenshot)

August 15, 2018, 3:34 pm

Technion team breaches Intel’s new security wall for processors

Intel has already released patches to mitigate vulnerability of SGX, which is deployed in all Intel's recent processors

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of the DayTwo app in action (Courtesy)

August 15, 2018, 1:09 pm

Diet advice via gut bacteria coming soon to Israel’s largest healthcare provider

DayTwo startup signs deal with Clalit Health Services; patients will courier their stool to a lab and get personalized nutrition tips

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of a hacker in action (BeeBright; iStock by Getty Images)

August 14, 2018, 4:08 pm

Israel earmarks $24 million for new program to boost cybersecurity startups

3-year initiative will help fund 'groundbreaking' tech, test demonstrations, and brainstorming sessions to boost security at industries that are going digital

By Shoshanna Solomon

Team of surgeons implant CartiHeal's scaffold into a 30-yea- old woman's knee at Hadassah Medical Center, August 2018 (Hadassah Medical Center)

August 14, 2018, 2:45 pm

First Israeli patient gets startup’s knee cartilage-regrowing implant

Procedure is part of global clinical trial for technology developed by Israel's CartiHeal, which hopes to bring relief to millions of sufferers of knee pain

By Shoshanna Solomon

People exercise next to a banner for the 2018 Asian Games during a car-free day in Jakarta on August 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / BAY ISMOYO)

August 13, 2018, 12:09 pm

No Israeli athletes allowed, but Moovit app chosen for Asian Games in Indonesia

Israeli startup's mobile guide to public transportation will help millions of fans get to sports competitions at event where Palestine is welcomed but Israel banned since 1981

By Shoshanna Solomon

Omri Cohen (left) and Tomer Tagrin (right) co-founders of Yotpo (Courtesy)

August 12, 2018, 11:43 am

Israel’s Yotpo acquires US firm Swell Rewards for undisclosed amount

Acquisition will allow Yotpo, an online reviews and content startup, to incorporate Swell's loyalty reward software into its offering

By Shoshanna Solomon

The manufacturing facility of Bio-Technology General (Israel) Ltd. (BTG), at work. The biotech firm in Be'er Tuvia was bought by Swiss multinational Ferring in 2005 (Rami Chacham)

August 9, 2018, 1:26 pm

Biotech firm in Israel makes fertility waves with genetically modified hormone

BTG, acquired by Switzerland's Ferring in 2005, is unusual in Israeli biotech in that it both develops and manufactures its tech

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image of an optical fiber connection (alphaspirit; iStock by Getty Images)

August 8, 2018, 5:20 pm

Slowdown Nation: Israel lags on internet speeds, choked by lack of competition

Israel slides to number 70 out of 200 nations surveyed on average download speed, as the duopoly that controls the market drags its feet on fiber optics

By Shoshanna Solomon

Left to right: Ofer Bloch, the CEO of Israel Electric Corp., Ami Erel, the chairman of Cellcom; Yiftach Ron-Tal, chairman of Israel Electric; Nir Sztern, CEO of Cellcom and Doron Cohen, the CEO of IBC; Aug.8, 2018 (Yossi Weiss, Israel Electric Corp)

August 8, 2018, 12:32 pm

Cellcom joins Israel Electric in bid to jumpstart faltering fiber optic venture

Cellular operator to pay NIS 100 million for a 70% stake in initiative to vastly increase the country's internet speed

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Bank Mizrahi branch in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 8, 2018, 10:58 am

Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank rejects $342 million US fine to settle tax evasion probe

Board of directors of Israel's third largest lender says any amount to be paid to US authorities should be 'significantly lower'

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Flytrex drone in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Screenshot from YouTube)

August 7, 2018, 3:04 pm

Israel’s Flytrex set to supply half of Reykjavik with food by drone

Delivery service will now include a wire-drop system to deliver sushi and other takeout meals straight to customers' backyards

By Shoshanna Solomon