Hi-tech

The invisible risk: Can you really trust your ‘private’ AI assistant to keep your secrets?

TECH AFFAIRS: Research by Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point found a weakness in ChatGPT’s system that could allow someone to extract data without triggering any alarms.

The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025
Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin, former Israel Air Force commander, awards Esti Solomon the Above and Beyond medal for the program to integrate haredi women into the air force.

Under the radar: The program bringing ultra-Orthodox women into the IDF

Israeli Tech

Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick

An AI-generated image of an Nvidia chip.

Nvidia acquires Israeli data co Illumex


What is the future of quantum computing going to look like? - opinion

In software development, there’s a need to develop algorithms and programming languages adapted to a hybrid environment of classical and quantum computing.

 The quantum computer's superconductor enables fast, complex calculations

Biden's order could be a growth engine for Israel’s hi-tech industry - opinion

The Israeli tech industry has voiced concerns that this rule could delay the deployment of GPU processors in Israel, and slow the growth of the local high-tech industry.

  Intel Lunar Lake processor

Start-Up Nation Central: Israeli startups raised $12.2b in 2024

Israeli cybersecurity companies, which account for 7% of all tech companies in Israel, raised $3.8 billion last year — about a third (36%) of total investments in the tech sector.

Content creation war-room at Druze Tech.

How will US graphics chips restrictions affect Israel?

Just a week before he vacates the White House, President Biden signed the Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule).

 U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after speaking following Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2024.

Turning failure into success: The story of Intel Israel's David Perlmutter

In this column, I present a failure-to-success account from Intel Israel, led by David (Dadi) Perlmutter, who went on to become Intel’s global executive vice president.

 An interior view of Intel’s ‘smart building’ in Petah Tikva.

Looking beyond the war: Bridging divides through medicine - opinion

Eventually, like the global reawakening after COVID-19, we will emerge from this conflict, and with that comes a profound responsibility: to shape a healthier, better connected future.

 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Israeli startup MKNL Technology unveils its solution for communication fragmentation at CES 2025

Helping break down common barriers of communication, MKNL Technology Ltd., a Tel Aviv-based startup, has developed AnyCalls.

 The WhatsApp dialer. Without adding contacts

TechAir, new airline for the hi-tech industry, to launch in January

“Flights are not final and are pending 35% booking and commitment,” the airline’s website warns. “Please assure to help us make it happen.”

 TechAir, new airline for the hi-tech industry, to launch in January.

Injured IDF reservist's company raises over $100 million

Itamar Ben Hemo, injured during IDF reservist duty in January, credits Israelis' definitive resilience, hope, and extraordinary spirit as reasons for his success.

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, December 25, 2024.

It's time for the government to embrace lessons from Israel's hi-tech sector - opinion

Adopting private-sector principles doesn’t mean running the government like a business. It means fostering a culture of efficiency, accountability, and alignment in service of the public good.

 Highrises in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2024.