By Erol Gün, senior manager of businesses intelligence at Joblift Most people have looked for a job on the Internet at some point, either by perusing job boards or using a job…
Tech Leaders Call for Ban on Killer Robots
Thousands of the world’s leading tech experts have called for a ban on autonomous weapons, arguing that the right to take human life “should never be delegated to a machine.” The statement,…
The Best Holiday Gadgets to Grab this Summer
The sun’s out; the kids are home: It’s summer holiday time, and thus a great excuse to bedizen yourself with all manner of cutting-edge gadgetry. However, in this age of near-ubiquitous IoT…
Berlin’s ReDI School Helps Women Migrants Get a Foothold in Tech
When Edlira Kasaj joined the ReDI team, in Berlin, she was instantly struck by the city’s informality, and its color. Her previous roles, promoting business in the UK, Italy and her home…
Steve Cohen Joins the Crypto Craze with New Arianna Simpson Fund
Billionaire Steve Cohen is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Cohen, a hedge fund manager and founder of Stamford, CT-based Point72 Asset Management, is backing Autonomous Partners, a newly-formed fund in the crypto…
Former Apple Employee Charged for Stealing Self-Drive Tech
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Apple employee with stealing trade secrets associated with the company’s self-driving vehicle technology. Xiaolang Zhang stole the information on the same day he handed in his…
The Top Three Most Lucrative Countries For Bitcoin Miners
This year has been topsy-turvy for Bitcoin – but which one isn’t? Since December its value has dropped from $13,860 to $9,244, leading many part-time investors to pull funds from Coinbase and…
ThetaRay Raises over $30m to Scale its AI Cybersecurity Solution
Israeli AI and Big Data cybersecurity firm ThetaRay has won a $30 million-plus funding round, as it scales up its cutting edge crime prevention solution. The company, headquartered in Hod Hasharon and…
Media Startup Quartz Bought by Japan’s Uzabase
New York news portal Quartz is being sold to a Japanese media company in a deal worth up to $110 million, as the latter seeks to expand its international footprint. Uzabase, a…
Somatix Co-founder and CEO Eran Ofir: “To Succeed, You Must Be in Touch with Reality”
Eran Ofir is co-founder and CEO of Somatix, a gesture-driven health and wellbeing wearable tech company. Founded in 2015 in New York City, the firm is now backed with $7.5 million in…