Giro d’Italia 2018 to start in Jerusalem
Israeli launch point to mark first time a Grand Tour begins outside of Europe.
Israeli high-tech exits total $1.95B in first half of 2017
IVC-Meitar report excludes Mobileye acquisition by Intel for over $15 billion, since deal has not been finalized yet.
BIRD to invest $7 million in 8 new Israel-US projects
Funding innovation in areas of autonomous vehicles, biotechnology, digital health, homeland security, and nanotechnology.
Amazon rents colossal office space in Haifa, Tel Aviv
E-commerce giant reportedly set to hire over 2,000 new employees in addition to its present research and development staffers.
Maccabiah Games to host athletes from 80 countries
7,000 Jewish athletes from around the world to join 2,500 Israeli athletes at July 6 Opening Ceremony at Teddy stadium in Jerusalem.
Incoming tourism posts record numbers
349,000 tourists visited Israel in April – the highest ever figure for any month since 1948 and an increase of about 40% on last year.
Yarok food safety system wins UN Innovation award
Israeli tech system to enable fresh food producers in developing countries to detect hazardous bacteria quickly, with results in 45 minutes.
El Al wins world innovation award for wearable blanket
TravelPlus Amenities competition calls Noyberg & Bulka-designed blanket best product of the year for the airline industry.
Armoza Formats expands into Latin America
Israeli TV distributor has over 90 formats in its catalogue and productions across the globe.
Researchers identify 6,500 genes expressed differently in men and women
Genes that are mostly active in one sex or the other may play a crucial role in our evolution and health.
AgTech’s Taranis closes $7.5 million financing round
AiDoc’s artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging tool for radiologists and Fornova’s hotel tech also post big funding rounds.
5 Israeli exits in April
Luck Genome, WalkMe, Gett, TopTix and Shopial make acquisitions and are acquired for millions of dollars.
8.68 million people in Israel
On eve of Independence Day, country’s population shows 1.9% growth over past year.
Surgeons perform world’s first-ever dual robotic surgery
Factory worker to walk again after revolutionary three-hour surgery at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.
Mobileye-Nissan to generate next-generation precision maps
Road Experience Management data generation technology will be used as source of localization, foresight, and redundancy to enable safe autonomous vehicles in future.