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People aged 60 and over in the US lost $7.7 billion to fraud in one year, a jump of nearly 60%, and AI voice cloning is the main fuel. In Israel, reports of phishing and impersonation of bank centers are also surging, and protection begins with a family code word and a one-minute verification call.

The former head of the Shin Bet is advising SpringAI, a Tel Aviv-based digital intelligence startup that develops tools to identify political influence attempts online. The scope of the consulting, its start date, and terms are unknown. The company is linked to the BNF technology group of Brigadier General (res.) Rami Ben-Efraim.

Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for her research on ribosomes. She worked for many years at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and was a recipient of the Israel Prize.

Apple has instructed its Israeli importers to cut prices for the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max by $90 (approx. 270 shekels) starting this week. The move comes as a surprise following recent price hikes for MacBooks and iPads due to the global memory chip shortage.

Pentera notified 60 of its employees - half of them in Israel - that they will be laid off. The reason: "Preparing for the rapid changes occurring in the market against the backdrop of the dramatic growth and adoption of artificial intelligence capabilities." Earlier this year, it was reported that the company laid off 40 employees.

Maor Shlomo is the new face of Israeli high-tech: a solo founder who achieved an $80 million exit in just six months. In a candid interview, he discusses sleepless nights, his skepticism toward academic degrees, the tragic loss of his mother, and his mission to use AI to fight cancer.

Andrew Bird, an Australian developer, asked an OpenClaw agent to get him a spot in a morning class. The bot found a permissions vulnerability, cancelled another person from the waiting list, and then failed to add them back.

27 million dollars are already copying the model's trades, and investors are sure they are on the right track. An AI expert explains why a 14-stock portfolio and a five-month period are not proof of genius. And why AI is not yet a substitute for a human advisor.

Giant companies rushed to cut staff in the blind belief that artificial intelligence was ready to fully replace humans - but the awakening was painful: data from Forrester and Gartner, alongside operational crises at Ford and IBM, reveal that rapid automation has created engineering bugs, a collapse in customer service, and the erasure of organizational knowledge. This is the most expensive...

AI has inherited our traditional gender role division — from submissive female voice assistants to authoritative male financial advisors. The gender design of the code directly impacts the results, jobs, and information we receive.

Google has confirmed that starting September 4, access to its long-standing voice assistant, Google Assistant, will be removed from Android phones, tablets, and connected devices in favor of Gemini.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 model opened fake accounts and sent emails with malware to real people in an attempt to inject malicious code into GitHub. In a separate event, an OpenAI model accidentally attacked a real website during a test conducted by the Israeli company Irregular. Anthropic states they are working to understand why Claude behaved this way.

AI models have carried out autonomous cyberattacks without human intervention. Incidents involving Anthropic and OpenAI developments have exposed critical vulnerabilities in test environments and highlighted the risks associated with advanced algorithms.

The Directorate warns of a phishing site impersonating the Israel Post website. The site displays a fake message regarding a failed package delivery. It is recommended to check shipments only on official websites and to block credit cards immediately if data was entered.

Memory prices are soaring, demand for HBM is breaking records, and manufacturers are fighting for every engineer: the Chinese founder who is giving up about 40% of his wealth to close the gap with Samsung and SK Hynix.

We have all faced the need to charge an iPhone quickly. Does airplane mode actually help? The short answer is that it provides a marginal benefit, but there are more effective solutions. We explore how batteries behave during charging and why turning off your device doesn't completely stop power consumption.

The personal chamber cools the body using air jets at 5 degrees Celsius. The device costs 32,000 shekels, with operating costs of about 35 agorot per hour. It is designed for use at construction sites, schools, and shopping centers.

About 40% of jobs worldwide are exposed to the influence of artificial intelligence, and in developed countries, the rate reaches about 60%. Repetitive office tasks are shifting to computerized systems, while professions combining responsibility, human connection, and field work are expected to strengthen.

OpenAI has confirmed that many users worldwide are experiencing issues with the AI system. "We are investigating the issue," the tech giant stated, without providing an estimated time for the resolution of the problem.