Data

Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case

Tal Dilian and his partner, Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou, were sentenced to prison in Greece for illegal surveillance, including monitoring government officials and journalists with spyware.

Former Israeli intelligence officer and spyware CEO Tal Dilian poses at his home in Limassol, Cyprus, April 2020; illustrative.
The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, US, January 26, 2017.

Trump administration orders US diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

An illustration of a cyber board with an Israel flag.

Israel was world’s top target for geopolitical cyberattacks in 2025, report finds

The team working at Matia.

Israeli start-up Matia secures $21 million investment to create AI-powered data pipeline platform


Greenfield Partners secures $400m. in latest funding round

Leading institutional investors from the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific have brought Greenfield’s total assets under management to over $1 billion.

Investment graph

Still a long way to 2%: Inflation surges again


Study finds two-thirds of species losing genetic diversity

Researchers led by Grueber analyzed genetic data from 628 species, revealing declines even in non-threatened populations.

 Red Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in nature habitat, Costa Rica.

Gaza life expectancy decreased by half since Oct 7, study claims

This constitutes a 51.6% decrease for men, and a 38.6% decrease for women.

 Palestinian houses stand badly damaged during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

Business data company Lusha acquires Israeli startup Novacy

This move aims to add call analysis capabilities and transform Lusha into a comprehensive end-to-end sales intelligence platform.

 Uria Franko, Or Biderman and Yair Giwnewer

Fresh pressures on businesses to practice transparency with user data


WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins

"Without transparency and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics," the WHO stated.

 WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins. Shanghai, China, 2020.

Quantum information transmitted over conventional internet lines

"Our work shows a path toward the next generation of quantum and classical networks sharing a unified fiber optic infrastructure."

 Researchers at Northwestern University successfully achieved quantum teleportation over a 30-kilometer fiber optic cable.

Middle children are the most cooperative siblings, data from 700,000 adults shows

Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness both showed the highest means for middle-borns, followed in order by last-borns (youngests), firstborns (oldests), and only children.

 Middle children are the most cooperative siblings, data from 700,000 adults shows. Illustration: Taras Grebinets.

Google shares soar amid breakthroughs in quantum computing