Technology

The man behind the claw: Who keeps Clawee running

Clawee lets players operate real claw machines remotely and receive prizes by mail. For eight years, Gigantic technician Aleksandr Iakimenko has kept the machines running in Petah Tikva.

Keeping a real claw machine running around the clock is harder than it looks.
Hundreds gather at national computer science conference at Ben-GUrion University of the Negev, October 8, 2026.

Over 700 researchers attend computer science conference at BGU, celebrating 'golden age' of tech

Brad Smith, Microsoft Vice Chair and President, speaks during the 2026 CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference in Houston, Texas on March 24, 2026.

'Milk faces more regulation than AI,' emergency brakes must be implemented, says Microsoft pres.

Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026.

Amazon in talks to acquire Israeli start-up, AI model that can edit live videos in real-time


China, Iran, Israeli groups weaponize AI for first-of-their-kind social media campaigns - report

An investigation by The New York Times reveals how groups in China, Iran, and Israel leveraged open-source AI to unleash thousands of autonomous bots on social media.

By choosing a program that aligns with your responsibilities and career goals, you can develop practical AI capabilities that deliver measurable business value.

Autonomous AI threats leave US and China minutes to prevent nuclear crisis, experts warn

Proposals include redlining nuclear systems, requiring human control over consequential cyberattacks, and establishing a hotline for incidents involving autonomous AI.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China.

Will militaries pivot on drone technologies after major Reaper losses in Iran? - analysis

Dozens of US Reaper drones were lost in the Iran war, is there a silver lining? Many other countries that use large drones, including Israel, are learning from the war and may pivot to new tech.

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies by over the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, May 16, 2026.

IAI debuts new tactical vehicle for German special forces

Two TAHRs to be transported inside CH‑47 Chinook helicopters, with crews able to achieve combat readiness shortly after landing

IAI's TAHR for the German Special Forces

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen appointed president of Quantum X Labs advisory board

Cohen, who also serves as a strategic adviser to SoftBank, will focus on applications for defense and critical infrastructure markets.

A new appointment. Yossi Cohen.

AI can think, but can it communicate? - opinion

Israel wants to lead the age of physical AI. To do that, we need to simulate not only the world autonomous machines can see, but the invisible world their signals travel through

V3 Robot carrying and sorting boxes.

EU demands AI companies prove safety compliance in order to operate in region

The debate about AI was thrust back into the spotlight after the chief executive of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, said on Saturday that companies must slow the pace of advancement of AI models.

Wink AI aims to fix blurry, noisy and low-quality media.

AI didn't kill SaaS margins, flawed pricing and revenue management did- opinion

SaaS margins aren’t collapsing because of AI, they are crumbling under years of broken pricing and revenue infrastructure

The logo of network security provider Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is seen on servers at their headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel August 14, 2016

Behind the killer robots of Ukraine's new warfare 'revolution'

'They don't need food, they don't need water, they don't need logs delivered to build shelters Basically, we don't need to feel for them. It's a hunk of iron sent to do the job'

Soldiers of NC13, a unit of Ukraine’s Third Army Corps that specializes in the combat use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), prepare new vehicles for field use in a workshop in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine May 22, 2026.

Iran used AI to develop military, propaganda strategies, Anthropic report reveals

Anthropic's 154-page report revealed the dangers of US and Western adversaries using artificial intelligence models to pose security threats.

Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on August 2, 2026.