Salesforce acquires Israeli AI startup Loops for $30m
Founded in 2020, Loops raised US$14 million in a 2022 seed round.
Tech in Asia1 min read
Israel
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FireDome Launches US Operations With California Wildfire Defense Test Site
Insider Brief FireDome has launched U.S. operations with a new demonstration site in California, where the wildfire technology company is testing an autonomous system designed to detect and suppress fires before they spread.
The AI Insider4 min read
3 years later, Netanyahu faces reckoning over Oct. 7 in Israeli election
Israel is marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks three weeks before an election where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal culpability for the country's worst-ever security failure will be a central issue.Why it matters: Netanyahu has never looked more politically…
Axios AI+4 min read
For 25 years, locked cockpits have kept intruders out. The FlyDubai attack exposed the danger inside
The alleged attack is raising questions about pilot screening and a security system largely designed to stop threats from outside the cockpit.
Fortune AI6 min read
I was on the Flydubai flight that plunged 17,000 feet after the cockpit attack. I didn't realize my life was at stake.
A passenger recounts the incident aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 where a pilot was attacked, explaining how he kept his family calm mid-crisis.
Business Insider - AI5 min read
Nebius acquires Israeli AI startup Inferize in GPU deal
Nebius said that acquisition would add agentic search to its AI cloud platform.
Tech in Asia1 min read
Netanyahu: Omani co-pilot went through Islamic radicalization
The initial investigation into the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight from the UAE to Israel found that the co-pilot went through religious Islamic radicalization in recent months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News Thursday.
Axios AI+2 min read
China leads drone patent volume but US matches quality as start-ups drive innovation: study
Chinese and US firms are “neck-and-neck” in the quality battle for the next generation of drone patents, despite China having a lead in volume, a study published on Thursday shows.
South China Morning Post Tech1 min read
Pilot stabbed another pilot before plane carrying Israelis plunged 16,000 feet, Netanyahu says
Netanyahu says the pilot apparently tried to crash the plane before passengers and crew intervened and helped regain control.
Fortune AI4 min read
A flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv dropped 17,000 feet, then sent a hijack warning. Here's what we know.
FlyDubai Flight 1073 squawked 7500, indicating "unlawful interference" with the flight soon after losing more than half its altitude.
Business Insider - AI4 min read
CrowdStrike joins $12m round for AI security startup Rig
Rig Security's platform is available through the AWS and CrowdStrike Marketplaces.
Tech in Asia1 min read
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