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☆ To my fellow Gen Xers worried AI is going to take your job: Take a chill pill
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some Gen Xers might worry that the fast rise of AI bodes ill for their job security. In an AI-driven workplace, Gen Xers will have new responsibilities, which could suit them well. For Gen Xers who are the experienced professionals in their organizations, these new responsibilities could turn out to suit them quite well. To be sure, Gen Xers' anxiety that AI has upended their glide path toward retirement is understandable. Gen Xers who are still uneasy about AI — angst is our specialty, after all — can take solace in the numbers.

Summary Sources: Military equipment disguised as relief suppliesSyria is a conflict zone for Israel and IranIsrael mounts swift campaign against IraniansAMMAN, April 12 (Reuters) - Iran has used earthquake relief flights to bring weapons and military equipment into its strategic ally Syria, nine Syrian, Iranian, Israeli and Western sources said. The sources told Reuters that the goal was to buttress Iran's defences against Israel in Syria and to strengthen Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The supplies included advanced communications equipment and radar batteries and spare parts required for a planned upgrade of Syria's Iran-provided air defence system in its civil war, said the sources, two regional sources and a Western intelligence source said. Regional sources told Reuters that Israel quickly became aware of the flow of weapons into Syria and mounted an aggressive campaign to counter it. A radar station used for drones was also hit on April 3, the regional source added, corroborating what two Western intelligence sources had told Reuters.

☆ Leaked org chart shows the 15 most important leaders in Google's AI division as it races to catch Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Central to those efforts is its Research and AI group, led by senior vice president Jeff Dean. An internal org chart seen by Insider shows the 14 other leaders under Dean who drive Google's efforts to catch the sudden success of OpenAI. Jeff Dean, senior vice president, Google AI Thomas Samson/Getty ImagesReporting directly to Dean is Eli Collins, a VP leading work on Google's ChatGPT competitor, Bard. Collins also works on AI Test Kitchen, an app that gives select users access to some of Google's latest AI demos. Jay Yagnik, VP of research, oversees the biggest number of employees within Dean's organization.

LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - BP (BP.L) and Abu Dhabi's state oil giant on Tuesday offered to acquire 50% of Israeli offshore natural gas producer NewMed Energy (NWMDp.TA) for around $2 billion, making their entry into Israel's growing energy sector. The offer would involve acquiring NewMed's free floating shares and taking the company private. BP shares gained 2% by 0810 GMT while NewMed shares were up around 30%. For BP, the deal highlights the British company's focus on growing natural gas production after Chief Executive Bernard Looney last month slowed down its shift away from fossil fuels. After the deal closes NewMed will become a private corporation equally held by the BP-ADNOC JV and Delek Group (DLEKG.TA), which holds the remaining 50%.

☆ Two Israels face off as justice overhaul deepens the divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

For them, weakening the Supreme Court would undermine the bedrock of Israel's democracy and could set the country on the path to becoming a corrupt and religiously coercive state. In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down a law that had retroactively legalised homes built by settlers on land owned by Palestinians, like Amona. Settlers driven by ideology see themselves as pioneers redeeming land that was promised by God and many feel betrayed by Supreme Court rulings against settlements. The Supreme Court did not respond to a request for comment. "The Supreme Court has challenged parliament time and again, playing politics, not nicely."

☆ Israel authorises West Bank outposts, despite U.S. admonition
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Israel granted retroactive authorisation on Sunday to nine Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and announced mass-construction of new homes within established settlements, moves likely to draw U.S. opposition. Since capturing the West Bank in a 1967 war, it has established 132 settlements, according to the Peace Now watchdog group. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's administration, whose U.S.-sponsored statehood talks with Israel broke down in 2014, said Sunday's announcement should be "condemned and rejected". While welcoming the Netanyahu government's announcement, West Bank settler leader Yossi Dagan urged "a total removal of curbs on construction, to enable construction in full swing". The other Palestinian territory, Gaza, is under Hamas Islamists who reject peacemaking with Israel.

☆ Israel's NewMed predicts $15 bln gas boost for sovereign wealth fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Israel's NewMed Energy forecast on Tuesday that the country's nascent sovereign wealth fund will get a 52 billion shekel ($15 billion) injection in the coming decade from its two main natural gas fields. NewMed Energy (NWMDp.TA) Chief Executive Yossi Abu said that the company, which is the largest stakeholder in the Leviathan offshore gas project, is also promoting plans for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to boost exports. "From today until 2033, an amount of about 52 billion shekels will accumulate in the wealth fund just from the Tamar and Leviathan reservoirs," Abu told a parliamentary panel, referring to Israel's two largest natural gas fields. Its sovereign wealth fund kicked off last year, after lengthy delays, with the aim of insulating an overheated currency from the sudden expansion in national wealth due to a windfall from gas sales. NewMed is partners with Chevron (CVX.N) and Ratio (RATIp.TA) in Leviathan, which supplies gas to Israel, Jordan and Egypt through a network of pipelines.

☆ Here's why Israel, one of the toughest militaries, isn't arming Ukraine despite a global push to do so. It's got another fight in focus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel, a major US partner, has not provided direct military aid to Ukraine. Russia allows Israel to conduct operations targeting Iran-linked forces in Syria, something it doesn't want to jeopardize. Israel, as of February 2022, was the largest cumulative recipient of US foreign assistance — most of which comes in the form of military support. But the country has stopped short of providing direct lethal military aid to Ukraine, despite pleas from leadership in Kyiv. Even as Moscow allows Israel to clamp down on Iranian influence in Syria, Russia and Iran have increased their military ties and support throughout the Ukraine war.

☆ NewMed pushing forward with Capricorn merger ahead of Feb. 1 vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Israel's NewMed Energy LP (NWMDp.TA) said on Sunday it was making final arrangements for a merger with UK-based Capricorn Energy (CNE.L), whose shareholders will vote on whether to approve the deal on Feb. 1. Capricorn's shareholder ballot is due the same day as a vote triggered by activist shareholder Palliser wanting to oust Capricorn's leadership. The proposed deal values Capricorn at $338 million in addition to a $620 million special dividend. When the planned all-share deal was announced in September, NewMed offered 271 UK pence per ordinary share to Capricorn shareholders. The vote on the merger is planned for 0900 GMT on Feb. 1, while a vote on Palliser's proposition to rejig Capricorn's board is scheduled for 1400 GMT on the same day, Capricorn said.

☆ Israel's NewMed Energy leaning towards floating LNG expansion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Israel's NewMed Energy (NWMDp.TA) said on Thursday it was leaning towards building a floating liquefied national gas (FLNG) terminal to further develop its Leviathan gas field off Israel's Mediterranean coast. "The floating (LNG terminal) is really where we are heading right now," chief executive Yossi Abu told Reuters after NewMed issued third-quarter financial results that beat estimates. NewMed earned a net $123 million in July-September, compared with a $50 million loss a year earlier. Revenue net of royalties from natural gas rose 28% to $265 million in the quarter. Over the first nine months of the year, 8.5 bcm of natural gas has been produced from Leviathan, NewMed said.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The heads of two big natural gas companies told Reuters on Monday they were seeking to use the setting of the COP27 international climate summit to bill their industry as a leader in the fight against global warming. loading"The world has changed, people have better understanding that upstream (gas) companies are not the enemy. "We’re seeing globally people taking a much more realistic approach, developing renewables but also developing a lot of natural gas." However, the research collaboration Climate Action Tracker said last week that countries scrambling to source more natural gas to replace supplies from Russia are risking years of emissions that could thwart climate goals. Coal power plants produced a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, more than any other single source, according to the International Energy Agency.

☆ Israel election polls predict Netanyahu just shy of victory
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Netanyahu arrives at election day in good shape, but the battle has not been decided," wrote Haaretz newspaper's political analyst Yossi Verter. A deadlocked election could mean Israel would go to the polls again within months, with Prime Minister Yair Lapid remaining in office as caretaker. read moreThe campaign has largely centred around Netanyahu with security and diplomacy issues, including conflicts with the Palestinians and Iran, taking a back seat. The polls predicted the anti-Netanyahu bloc winning 56 seats and the Arab-led Hadash-Ta'al list, which has said it will not join a coalition, getting four seats. Reporting by Henriette Chacar; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Capricorn Energy (CNE.L) plans to merge with Israel's NewMed (NWMDp.TA) in an all-share deal after paying a $620 million special dividend to its shareholders, ditching a previous scheme to merge with Tullow Oil (TLW.L). The deal would value Capricorn shares at 271 pence, a 13 % premium to its last closing price. The deal with West Africa-focused Tullow, which declined to comment on Thursday's news, had valued Capricorn at around 210 pence per share. The merger would see Capricorn issue new shares to NewMed investors based on an exchange ratio of around 2.34 per NewMed share, which will see Capricorn shareholders hold just over 10% of the new company. Capricorn's Chief Financial Officer James Smith will stay on with NewMed Energy, which is set to pay out at least 30% of its cah flow in dividends.

☆ Read the pitch deck and 7-minute script that the founder of Modern Picnic, a fashion-forward lunch-box brand, used to raise $900K in pre-seed funding
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

She launched Modern Picnic in 2018 when she was 22, and has raised $900,000 in pre-seed funding. She walked Insider through her pitch deck and the seven-minute script she follows. Modern PicnicIn 2018, Kaminetsky left her assistant-buyer job to launch Modern Picnic, a brand that creates vegan-leather lunch boxes that look just like handbags. Modern Picnic closed a $900,000 round of pre-seed funding in April 2021, led by Michael Cline, the founder of the ticketing company Fandango. Kaminetsky shared her pitch deck and walked Insider through her speedy seven-minute pitch to investors.

☆ O nouă specie de om preistoric: Diferă de omul modern prin absenţa bărbiei şi prezenţa unor dinţi foarte mari
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaO nouă specie de om preistoric: Diferă de omul modern prin absenţa bărbiei şi prezenţa unor dinţi foarte mariO nouă specie de om preistoric descoperită recent în Israel pune sub semnul întrebării ipoteza cunoscută în prezent potrivit căreia omul de Neanderthal a apărut în Europa şi apoi a migrat spre sud. Noua specie diferă însă de omul modern prin absenţa bărbiei, structura craniului şi prezenţa unor dinţi foarte mari, precizează studiul. Pentru dr. Zaidner, acest lucru „arată că Homo Nesher Ramla poseda tehnologii avansate de producere a uneltelor de piatră şi cel mai probabil a interacţionat cu Homo sapiens din zonă”. Potrivit studiului, alte câteva fosile cu caracteristici similare descoperite anterior în Israel pot fi atribuite acestei noi specii de Homo. ProfimediaDescoperirea de la Nesher Ramla pune sub semnul întrebării teza privilegiată conform căreia Neanderthal a apărut în Europa şi ar fi migrat apoi spre sud.

Persons: Hr, dr ., Ramla, Israel, dr . Rachel Sarig Organizations: Yossi, Universităţii Ebraice, Science, Universitatea din, Zaidner, Israelul Locations: Israel, Europa, Ramla, Israelului, Ierusalim, Universitatea din Tel Aviv, Levant, Vest, Asia, Africa, Veche

☆ Israelul a atacat poziţii iraniene din Siria, pe baza informaţiilor oferite de SUA: Ofensiva s-a soldat cu zeci de morți
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Conform oficialului american, secretarul de Stat american, Mike Pompeo, s-a întâlnit înaintea operaţiunii cu Yossi Cohen, directorul Serviciului secret israelian Mossad, la un restaurant din Washington. Artileria antiaeriană siriană a reacţionat la unele atacuri. Conform organizaţiei Observator Sirian pentru Drepturile Omului (OSDO), au fost efectuate 18 raiduri aeriene, vizând obiective militare siriene, poziţii iraniene din Siria, baze ale organizaţiei şiite Hezbollah şi ale Brigăzilor Fatemiyoun. Cel puţin 40 de persoane au fost ucise, inclusiv nouă militari sirieni, iar alte zeci au fost rănite în atacurile atribuite Israelului, au declarat surse militare. Israelul efectuează frecvent bombardamente în Siria, vizând poziţii militare iraniene sau transporturi de armament destinate mişcării islamiste şiite Hezbollah.

Persons: Mike Pompeo, Yossi Cohen, Israelul Organizations: Associated, Times, american, Hezbollah Locations: Siriei, Israel, Mossad, Washington, Zour, israelian, Siria, Israelului

☆ Întâlnire secretă la vârf între vechii inamici Israel și Arabia Saudită. Cine a fost mediator
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Ziarele evreiești au scris că Netanyahu a fost însoțit de șeful Mossad, Yossi Cohen. Presa de stat saudită nu a făcut nicio referire la această întâlnire, în vreme ce cabinetul premierului israelian nu a răspuns întrebărilor pe acest subiect. Chiar dacă un acord similar între israel și Arabia Saudită nu este realizabil, călătoria de duminică noapte ar marca o victorie diplomatică importantă pentru Israel. Administrația Trump, apropiată de Netanyahu, a făcut eforturi în ultimele săptămâni de a sprijini guvernul israelian. În acest turneu, Mike Pompeo a devenit primul diplomat american care a făcut o vizită oficială într-o așezare israeliană din West Bank, un sprijin evident pentru mișcarea naționalistă de preluare a terenurilor în teritoriile palestiniene ocupate.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Mohammed bin Salman, Mike Pompeo, Netanyahu, Yossi Cohen, bin Salman, Benny Gantz, Donald Trump Organizations: Guardian, Mossad, West Locations: Arabia Saudită, american, Israelului, saudită, Tel Aviv, saudit Neom, Israel, Emiratele Arabe Unite, EAU, Bahrein, israel, Iran, Israelul, Orientul Mijlociu, israeliană, West Bank

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