technology Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/technology/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 29 May 2026 04:14:32 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 technology Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/technology/ 32 32 6446428 On the other hand https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-386/ https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-386/#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 08:49:23 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181810 With Diaspora communities facing a tsunami of hate, there has been a noticeable increase in interest from individuals and families wanting to make Aliyah. The ex CEO of the UK United Synagogues, Jeremy Jacobs, announced that despite his family having lived in the UK for several generations, he now sees no future for Jews there. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/on-the-other-hand-386/feed/ 0 181810 AFP launches online counter-terrorism centre in shadow of Bondi Terror attack https://www.jwire.com.au/afp-launches-online-counter-terrorism-centre/ https://www.jwire.com.au/afp-launches-online-counter-terrorism-centre/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 02:37:57 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180701 The Australian Federal Police has today announced a new Counter Terrorism Online Centre aimed at detecting and disrupting extremist threats. The announcement comes five months after the ISIS-inspired terror attack at the Chanukah by the Sea celebration at Bondi Beach, where 15 people were killed, sending shockwaves through Australia’s Jewish community and beyond. AFP Commissioner […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/afp-launches-online-counter-terrorism-centre/feed/ 0 180701 Israel completes financial close for country’s largest solar project https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-completes-financial-close-for-countrys-largest-solar-project/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-completes-financial-close-for-countrys-largest-solar-project/#respond Sun, 03 May 2026 22:57:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180523 Israeli officials announced on Sunday the financial close of the country’s largest solar power plant project, to be built near the southern city of Dimona in the Negev. The facility will have a capacity of 265 megawatts and will supply electricity at a tariff of less than 6.5 agorot (about 1.7 U.S. cents) per kilowatt-hour, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-completes-financial-close-for-countrys-largest-solar-project/feed/ 0 180523 Israel unveils rail-mounted robot to guard borders, bases, and prisons https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-unveils-rail-mounted-robot-to-guard-borders-bases-and-prisons/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-unveils-rail-mounted-robot-to-guard-borders-bases-and-prisons/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:55:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=173007 Israel’s Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday that it has completed a series of successful trials with a new rail-mounted robot designed to secure sensitive sites, including prisons, military bases, and border facilities. “A rail robot is a unique technological concept, whose significant advantage in relation to the field of robotics, drones, and autonomy is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-unveils-rail-mounted-robot-to-guard-borders-bases-and-prisons/feed/ 0 173007 Vandalism at Auckland tech firm shows escalation of imported Gaza activism https://www.jwire.com.au/vandalism-at-auckland-tech-firm-shows-escalation-of-imported-gaza-activism/ https://www.jwire.com.au/vandalism-at-auckland-tech-firm-shows-escalation-of-imported-gaza-activism/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:30:22 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172508 An Auckland technology company has become the latest target of anti-Israel activism in New Zealand, after a break-in and vandalism at its Mt Wellington offices was claimed as a protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. The incident occurred late last week at the offices of Rakon, a New Zealand-owned firm that designs crystal oscillators used in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/vandalism-at-auckland-tech-firm-shows-escalation-of-imported-gaza-activism/feed/ 0 172508 Homelessness Week: Technology and Collaboration is the way Plans succeed https://www.jwire.com.au/homelessness-week-technology-and-collaboration-is-the-way-plans-succeed/ https://www.jwire.com.au/homelessness-week-technology-and-collaboration-is-the-way-plans-succeed/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2022 05:07:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=139443 2022 Homelessness Week’s theme this year is ‘We need a Plan’, which is evident as awareness is raised about the 116,000 Australians who are homeless at any given night. Sydney’s Jewish House knows is that the best ideas can only be executed if there are two elements – a realistic plan and collaboration between those […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/homelessness-week-technology-and-collaboration-is-the-way-plans-succeed/feed/ 0 139443 Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-and-us-announce-strategic-high-level-dialogue-on-technology/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-and-us-announce-strategic-high-level-dialogue-on-technology/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 01:51:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=138771 Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Biden said […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-and-us-announce-strategic-high-level-dialogue-on-technology/feed/ 0 138771 Find your way on your phone, tablet and computer https://www.jwire.com.au/find-your-way-on-your-phone-tablet-and-computer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/find-your-way-on-your-phone-tablet-and-computer/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:53:33 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=111830 COA Sydney and Social Status have set up a Facebook group called Community at Home, to offer basic tech hel

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/find-your-way-on-your-phone-tablet-and-computer/feed/ 0 111830 Shopping on the Internet? Beware of your smartphone https://www.jwire.com.au/shopping-on-the-internet-beware-of-your-smartphone/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shopping-on-the-internet-beware-of-your-smartphone/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:59:57 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=105645 With the shopping season about to start, consumers may make better shopping decisions using their desktop/laptop computer rather than smartphones or other mobile devices, according to new research from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shopping-on-the-internet-beware-of-your-smartphone/feed/ 0 105645 Rescue crews using Israeli tech to maintain contact with Thai soccer team https://www.jwire.com.au/rescue-crews-using-israeli-tech-to-maintain-contact-with-thai-soccer-team/ https://www.jwire.com.au/rescue-crews-using-israeli-tech-to-maintain-contact-with-thai-soccer-team/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2018 22:49:27 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87222 An  Israeli technology is providing voice and video communications between rescue workers and 12 teenage members of a soccer team and their coach who have been stranded underground for more than two weeks in Tham Luang, northern Thailand.

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