Jerusalem, 4 June, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Tel Aviv-based startup Speedata has raised $44 million in a Series B round to launch the world’s first Analytics Processing Unit (APU), a chip purpose-built to accelerate big data analytics.

Backed by Walden Catalyst, 83North, Koch Disruptive Technologies and others, Speedata’s APU promises massive performance gains for data-heavy industries like finance and healthcare. The company says its Callisto-powered chip reduces processing times by up to 280x while cutting costs and energy use.

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Crime April 15, 2026 at 10:17 pm 23 minutes ago New

Bnei Brak-Ramat Gan police station officers arrested a mohel on suspicion of negligent homicide, due to a complication during a circumcision procedure.

Israel Police arrest mohel Moshe Dera'i for negligent homicide following infant death, seeking more victims.

military April 15, 2026 at 10:00 pm 39 minutes ago New

Five Israeli Soldiers Wounded in Lebanon from Rocket Fire

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Rear Admiral Eliezer Sucholitzky Assumes Command of Israel Navy Fleet

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Politics April 15, 2026 at 9:15 pm 1 hour ago New

UN Report On Fighting Corruption Gives Israel High Grades

A UN review report highlights Israel's broad, well-established framework for corruption prevention and effective asset recovery mechanisms.

Politics April 15, 2026 at 8:32 pm 2 hours ago New

‘Historic’ Move: 50% of Government Subsidized New Apartments to Be Set Aside for Military Reservists

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Health April 15, 2026 at 8:00 pm 3 hours ago New

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Politics April 15, 2026 at 7:39 pm 3 hours ago New

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Arrivals to Israel Drop More Than 90% in March Due to Iran War

Israel saw visitor arrivals drop over 90% in March 2026, with only 9,600 arrivals compared to 102,300 in March 2025, due to the war with Iran.

Crime April 15, 2026 at 6:47 pm 4 hours ago New

Further to publications concerning police officers’ participation in the program “The Patriots” – we note that this involves inviting police officers, Border Police fighters, and representatives of additional emergency and rescue forces, including the Fire and Rescue Services,

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Israeli Study Pinpoints Lunar Ice Sites to Guide Future Moon Landings

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We saw that a new battalion was established this month, so we went out on a combat reconnaissance mission.

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This was put out by the CATO Institute, who hates “TRUMP,” but they can’t hide the facts.

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Police forces gained control of the suspect who barricaded himself in his home, and seized a knife and a toy pistol – the suspect was arrested. Upon receiving the barricade incident,

Investigation into the attempted stabbing attack that occurred earlier today in the Samaria region – the terrorist was neutralized, the knife he used was seized. Police officers from the Minorities Department in the Central Unit of the Judea and Samaria District.

Three suspects were arrested in connection with the stabbing of a man last night in Jaffa, who was moderately injured. Yesterday evening, a report was received about a man (29) who arrived independently for medical treatment.

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We saw that a new battalion was established this month, so we went out on a combat reconnaissance mission.

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The Radical Left Lunatics might not like this, but I think it is quite nice!!!

Not good!!!

This was put out by the CATO Institute, who hates “TRUMP,” but they can’t hide the facts.

Wow!!!

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Shortly after hearing gunfire from the village: IDF forces apprehended suspects and confiscated weapons in the village of Al-Ram in the Binyamin Brigade. During the night (Sh.), forces from the 7114 Reserve Battalion,

IDF forces destroyed a bomb-making laboratory in the Tulkarm camp.

Watch the paratroopers’ documentation from combat in southern Lebanon

Colonel M. and Major Nurit Rokach are the torch lighters on behalf of the IDF.

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Police forces gained control of the suspect who barricaded himself in his home, and seized a knife and a toy pistol – the suspect was arrested. Upon receiving the barricade incident,

Investigation into the attempted stabbing attack that occurred earlier today in the Samaria region – the terrorist was neutralized, the knife he used was seized. Police officers from the Minorities Department in the Central Unit of the Judea and Samaria District.

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