Marissa Newman

Tech reporter, Tel Aviv @business. [email protected]

[Olivia Solon @oliviasolon]

Three Amazon data centers in the Gulf have been hit by drone strikes, highlighting a new vulnerability for the infrastructure powering the AI boom

https://t.co/fC9ERsal36

[Lynn Doan @Lynnmdoan]

Israel’s army granted Bloomberg News an exclusive look at parts of the shield that helped neutralize massive arsenals of missiles pointed at Israel during the war.

Here's what we learned. By @marissalnew:

[Businessweek @BW]

Wartime jamming of navigational signals has undercut an agricultural formula that’s heavily dependent on advanced technologies https://t.co/19Exg4AMwQ

[Dan Williams @DanWilliams]

Hezbollah's arsenal of Iranian-designed drones still poses a threat even after a week of intense Israeli bombardment https://t.co/Cx3k2akLEp via @MarissaLNew

[Olivia Solon @oliviasolon]

Bombs tied to $400 drones rewrite the economics of war.

Fascinating and beautifully-written story from @rudnit

https://t.co/ztKYKfgc6x

[Lynn Doan @Lynnmdoan]

An Israeli professor was talking astrophysics at University of Nevada when protesters screamed `genocide supporter' at him. `Rather than escorting them out,' he says, `they told me they were canceling the event.' Gift link to @marissalnew's story here: https://t.co/YlCjeBZqiS

[Marissa Newman @marissalnew]

Archaeologists have used muography for decades to find secret chambers. Can it also discover Hamas tunnels? https://t.co/ALuVLBIvQE via @BW

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

Israel seeks underground secrets by tracking cosmic particles https://t.co/ky8Q1LmTFL

[Mark Bergen @mhbergen]

https://t.co/Euee82hsRb w/ @marissalnew & @BenBartenstein

[Businessweek @BW]

Caught between the US and China, a powerful AI upstart chooses sides https://t.co/RiDTet0aRp

[Mark Bergen @mhbergen]

New @BW with @marissalnew & @oliviasolon - do read!

[Businessweek @BW]

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are rushing to build infrastructure as they vie to become the regional tech superpower https://t.co/4TQU6GigLZ

[Simon Marks @MarksSimon]

🧵Our investigation into how countries from Central Asia to South America are building their own killer tech based on Iranian designs — often with US components.
https://t.co/eHjDcJozDx

[Marissa Newman @marissalnew]

Smuggled kits from Elon Musk's Starlink are in use in Darfur, Yemen (including Houthi-controlled areas), Venezuela and more. Is Gaza next? https://t.co/yLBLNvQZMW via @business

[Olivia Solon @oliviasolon]

SpaceX told Israel it can locate and turn off individual Starlink terminals when it detects illegal use, but there's still a thriving black market for the satellite internet service

Great read from @BruceEinhorn @LoniPrinsloo1 @marissalnew @MarksSimon

https://t.co/oQSVvuX2pA

[Eric M. Johnson @byEricMJohnson]

Smuggled kits from Elon Musk's Starlink are being activated even in territories where it has no agreement to operate. That raises questions about control of the satellite internet service via @business @BruceEinhorn @LoniPrinsloo1 @marissalnew @MarksSimon @ACBerlin https://t.co/MmQjWaegPZ

[Olivia Solon @oliviasolon]

The anchor of a cargo ship that was attacked by Houthi militants was the most likely cause of damage to three telecommunications cables in the Red Sea in late February

https://t.co/apWGip9GiP

[Marissa Newman @marissalnew]

Peter Thiel's Palantir, the data analysis firm that provides militaries with artificial intelligence models, agrees a strategic partnership with Israel https://t.co/eHqPUJN4TU via @technology

[Bloomberg @business]

Palantir, the data analysis firm co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, is seeing strong demand from Israel for new tools since the start of the war with Hamas, the company's CEO says https://t.co/lPFAhwQEca

[Alex Barinka @alexbarinka]

On TikTok, people killed by Hamas are being reanimated in deepfake videos that can get millions of views. They're against the app's rules but TikTok isn't catching them, even when they go viral or have gruesome descriptions of how they died.

My latest:

https://t.co/ORwo9V8Kww