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In this edition we talk about Israel’s “Iron Dome” and how it is able to autonomously destroy incoming rockets destined for populated areas.

We also cover the capturing of notes, articles, images etc using the fabulous mymind as well as our usual coverage of tech news and AI Tools. Please let us know if there is a topic or product you would like us to look into by responding to this mail.

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Israels Iron dome

We have all witnessed the shocking developments in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel and we at GG News hope for a rapid resolution to prevent more casualties on both sides.

During the crisis there has been more and more coverage of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system but what is it and how does it work?

Iron Dome explained

The so called “Iron Dome” is a mobile air defence system developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.

The purpose of the system is to stop and destroy rockets and artillery shells that are fired from distances of 4 kilometres to 70 kilometres away and are aimed at Israeli populated areas. The United States has provided $1.6 billion to the Iron Dome defence system from 2011 to 2021, and an additional $1 billion has been approved in 2022.

The Iron Dome became operational on March 27, 2011, near Beersheba. It successfully intercepted its first rocket from Gaza on April 7, 2011. According to The Jerusalem Post, the system has a 90% success rate in shooting down rockets that would have hit populated areas. Israel has plans to increase the range of the Iron Dome to 250 kilometres and enhance its ability to intercept rockets from multiple directions. Below you can see the Iron Dome in action.

What have we been having fun with? 🎉

In the last edition of the GG News newsletter, we discussed using Notion as a kind of second brain.🧠

Well, I must tell you it turned into a fairly divisive topic in the office and while Notion is beloved by many, it just didn’t resonate with how some of us liked to work and was maybe overkill for our use case. This resulted in a search for something else and the discovery of mymind.

So, maybe we should start by explaining something, Notion is incredible and so much more multi-faceted than mymind but there is a learning curve. Notion can easily become the backbone of your business or even your personal life and the GG News team see more and more possibilities everyday with Notion. Do yourself a favour and give it a go - here is the link to our original introduction.

Now, mymind as we have said is very different and fairly basic from a user perspective, but it is just what we need and I’m fairly sure you are all going to love it!

So, what is it? mymind is a safe space for you to collect useful and interesting information such as notes, bookmarks, articles, images etc in one place without having to organise, file, label or tag anything!

mymind is so easy to use it is ridiculous. We first downloaded the Chrome extension - PRO-TIP Chrome extensions can also be installed on Edge, Opera and Brave browsers and maybe some others so if, like us, you aren’t a Chrome user just navigate to the Chrome store and search for mymind in your browser of choice.

Once you have the browser extension and a mymind account you can just right click on objects or pages or use the extension button to add things to your mymind. There is also an app available for both Apple and Android so you can share from your mobile device by using the share option.

For us, putting this Newsletter together is all about our passion for all things Tech and AI but it does involve actual work! In order to minimise the icky work feeling, we are always on the lookout for things that can make our lives a little easier. We as a team are always searching for the latest AI Tools and interesting tech news and those discoveries happen when we are in the car, in bed, during a boring meeting, having a bath and even sometimes……on the toilet! This then means we are always sending and clipping and storing information across Slack, OneDrive, sending ourselves WhatsApps, emails etc. The end result: we have information stored across multiple platforms and spend a long time collating that information to build the newsletter. With mymind all of that is made much easier.

There is a limitation to mymind which can make business use a little challenging and that is collaboration. You see mymind is a personal product designed to be a quiet space away from social media, away from ads with data privacy and simplicity as its core. We love this and have taken the decision not to try to work around it which was our initial intention.

Initially we wanted to nominate a single point of contact where we would all send ideas and content to be added to mymind and then later discuss and maybe even use for the newsletter. After reading the mymind, website we were so struck by the principles behind the idea that we decided each person would collate and capture suggestions for the newsletter themselves, which we would discuss in a final meeting before completing the newsletter. This way we could all have our own mymind quiet space and share once our ideas were fully formed without it becoming just another “thing” we needed to do that was bridged by yet another platform.

Anyway, check it out here, there is a free version with a limit of 100 cards (a card is a single note or link) to get you started and very reasonable paid plans with some additional features.

What’s in the news? 📰

♊📈Gemini rising - Google is limbering up to take on OpenAI in the multi-modal chatbot arena.

🩺🚑Microsoft Healthcare - New Cloud-Based AI solutions to help bring data sources together for improved patient care.

😋🍟Chips anyone? - OpenAI looks into the possibility of cooking its own chips to overcome shortages and potentially cut costs.

🤖Droid update - Android 14 has arrived and is set to roll out to certain devices over the next few months.

🪖🤥X propaganda - Is X (formerly Twitter) becoming the propaganda tool of choice?

🚨Crime pays💰💵 - 2023 Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) report found that a terrifying 83% of organisations that were victims of cybercrime opted to pay up!!

🔐🪪Password smashword - Passwords may become a thing of the past as Google pushes adoption of Passkeys.

🔨👷🏻‍♀️Right-To-Repair - California has officially signed 📝SB 244 making it easier for consumers to repair devices themselves and hopefully reduce waste.

AI tools

1. usemage.ai - Develop full stack webapps from a single prompt!

2. sanebox.com - Control your email inbox with AI sorting and prioritising.

3. guidde.com - Create how-to guides, training videos, SOPs and more with AI.

4. air.ai - Is this the perfect call centre agent? try it for free.

5. rytr.me - An AI writing assistant with multiple use case options.

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This week’s quote:

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning