Israeli start-up Silo has developed a vacuum sealing container system capable of extending food freshness for at least twice as long. And it has Alexa built-in, explains founder and CEO Tal Lapidot.

Harel Lapidot, the uncle of a 23-year-old Israeli woman believed to be taken hostage, recounted to NBC News the last time he spoke to his niece while she was taking cover during the Hamas attack on ...