--- title: Imagination Blog | Benny Har-Even (5) description: Benny Har-Even was the content manager at Imagination, where he casted an editorial eye over the company’s output—from blog posts to white papers, to web pages and video material. He has a background in technology journalism that goes back to the late 1990s and has written for many leading publications from the Sunday Times and TrustedReviews.com to Wired magazine. In his spare time, he is a contributor to Forbes online. Benny left Imagination in 2023. 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