Hi-tech

Bill Gates plans to press Xi Jinping on global AI safety and restrictions

The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told Reuters in an interview that he believes China might agree to restrict potentially dangerous AI model releases if the US took initiative.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026.
Founder of Moonshot AI Yang Zhilin delivers a speech at a conference of 2026 Zhongguancun forum, in Beijing, China March 25, 2026.

China's Moonshot AI negotiates Microsoft, Amazon, Google over Kimi K3 revenue sharing - report

Jan-Jaap Jager, CEO of Acronis.

Acronis pushes AI beyond recommendations with new autonomous IT platform

A view of SanDisk headquarters in Milpitas, California.

SanDisk lays off Israeli staff, transfers jobs to India despite record stock surge and AI boom


Hi-tech company to cut approx. 30 Israeli jobs despite growth in Q2 financial report

Kaltura's Q2 2025 financial report highlighted that the company's revenue and profits exceeded expectations, but are still planning to undertake an organizational restructuring.

An Israeli business employee after leaving her job; illustrative.

Young Israeli innovators showcase military-inspired tech at Rishon Lezion innovation event

Approximately 200 students participated in "Shark Day," a youth innovation showcase aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and creative thinking among future tech leaders.


Israel’s Sequent Tech turns smartphones into ballot boxes through encrypted online voting solution

The system uses biometric authentication, encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs to guarantee the integrity of votes, allowing voters to independently validate their ballots.

An illustration of a mobile phone with a voting ballot box hologram.

AI hiring in Israel’s tech sector doubled in first half of 2025, GotFriends says

Compensation for C++, Python, product management, and algorithms roles climbed 4‑6 percent in the January–June period.

 Negev hi-tech Park in BeerSheva Planning

NVIDIA's 'mega campus' to expand in northern Israel with new research data center facility

Hi-tech giant NVIDIA submitted a Request for Information to purchase land in northern Israel for the construction of a new research facility on Sunday morning.

Nvidia offices

Your Taxes: Negotiating a wartime M&A deal

In Israel, there is the added complication of the Israel-Hamas War. Is it business as usual in Israel? What do potential sellers and buyers need to consider?

 Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

How Taboola used Stripe to accelerate growth with international clients

Taboola partnered with Stripe to integrate faster, seamless payments, reducing delays and boosting global growth. Stripe's solutions improved client satisfaction and supported operational efficiency.

 Israeli perspective on artificial intelligence (Illustrative).

For the first time in Israel: Artificial heart is transplanted successfully

Hadassah doctors performed the country’s first-ever complete artificial heart transplant on a 63-year-old patient, offering new hope for patients with severe heart failure.

 HADASSAH-UNIVERSITY Medical Center doctors are hard at work inserting an artificial heart into a patient, last week.(Hadassah-University Medical Center)

Israeli cybersecurity firm uncovers, thwarts North Korean cyberattack in 2024, firm reveals

A North Korean IT worker, posing as a legitimate employee at a Western company, was discovered to have orchestrated the cyberattack. 

 State flags of Russia and North Korea fly in a street near a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin during the visit of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019.

Why USAID matters for Israel’s future and America’s moral leadership - opinion

USAID grantee Tsofen-Tashbik, an Arab-Jewish partnership organization, created opportunities around the shared language of innovation.

 ARABS AND JEWS take part in Inspire Her, an annual women’s event, last year.