Silicon Valley

From Weizmann computers to start-up nation: How Israel grew to become a high-tech powerhouse

Meir Valman traces the connections among prestate universities, military innovation, global experience, and life sciences that built Israel’s high-tech sector.

Israeli Tech
Anti-Israel demonstrators hold cutouts depicting US President Donald Trump’s face as they march towards the US Embassy to protest the president's visit to Malaysia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on Sunday, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 24, 2025

Malaysia vows explusion of Israelis found in the country amid investigations into Tech community

US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) is interviewed by Reuters during a visit to Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 9, 2026.

Israel should have escorted Ro Khanna on his West Bank visit - opinion

 The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, CA at sunset. This photo was taken from the Marin Headlands.

El Al launches direct, 15-hour-long flight to San Francisco from Tel Aviv for next fall


Israeli SVB branch closes after collapse, dozens laid off

Experts warned that following the collapse, Israeli startups will face decreased valuation and increased competition for funding.

  The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) logo is seen through a rain covered window in front of the SVB headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

Silicon Valley Bank fallout starts to spread around the world

SVB had branches in Canada, the UK, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Israel and Sweden, and the scenes coming out of California are just the beginning.

 A sign for Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters is seen in Santa Clara, California, US March 10, 2023.

Silicon Valley Bank collapses, largest failure since 2008 crisis

Netanyahu says he is closely following the events.

 SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration taken March 10, 2023.

Simulation Creationism: Are we all living in an advanced simulation? - opinion

Nir Ziso: “Simulation Creationism takes Creationism out of its pseudo-scientific position while supplying powerful apologetic toolkits to believers worldwide.”

 Are we all living in a simulation? Is this the modern bridge of creationism? (Illustrative)

This artist returned to Israel's embrace from a life in Silicon Valley

Sagi Erez’s work is appearing in ‘Illusion,’ a solo exhibition at the Tribal Art & Israeli Art Gallery, 13 Merkaz Ba’alei Melacha Street, Tel Aviv, until February 11.

 SINCE RETURNING home, her artwork has taken on a more colorful dimension.

Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams

In a letter dated July 12, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would streamline processes and consolidate investments where they overlap.

WAZE, AN Israeli-developed navigation app, is just one example of the country’s innovation

Apple pays top talent huge bonuses to prevent defections to Meta

Last week, the company informed some engineers in silicon design, hardware, and select software and operations groups of the out-of-cycle bonuses, which are being issued as restricted stock units.

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019

How I went from Silicon Valley to teaching the Holocaust - opinion

The author was recruited in the 80's to teach high schools and college about the Holocaust.

The entrance of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany.

Facebook plans to change its name

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company's annual Connect conference on October 28.

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.

This week in Jerusalem: 21 years coming...

A round-up of city affairs.

THE POETRY of Yehuda Amichai adorns an Emek Refaim St. lamppost.