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Thousands of Iranians protest in Tehran on January 8 2026. (Screenshot from X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2026, 9:58 pm
Internet, phone lines cut across Iran as thousands rally in Tehran; death toll at 45
Communications networks go dark right after start of Tehran protests urged on by exiled crown prince; protesters chant ‘death to the dictator’ and ‘death to the Islamic Republic’
By Agencies
An illustrative photo showing the 2022 Digital Quality of Life Index on a mobile phone, September 2022. (Surfshark, CC BY NC SA, 3.0)
September 15, 2022, 8:06 pm
Israel climbs to 1st spot worldwide in digital quality of life survey
Annual index ranking 117 countries shows Israel’s mobile internet affordability is top-notch but quality and infrastructure need work; Israel ranked 4th in 2021
By Ricky Ben-David
Workers install Facebook's Bombyx robot that moves along power lines, wrapping them with fiber cable, to roll out fiber-optic internet to communities. (Facebook)
October 7, 2021, 5:26 pm
Amid scandal, Facebook unveils efforts to offer fast internet access to billions
Israeli team in Tel Aviv leads Express Wi-Fi project meant to bring unconnected or under-connected people in developing world online
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative image of an optical fiber connection (alphaspirit; iStock by Getty Images)
November 5, 2019, 3:52 pm
New fund will pay telecom firms to deploy fiber optic cables for faster internet
Taxes levied on phone and internet companies will then be used to incentivize those that agree to invest in infrastructure across the country, which suffers from subpar speeds
By Shoshanna Solomon
A view of the user interface of Hyundai's connected car (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 1, 2015, 5:34 pm
Hyundai seeks Israeli tech for its ‘connected cars’
New apps developed in Israel could show up in the company’s new Internet-linked vehicles as soon as next year
By David Shamah
Nahum Kovalski
January 18, 2015, 7:58 pm
Nahum Kovalski
Do Androids cry when they deliver bad news to patients?
How will humans – both doctors and patients – react when robots take over a large measure of responsibility for our medical care?
Illustrative photo of an internet cafe (photo credit: CC BY SA, by McZusatz, Wikimedia Commons)
October 28, 2014, 6:40 pm
Many Israelis ‘would dump family, sex – and mom — before Internet’
Web users in Israel are willing to give up a great deal, if a Google study is to be believed
By David Shamah
Game of Hacks screenshot (Photo credit: Checkmarx)
August 6, 2014, 5:49 pm
Israeli hacker game could beat Russian web crooks
No one knows how a Russian gang stole 1.2 billion passwords, but gaming Checkmarx wants to stop a recurrence
By David Shamah
(L to R) Ze'ev Goldberg, chairman of Unlimited; Yiftach Ron-Tal, IEC chairman; Communications Minister Gilad Erdan; Jonas Birgeson, chairman of ViaEuropa Israel; and Dov Lauver, Unlimited CEO at Tuesday's announcement event (Photo credit: Gideon Markovitch)
May 21, 2014, 1:57 am
Israel gets ‘revolutionary’ fast fiber optic net
Communications minister hails Unlimited’s dazzling fast new internet service
By David Shamah
Kenny Sahr
April 17, 2014, 3:02 pm
Kenny Sahr
The $199 Chromebook laptop revolution!
Why spend $600 or more on a laptop when all you really need is a web browser? Kenny couldn’t think of a reason why, either
The InstallCore technology team at the company's new headquarters in Tel Aviv (Photo credit: Courtesy)
January 2, 2014, 3:09 pm
IronSource: 100m downloads a month, and counting
Within just two years, an Israeli start-up has become the premier platform for downloading software for Windows computers
By David Shamah
(L. to R.) Idan Bachar and Oren Noy, Noknok's founders (Photo credit: Sheetrit)
August 13, 2013, 2:59 am
Who’s there? NokNok offers free cellphone calls worldwide
Use this call-forwarding service anywhere, to any device — and soon your Internet connection will be almost free, too
By David Shamah
Internet cables that run through the Middle East (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 29, 2013, 10:11 am
Internet cable-cutters caught by Egypt signal new terror threat
Two bids within days to sabotage a major cable off the coast of Alexandria raise the specter of a new kind of ‘hacking,’ says Israeli expert
By David Shamah
Shafi Goldwasser (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 17, 2013, 10:13 am
Israeli who pioneered computer security wins top prize
The work done by the Weizmann Institute’s Shafi Goldwasser is a cornerstone of safe network interactions. For that, she and her American research partner are to win the prestigious Turing Award
By David Shamah
Noa Tishby on the set of 'Your Show' (Photo credit: Courtesy)
February 26, 2013, 7:38 pm
Noa Tishby turns your Facebook friends into TV stars
An Israeli start-up’s app, together with a big-name television star, provides a new, glitzy way to check out your Facebook feed
By David Shamah
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