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Daily Updates from Silicon Wadi for Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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Shoshanna Solomon

I can’t even give in to cruise control. How could I cope in an autonomous car?

ToI’s tech editor doesn’t want anything taking any control of her car, and it turns out she’s not alone. Which is why experts are working on the ‘trust’ as well as the tech

An Intel Corp./Mobileye self-driving car with a human driver behind the steering wheel (YouTube screenshot)

Logos of US multinational technology company Google, on December 28, 2016, in Vertou, western France. (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)

Google hit with record $5 billion EU fine over Android

By Danny Kemp and Céline LE PRIOUX

Competition commissioner says the US tech giant illegally used operating system’s near-monopoly to boost usage of its own search engine and browser

A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)

'No one knew this was the meaning of the bill'

Unwitting Israeli MKs almost pass law allowing sweeping internet censorship

By Raoul Wootliff

Bill that would have given state power to block content on any website stymied by Netanyahu hours before final vote, after Times of Israel queries MKs about its drastic provisions

Cotton field (CC BY Mike Beauregard, Flickr)

Israel’s Evogene to develop insect-resistant cotton with Brazilian seed-grower

By Shoshanna Solomon

Two invasive pests that pose threat to cotton producers, of which Brazil is 4th-largest globally, will be targeted by gene modification

CFTC Headquarters in Washington, DC (Courtesy)

Huge damages sought from 1 man hint at size of overall fraud

US seeks record $75m. from marketer for steering victims to Israeli binary scams

By Simona Weinglass

Boasting of ‘ruining lives,’ Florida’s Michael Shah allegedly sent traffic to Israeli-run binary options sites including LBinary, TraderXP, Trade Rush, Banc de Binary, OptionRally

Avidan Freedman

Why not to fast on Tisha B’Av

Well, do you make decisions based on realpolitik, or based on religious value commitments?

As far as the eye can see: the Tel Aviv view from the Azrieli observatory (photo: Courtesy)

Israel earmarks NIS 2.5 million to make cities smarter

By Shoshanna Solomon

Startup Nation wants to draw entrepreneurs to use technology to meet the challenges facing cities in and out of Israel

First row, left to right: Faith Ozmen, CEO & owner of SNC, Josef Weiss, IAI's CEO, Swami Iyer, CEO of IAI North America.
Second row, left to right: Shaul Shahar, executive vice president & general manager of IAI’s Military Aircraft Group, Tim Owings, executive vice president of SNC’s Integrated Mission Systems business area (Courtesy)

Israel’s IAI to develop drones with US firm Sierra Nevada Corp. for military

By Shoshanna Solomon

Vertical takeoff and landing capability will reduce operational risk; production and maintenance planned for Mississippi and Alabama

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