Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Community(members only)

Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Community(members only)
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy Your Privacy Rights

Input search

Tech Israel

Daily Updates from Silicon Wadi for Thursday, January 17, 2019

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

Illustrative photo of pharmaceutical pills. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Doctors and big pharma protest crackdown on freebies from drug reps

Union representing medical workers up in arms over new rules meant to limit companies’ ability to woo the physicians who prescribe their drugs

Dr. Nathalie Bloch, director of the ARC Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center, signs an agreement with OKI's CEO, Toshiyaki Yokota in Jerusalem; January 15, 2019 (Courtesy)

Sheba Medical Center, Japan’s OKI Electric join forces against dementia

By Shoshanna Solomon

Using big data, companies will develop a new approach for very high risk middle-aged individuals

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, center, during a meeting in Jerusalem at the King David Hotel of the Japan Israel Innovation Network (JINN) Business Forum; Jan.15, 2019 (Federico Maccioni/TimesofIsrael)

Israel sets target of $1 billion in exports to Japan in coming year

By Federico Maccioni

Israel, Japan sign accord on cooperation in digital health; Tokyo eyeing Israeli cybersecurity tech to safeguard 2020 Summer Olympics

Apple's Johny Srouji (L) with President Reuven Riviin (Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Israeli Johny Srouji reportedly in running for Intel CEO

By Shoshanna Solomon

Haifa native is a senior VP of hardware technologies at Apple and was responsible for setting up its R&D center in Israel; he has also previously worked for Intel

his Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. (Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency via AP)

Trump administration to roll out new space-based missile defense plan

By Deb Riechmann and Lolita C. Baldor

US looking to develop a more aggressive system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced systems being developed by Russia and China

Rokhl Kafrissen

Why did ‘Three Identical Strangers’ leave out the Jewish part?

The hit documentary on triplets separated at birth omitted an uncomfortable but core aspect of this traumatic story

A SeeTree drone flying over fields (Courtesy)

Barking up the right tree: Israeli startup SeeTree aims at better fruit yield

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tel Aviv firm combines intelligence obtained from drones, ground sensors and samples to provide farmers with data on individual trees and tree clusters

Media and guests mingle at a tour of Facebook's new 130,000-square-foot offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Facebook tightens ad rules in countries going to polls, but undecided on Israel

Company reportedly says it is limiting political advertising, increasing transparency internationally — but has not made a decision regarding upcoming Israeli vote

View Edition by Date

December	January 2019					February
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

The Times of Israel

TECH ISRAEL

FREE, DAILY TO YOUR INBOX

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
Your Privacy Rights
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.