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Illustrative: A technician working with a tablet inside a big data center room. (iStock/Getty)
May 19, 2026, 8:41 pm
Big data AI startup will open Tel Aviv engineering hub to tap into local tech talent
US-based Fundamental plans to expand its Israel footprint and hire dozens of employees for its platform, which helps firms predict risks and trends like financial fraud and pricing
By Sharon Wrobel
The logo of Microsoft is seen outside it's French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, Monday May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
December 4, 2025, 5:48 pm
Microsoft slapped with EU complaint over alleged storage of Israeli surveillance data
Software giant accused of enabling ‘surveillance, targeting, and occupation’ of Palestinians; it reportedly cut IDF unit’s access to Azure in September after Guardian report
By AFP
Itay & Beyond scientists and researchers at a lab at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
February 23, 2025, 8:18 am
Israeli scientists fuse ‘brain tissue’ and electronic chips to test autism treatment
Biotech startup Itay & Beyond uses AI analysis of a ‘brain-on-a-chip’ made from stem cells to predict drug efficacy for neuropsychiatric disorders, expedite testing and development
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A 16-month-old child with 'fifth disease' caused by parvovirus B19 (Andrew Kerr via Wikimedia Commons)
December 20, 2023, 8:37 pm
New study shows Israel experiencing unprecedented outbreak of ‘fifth disease’
This year has seen a huge increase in parvovirus B19 infections, causing common childhood illness that can be threatening to some adults and fetuses in early pregnancy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An illustration of how the Empathy app works to manage accounts (Courtesy)
May 6, 2021, 12:51 pm
Startup hopes to ease burden of US mourners with a ‘GPS’ for grief
Israeli firm Empathy’s smartphone app takes the bereaved ‘step by step’ through the necessary procedures after the death of a loved one
By Shoshanna Solomon
A US Army soldier shows elementary school students a game on his cellphone while eating lunch during an Earth Day event on April 24, 2019, in Japan. (U.S Army photo by Noriko Kudo)
December 31, 2019, 5:33 pm
US Army bans Chinese video sharing app TikTok over ‘potential security risks’
While the Pentagon has expressed concerns over foreign firms, reports say domestic companies are collecting data that could be used to track senior US military officers
By Sam Sokol
An illustrative image of a data center; server farm (cybrain; iStock by Getty Images)
August 27, 2019, 12:53 pm
Israel pushes ahead with tender for massive cloud-based data center
Tech giant Amazon and other major players said to be interested in bidding for project; 30-day public comment period opens
By ToI Staff
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, fifth from left, and Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, sixth from left, listen to White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, standing, during the opening session of the 'Peace to Prosperity' workshop in Manama, Bahrain on June 25, 2019. (Bahrain News Agency via AP)
July 24, 2019, 1:02 am
Ahead of peace plan rollout, Jared Kushner applies big data to Arab media
New reported program an attempt to rank outlets for influence, as Washington seeks to streamline its messaging
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of the SQream database (Courtesy)
May 30, 2018, 4:28 pm
Chinese giant Alibaba leads investment round in Israel big-data startup
Tel Aviv-based SQream Technologies, whose database helps process huge amounts of data, raises $26.4 million in a Series B funding
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
From the WebJanuary 3, 2018, 4:14 pm
Israel to train high school students for big data intelligence jobs
Calcalist: Israel’s elite Unit 8200 is collaborating with the education ministry on a new big data training program for the country’s high school students
Avichai Korn
September 6, 2016, 4:37 pm
Avichai Korn
AlmaLinks: The Israeli firm revolutionizing big data
Ami Gal is co-founder of SQream Technologies, a budding big data firm, which delivers one-of-a-kind advances, boasting the ability to analyze massive amounts of data up to a hundred times faster than its competitors
April 14, 2016, 6:18 pm
Oracle acquires Israeli big-data firm Crosswise for reported $50m
Company figures out which devices a user owns, helps advertisers target their pitches better
By David Shamah
Sensors attached to tomato plants. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2016, 6:48 pm
Data analytics giant SAS shopping for big data partnerships in Israel
Sensors are everywhere, but they are not a cause for fear, says general manager of Software Analytics Systems
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of doctors on their way to an emergency room, on October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 24, 2016, 5:54 pm
Israeli start-up to direct Russians’ eyes abroad in search of healthcare
With help of big data miner ArchMedicX, patients who can’t get treatment at home will have easier-to-find options
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of an operating room. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 16, 2016, 7:50 pm
Has an Israeli start-up solved the mystery of sepsis?
There are a host of dangers for patients in the hospital, especially in the ICU. Intensix hopes to use big data to make hospitals safer
By David Shamah
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