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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

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Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 23, 2024, 11:33 am
Google’s $23b deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz reported to fall apart
Cloud security startup, which propelled its founders onto small list of Israeli billionaires, will seek IPO instead; deal may have collapsed over antitrust concerns, insiders say
By ToI Staff
Wiz's offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
July 17, 2024, 8:36 pm
Google’s Wiz acquisition would be new feather in cap of Israeli military intelligence
As war in Gaza squeezes Israel’s economy, likely deal underscores resilience of tech industry, where many are alumni of military intelligence units
By Steven Scheer
Israel Defense Forces operate in Gaza, July 17, 2024, in this handout image. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 17, 2024, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing July 17: Day 285 – Hamas is forced to surface as Gaza tunnels destroyed
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on the north, IDF’s conviction Muhammad Deif was killed, ultra-Orthodox draft; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on potential Wiz mega-deal
By ToI Staff
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 16, 2024, 10:33 pm
Could Google’s $23b bid for Israel-founded cyber unicorn boost local tech outlook?
Parent company Alphabet is said to be in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would mark the biggest-ever Israeli tech acquisition, and generate tax windfall during Gaza war period
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 15, 2024, 12:46 am
Google said nearing record-breaking $23 billion buy of Israeli-founded cyber startup
WSJ report says parent company Alphabet in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would be its largest ever acquisition of another firm, and the biggest ever Israeli tech acquisition
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 15, 2024, 9:22 am
Google unveils AI search, sparking advertiser fears about declining web traffic
Anti-Israel protesters attempt to block entrance to Google conference, where tech heads present one of the most dramatic shifts since company’s founding
By Michael Liedtke
Demonstrators carry a banner and block an entrance to the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, California on May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
May 15, 2024, 8:28 am
Hundreds protest business deal with Israel at Google conference
Demonstrators chain themselves together, accuse search giant and Israel of using Project Nimbus to commit genocide in Gaza
By ToI Staff
The Waze navigation app will map more than 1,200 Zikaron Basalon gatherings and events across Israel dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2024, 10:48 pm
Microsoft, Meta and Google’s Waze provide tech for Holocaust remembrance projects
Ahead of Yom Hashoah, Microsoft rolls out AI platform for Zikaron Basalon events with survivors; Google’s Waze navigation app will map 1,200 meeting locations across Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Google employees hold a sit-protest against Israel at the company's offices, April 16, 2024. (X video screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2024, 12:56 am
Google fires more workers for ‘disruptive’ protests over contract with Israel
Group that organized last week’s action against ‘Project Nimbus’ says over 50 workers axed in total; tech giant says they ‘physically disrupted’ other employees
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Google office building in New York, February 26, 2024. (Seth Wenig/AP)
April 18, 2024, 10:35 am
Google fires 28 employees who staged anti-Israel protests at company offices
Demonstrations opposing business with Israeli government and led by No Tech for Apartheid group included 10-hour sit-ins at offices in New York and California; 9 people arrested
By ToI Staff
A Google Cloud engineer interrupts a speech by Google Israel Managing Director Barak Regev at the Mind the Tech conference in New York City, March 4, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 10, 2024, 2:44 pm
Google sacks employee for protesting during speech by company’s Israel chief
Engineer interrupts Barak Regev’s talk at New York tech conference, says he refuses to build tech powering ‘genocide, apartheid, or surveillance’
By Michael Horovitz
Google for Startups campus in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
January 24, 2024, 5:07 pm
Google creates $4 million fund to provide lifeline to Israeli AI startups during war
US online search giant seeks to support about 20 AI startups that need immediate funding to keep operating as outside investment plunges
By Sharon Wrobel
This file photo taken on February 14, 2020, shows the US multinational technology and internet-related services company Google logo in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
January 18, 2024, 6:34 pm
Google said set to start laying off employees in Israel in coming days
The US tech giant employs about 2,000 people in Haifa and Tel Aviv, working across data mining and game theory teams, and other R&D activity, as well as sales and marketing
By Sharon Wrobel
File: A cursor moves over Google's search engine page, in Portland, Oregan, on August 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
December 11, 2023, 12:50 pm
Israel-Hamas war tops Google searches in 2023, along with Barbie, doomed Titanic sub
Most popular searches also include deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and celebrities Matthew Perry and Tina Turner, who passed away this year
By AP
Web Summit's CEO and Founder Paddy Cosgrave gives an interview at the Europe's largest tech conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon on November 2, 2022. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP)
October 21, 2023, 5:11 am
Meta, Google quit tech summit after organizer accuses Israel of committing war crimes
Entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave apologizes ‘to anyone who was hurt by my words’ following latest pullouts from Web Summit, condemns ‘evil, disgusting and monstrous’ attack by Hamas
By AFP and ToI Staff
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