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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

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Illustrative: Anti-Israel demonstrators protest outside the Carrefour group's general meeting of shareholders in Aubervilliers, northern Paris, on May 24, 2024. (Mehdi FEDOUACH / AFP)
June 12, 2025, 10:52 am
Longshot shareholder proposals bring fight over Israel to corporate boardroom
ADL investor advocacy arm JLens, which has challenged Meta on hate speech, says major firms face a flood of anti-Israel measures — few of which succeed
By Zev Stub
Ilya Sutskever, Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and then-chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at a TED AI conference in San Francisco on October 17, 2023. (Glenn Chapman / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 6:26 pm
Google and Nvidia said to back OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s safety startup
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Israel-raised Sutskever, raises $2b to hire top engineers in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, and develop safe AI systems that are smarter than humans
By Sharon Wrobel
The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/ Richard Drew, File)
March 25, 2025, 4:15 pm
Study: ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama and all other top AI models show anti-Jewish, anti-Israel bias
ADL report says Llama most problematic, providing unreliable and sometimes outright false responses to questions related to Jewish people and Israel; Gemini performed best in test
By Zev Stub
Left: 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); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 18, 2025, 4:45 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google buys cyber unicorn Wiz for $32 billion
With the acquisition of Wiz, Google’s parent company wants to strengthen its cyber offerings to better compete in the cloud computing race against tech giants Amazon and Microsoft
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)
March 18, 2025, 11:17 am
Google agrees to buy Israel’s cyber unicorn Wiz for $32b, country’s biggest tech deal
Purchase is also largest by Google parent firm Alphabet; Google CEO: ‘Together, Google Cloud and Wiz will turbocharge improved cloud security’
By Sharon Wrobel
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
February 14, 2025, 9:23 am
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in US, after Trump postpones ban
Move comes after US president, who originally supported banning Chinese app for national security reasons, delayed its enforcement after election win
By Zen Soo
FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, California, on September 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
February 13, 2025, 6:47 am
Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish American Heritage Month
Move is part of broader removal of cultural and ethnic observances from app, with tech firm saying the changes are due to workload and not related to Trump’s anti-DEI directives
By Ben Sales
Demonstrators hold signs in protest as they block an entrance to the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, California on May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
December 3, 2024, 8:12 pm
Google said worried contract with Israel could damage its reputation
Report shows letter sent to tech giant’s executives raised concerns Project Nimbus deal with Israeli government could lead to ‘the facilitation of human rights violations’
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of Nvidia's HGX supercomputing platform. (Courtesy)
November 12, 2024, 8:22 pm
Google, Amazon set to compete in tender for Israel’s AI supercomputing platform
Tech giants are set to bid on a NIS 240 million tender to build supercomputing infrastructure for Israeli tech startups and academia to advance AI technologies
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 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
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