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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 559

high-tech culture

A view of the Azrieli towers and the surrounding buildings in central Tel Aviv. (Courtesy of Avison Young)
February 11, 2022, 2:01 am
Tel Aviv office market gone mad: High demand drives shortage, steep prices for space
Quality space in the right location has become as important to a startup as a patent, say commercial real estate experts
By Adina Cooper
Left: IDF combat soldiers take part in a drill in December 2021; Right: An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 25, 2021, 2:46 pm
As start-up nation snaps up IDF tech alumni, combat vets say they are left behind
In a changing Israel where those hailing from tech units get the red carpet treatment for high-wage jobs, a debate is growing on what constitutes significant IDF service
By Itamar Sharon
The OrCam Read is a pen-like AI-based device that reads out text to people with reading challenges, such as dyslexia, mild to moderate vision loss, reading fatigue (Courtesy)
November 15, 2021, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 15 – Israeli tech gets into Time, is skewered by comedians
Health writer Nathan Jeffay discusses kids’ COVID vaccines, antibiotics research, while business editor Ricky Ben-David looks at housing and Time’s citing of 4 Israeli technologies
By ToI Staff
Nadir Hackerman and Didi from fictitious tech company Webos speak to a potential new tech hire in a November 2021 segment on Eretz Nehederet. (Screenshot)
November 14, 2021, 4:16 pm
WeLaugh: Israeli satire show skewers excesses and fantasy in tech sector
‘Eretz Nehederet’ takes aim at some of the colorful tendencies in an industry awash with cash and eccentric leaders
By Ricky Ben-David
February 14, 2018, 6:54 pm
Stepping out of Sergey Brin’s shadow
Investor-driven ‘free’ social media comes at a steep price: we need a slower, deeper fusing of art and technology
MK Michael Oren during a committee session at the Knesset, June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 2, 2016, 4:47 pm
Michael Oren backs Knesset probe of binary options fraud, says it ‘threatens’ Israel
Massive Israel-based industry scamming victims worldwide is ‘very, very disturbing,’ says new deputy minister for public diplomacy
By Raoul Wootliff and Simona Weinglass
An online recruiting advertisement for binary options company BetaMedia, the Israeli operational name for 24Option. (Screen capture: Facebook)
August 1, 2016, 7:22 pm
France bans a ‘dangerous’ Israeli binary options firm, US fines two more
French authorities outlaw 24Option for dishonest conduct; US trading commission fines Vault Options Ltd. and Global Trader 365 over $4.5 million
By Simona Weinglass and Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative image of people working in finance (via Shutterstock)
March 23, 2016, 12:06 pm
The wolves of Tel Aviv: Israel’s vast, amoral binary options scam exposed
An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices. It is doing terrible harm to its victims, and it risks doing the same to Israel’s reputation
By Simona Weinglass
Tel Aviv's Kiryat Atidim tech hub. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 3, 2016, 7:57 pm
How a Silicon Valley firm can ‘prosper’ from Silicon Wadi
US financial tech giant looks to newly acquired Tel Aviv-based BillGuard for inspiration and Israeli know-how
By David Shamah
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