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Microsoft's campus in Herzliya, Israel, inaugurated in Nov. 2020 (Amit Geron)
May 13, 2026, 6:20 pm
Microsoft Israel head ousted reportedly over IDF’s controversial use of cloud tech
Alon Haimovich’s departure comes after the US tech giant, over the past year, conducted a review into the alleged unethical use of its cloud platform for surveillance of Palestinians
By Sharon Wrobel
Nvidia employees in Israel. (Courtesy)
October 30, 2024, 7:11 pm
In a year of war, Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as best firm to work for in Israel: D&B
2024 ranking by Dun & Bradstreet takes into account the impact of Gaza conflict on company operations and employees, finds workers seek stable workplace and career development
By Sharon Wrobel
A screenshot of the AI online search platform developed by Microsoft and Edut 710 to preserve testimonies of the Oct. 7 atrocities. (Courtesy)
October 8, 2024, 7:00 pm
Microsoft launches AI platform to preserve October 7 testimonies
Microsoft Israel engineers develop advanced AI tools to assist users around the world in creating personalized memorial ceremonies or events based on Oct. 7 survivor testimonies
By Sharon Wrobel
Right to left: Facebook Israel CEO Adi Soffer Teeni; Cisco CEO Oren Sagi; Karin Eibschitz-Segal, co-CEO of Intel Israel; Microsoft Israel CEO Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk; Philips Israel CEO Lior Bonfis; and high-tech entrepreneur Gigi Levy speak at a panel at the annual IATI conference in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2024. (Gilad Artzi)
January 29, 2024, 11:15 pm
Majority of multinational companies operating in Israel see limited impact from war
Survey of dozens of firms shows only 10% report severe consequences from ongoing conflict
By Sharon Wrobel
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. (Jason Redmond / AFP)
May 29, 2023, 1:52 pm
OpenAI’s Sam Altman to visit Tel Aviv next week as part of worldwide AI tour
Co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence lab is expected to visit a Microsoft Israel R&D center and take part in Tel Aviv University event
By Sharon Wrobel
Microsoft development center in Herzliya Pituah, central israel, October 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90/ File)
September 12, 2022, 11:24 pm
Microsoft integrates Israeli tech to upgrade video streaming quality
Launch comes a year after the tech giant acquired Israeli streaming firm Peer5; new capabilities feature on business communications platform Teams
By Ricky Ben-David
Microsoft's new campus in Herzliya .(Amit-Geron)
October 6, 2021, 1:36 pm
Microsoft to open 5 new sites in Israel, double R&D workforce
Offices are in the works in Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Beersheba, Jerusalem and one location to be determined; tech giant plans to recruit over 2,500 more employees
By Ricky Ben-David
Microsoft's campus in Herzliya, Israel, inaugurated in Nov. 2020 (Amit Geron)
March 30, 2021, 12:40 pm
Microsoft reportedly seeking to invest over $1 billion in Israel
According to Globes, tech giant’s CEO Satya Nadella earlier this month informed Netanyahu of expansion plans including a new data center and chip R&D
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this file photo US Microsoft founder, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, poses for a picture on October 9, 2019, in Lyon, central eastern France, during the funding conference of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
March 14, 2020, 8:50 am
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates leaves board to focus on philanthropy
The billionaire transitioned out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft in 2008 and served as chairman of the board until 2014
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Microsoft's Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk (Courtesy)
From the WebFebruary 12, 2020, 3:31 pm
Microsoft appoints Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk as head of Israel R&D
Calcalist: Braverman-Blumenstyk joined the US tech giant in 2013, setting up a cybersecurity arm within Microsoft Israel’s Research and Development Center
An illustrative image of a medical robot (PhonlamaiPhoto; iStock by Getty Images)
January 28, 2020, 4:44 pm
Israeli team the force behind Microsoft virtual health assistant
Tech giant’s bot aims to help users become better informed about their condition; Israel office now working on matching patients to clinical trials
By Shoshanna Solomon
This photo from July 3, 2014, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Washington. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)
January 22, 2020, 5:36 pm
Microsoft to open first cloud data center in Israel
Tech giant to offer Azure and Office 365 cloud services to Israeli customers starting sometime in 2021
By Luke Tress
Microsoft Israel CEO, Shelly Landsmann, second from right, with Bank Hapoalim CEO Arik Pinto, center, and Yoram Yaacovi, general manager, Microsoft Israel R&D Center, September 6, 2017 (Courtesy Bank Hapoalim)
May 28, 2019, 1:46 pm
Shelly Landsmann, Microsoft Israel chief, to step down
After spending 22 years at the US tech giant, and leading its Israel operations, Landsmann says she is ready to ‘hit refresh’; Microsoft hunting for new Israel chief
By Shoshanna Solomon
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 19, 2018, 11:39 am
LGBTs call nationwide strike in protest of surrogacy law excluding gays
Microsoft, Mellanox pledge to give NIS 60,000 to any employee who wants to have children via surrogacy
By Stuart Winer
The Microsoft center in Nazareth. (Courtesy)
From the WebJanuary 18, 2018, 1:10 pm
Microsoft marks direction with appointment of new head of research in Israel
Calcalist: US tech giant has appointed Assaf Rappaport to head its research and development activities in Israel
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