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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

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David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 12:37 pm
Trump names former PayPal COO David Sacks as White House ‘AI and crypto czar’
Jewish South African entrepreneur part of so-called ‘PayPal Mafia’ along with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel; Trump, originally a crypto critic, embraced virtual currency during campaign
By Reuters
Illustrative: In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, photo, a clerk picks an item from a shelf and scans it with a hand-held device to fill a customer order at the Amazon Prime warehouse in New York. (AP)
November 22, 2022, 6:09 pm
PayPal-backed Israeli e-commerce platform connects to Amazon, aims to triple clients
Tel Aviv-based Cymbio helps brands such as New Balance, Steve Madden sell inventory through retailers, including Macy’s, Target, and Walmart
By Sharon Wrobel
San Jose, California, USA, circa 2019: PayPal Holdings headquarters building in North San Jose Innovation District in Silicon Valley
March 24, 2022, 6:15 pm
PayPal’s venture arm invests in Israeli e-commerce platform Cymbio
Founded in 2014, Tel Aviv-based company also raised $20 million in Series B funding round four months ago
By Ricky Ben-David
Exterior view of eBay/PayPal offices in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
July 27, 2021, 4:29 am
ADL partners with PayPal to research how extremists share money online
Parties will cooperate on ‘uncovering and disrupting financial pipelines that support extremist and hate movements’
By JTA
A Libra marketing image (Facebook)
October 7, 2019, 3:55 pm
PayPal drops out of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency; Apple indicates opposition
Regulators and legislators increasingly wary of social media giant’s motives, with its business model regarded as too invasive of users’ privacy
By Agencies
Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at the California Polytechnic State University as part of his "The Dangerous Faggot Tour" of college campuses, Jan. 31, 2017, in San Luis Obispo, California. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)
June 29, 2018, 10:22 am
PayPal suspends Milo Yiannopoulos over Nazi-based trolling of Jewish journalist
Far-right provocateur uses the service to send ex-New Yorker staffer Talia Lavin $14.88, shorthand for a 14-word white supremacist mantra and the Nazi salute ‘Heil Hitler’
By ToI Staff
Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 4, 2018, 3:13 pm
Bank of Israel warns of rise in digital banking fraud
In one recent scam, fraudsters tried to steal personal details by mimicking PayPal; damage has been minimal to date
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: People gather downtown protest the alt-right movement and to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 17, 2017, 1:35 pm
Internet sites crack down on white supremacists
Following Charlottesville rally, increasing number of tech companies removing white nationalist content
By Glenn Chapman
Aharon Aharon, CEO of Israel Innovation Authority, at a conference in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Ofer Vaknin)
June 6, 2017, 6:47 pm
Startup Nation has grown into Tech Nation, Intel Israel R&D chief says
PayPal’s Louise Phelan tells Tel Aviv conference that women should ‘take a spoon of confidence’ with their morning coffee
By Shoshanna Solomon
Ben-Gurion University campus, August 2014. (Dani Machlis)
December 1, 2016, 1:46 pm
Ben-Gurion University, PayPal to join forces on R&D
The online payment system’s first partnership with Israeli academia to focus on big data, machine learning, and cybersecurity
By Shoshanna Solomon
CyActive CEO Liran Tancman (Photo credit: Courtesy)
March 6, 2015, 2:00 am
Paypal to acquire Israeli cybersec firm CyActive
Beersheba firm relies on hackers’ ‘laziness’ to develop cures for malware that has yet to be created
By David Shamah
Illustrative photo of jihadists fighting with the Islamic State. (AP/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)
February 21, 2015, 4:45 am
Bosnian man accused of financing terrorists remains jailed
Ramiz Hodzic of St. Louis County is suspected of coordinating shipments of cash through intermediary in Turkey
Efi Dahan (left), director of Israel and Africa region for PayPal; Dr. Amir Etzioni (center), director of community relations and regulations at ISOC; and Dina Be'er (right) chairperson of ISOC (photo credit: Courtesy)
January 2, 2015, 12:43 pm
High prices drive Israelis into eBay’s arms
To combat the cost of living, consumers in droves are buying from overseas sites, according to research by PayPal
By David Shamah
Jetleap screenshot (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 28, 2014, 10:39 am
Jetleap takes the sting out of Cyber Monday shipping costs
Israelis love online shopping but are hampered by freight charges. A new courier matching service makes web buying cheaper
By David Shamah
The AirHop team accepts the $100,000 prize from PayPal (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 18, 2014, 1:05 pm
AirHop app lets you make calls without a cellphone plan
PayPal awards an Israeli team $100,000 prize for ‘absolutely disruptive’ technology
By David Shamah
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