CTech's Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News
Online gig marketplace Fiverr heading for a New York IPO; a look at China's multi-billion dollar live-streaming industry
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Online gig marketplace Fiverr heading for a New York IPO. Fiverr intends to list its ordinary shares on the NYSE under the ticker “FVRR”. Read more
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman . Photo: Omer Hacohen
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman . Photo: Omer Hacohen
POV | A look at China's multi-billion dollar live-streaming industry. In China, live-streaming has become a mass phenomenon. Considered one of the country’s most popular forms of entertainment in the past few years, its socio-cultural impact is immense. Read more
Trump’s political agenda could threaten independence of Federal Reserve, says former chair. Economist Janet Yellen spoke at a symposium held at Tel Aviv University, from which she received an honorary doctorate Thursday. Read more
A network of fake Facebook accounts originating in Israel attempted to influence global politics. Facebook removed 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts involved in a coordinated effort to influence public opinion in countries such as Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Angola, Niger, and Tunisia. Read more
Expert | What Israel's bombing of Hamas hackers may mean for the insurance industry. Commonly considered as an act of war, insurance companies often claim cyberattacks are excluded from their policies. Military action against hackers may strengthen the case for insurers, but also give birth to new types of policies. Read more
The Israeli Military is now training big data scientists. In April, the first cohort of the Israeli intelligence corps’ specialized big data analysts completed its training. Read more
Recognition startup MultiVu raises $7 million. The company’s founder David Mendlovic sold his previous startup Corephotonics to Samsung for $155 million in January. Read more
Opinion | From Amazon’s Alexa to IBM’s Watson, gender inequality is a serious issue For AI. People do not always realize the fact that technology is not objective, and that its ever-growing power can serve as a major catalyst in significantly widening social and gender gaps. Read more
MIT partners with seven Israeli academic institutions on a STEM fund. MIT’s newly launched fund will award grants of up to $30,000 to collaborative projects between MIT researchers and Israeli faculty members. Read more
One institutional investor intends to hinder Bezeq’s acquisition by Searchlight. The bondholders of BCOM, the direct controlling shareholder of Israel’s largest telecom Bezeq, have approved the offer private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners made for Bezeq, with 75.2% in favor. Read more
