CTech's Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News
S&P is overconfident about Israel; Israel’s dependence on gas delays its adoption of green energy, says Economist
Opinion | S&P is overconfident about Israel. The credit rating agency reaffirmed Israel’s AA- credit rating over the weekend, downplaying concerns about the country’s local political limbo and its effect on mounting deficit. Read more
Interview | Israel’s dependence on gas delays its adoption of green energy, says Economist. Natural resources economist Sinaia Netanyahu, the last chief scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, speaks about the Israeli government’s failure to bring its energy industry into the 21st century, and explains why the ministry she worked for until 2018 is no longer relevant. Read more
Tel Aviv's skyline. Photo: Bloomberg
These are the startups selected to showcase their technology in Berlin (part 3). The third group of startups selected to participate in CTech and Calcalist's upcoming conference in Berlin revealed: SparkBeyond, BreezoMeter, Otorio, Optimove, Radiflow, CHEQ, 3GSolar Photovoltaics, Skyline AI, CybeReady Learning Solutions, CybeReady, Juganu. Read more
Israeli equity crowdfunding company Together to sell Gett stock from Employees. Around $1.7 million worth of Gett securities will be sold on the platform, at a 20%-30% discount on the company’s $1.4 billion valuation at its latest round. Read more
WeWork names new CEO. Sandeep Mathrani was selected to replace ousted CEO Adam Neumann. He is set to succeed interim co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham on February 18. Read more
Expert | Jeff Bezos, Meghan Markle, and you have this in common: privacy concerns. Passwords are both easily cracked and forgotten but available alternatives, such as biometric facial recognition technologies, raise their own prominent concerns. Read more
List | An app a day keeps the doctor away: 8 at-home health monitoring startups. Imagine a technology that can predict your next asthma attack a day before it occurs or detect a disease before you exhibit any symptoms. These eight companies are looking to turn your smartphone into a personal physician. Read more
Cisco partners with data security company AlgoSec. AlgoSec develops data security management software for enterprises. Read more
A Keen hand for detail: former architect builds scaled models of weapons, historical landmarks. Gadi Ma-Tov left a career as an architect to return to a childhood passion that began with his first set of Lego. Read more
CyberTech Global Conference:
Check Point sells cyber-technologies to countries that don’t have diplomatic relations with Israel, says Check Point exec. Watch the video
Most effective way to fight Cyberattacks is through international cooperations, says national cyber directorate exec. Watch the video
To be a good defender you must also be an attacker, says Rafael’s Cyber Intelligence head. Watch the video
Israel’s elections are prone to cyberattacks, says former head of National Information Directorate. Watch the video
