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ראש ממשלת הודו נרנדרה מודי

Unlike Europe, Indian privacy law is skewed in favor of Google & Amazon

21.08.23|Viki Auslender
The new Indian law for the protection of digital personal data prioritizes the interests of the government and private companies over the protection of surfers
 שרותי הענן של אמזון Amazon Web Services AWS

AWS launches cloud infrastructure in Israel

01.08.23|Meir Orbach
Amazon's cloud company is expected to provide services to government bodies and public entities, with plans to invest an estimated $7.2 billion in Israel by 2037
ג'ף בזוס מייסד, יו"ר הדירקטוריון ולשעבר נשיא ומנכ"ל של חברת אמזון

Rethinking satellite internet projects: Are Starlink and Amazon truly serving the public?

27.07.23|Viki Auslender
As satellite internet projects deploy thousands of small satellites and raise environmental and affordability challenges, stakeholders grapple with striking the right balance between innovation and serving the broader public interest
איור הייטק lost in amazon

FTC vs. Amazon: Lawsuit highlights manipulative user interface designs

29.06.23|Viki Auslender
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges that Amazon used deceptive tactics to steer users towards Prime subscription renewals
לוגו אמזון

Amazon axes dozens of jobs in Israel after shutting down Halo program

27.04.23|Meir Orbach
The tech behemoth said last month that it will lay off 9,000 more employees following an earlier round of layoffs that began in November which affected more than 18,000 staffers
פיטורים בהייטק מפוטר מפוטרים

Director's cut: Amazon and Google getting rid of middle managers at the expense of future productivity

18.04.23|Omer Kabir
After huge recruitments during the pandemic, the technology companies are adopting a more economical organizational structure. Even if efficiency is expected to improve in the short term, the move may cause significant cumulative damage
אורי גושן AI21 Labs

Goshen’s gospel: "Every company is entering the world of Generative AI"

16.04.23|Omer Kabir
Ori Goshen, CEO of AI21 Labs, whose models will be offered as part of Amazon's entry into the field of artificial intelligence shares how “generative AI opens up possibilities that did not exist before"
Flymingo AI

Flymingo receives funding from Amazon to identify supply chain mistakes

16.03.23|James Spiro
The size of the investment from Amazon’s Industrial Innovation Fund was not revealed, but is estimated to be several million dollars
איור הייטק טוב ורע

The fast & the spurious: Failures of Tesla, Amazon and Google testify to the motives behind the scenes

21.02.23|Viki Auslender
Tesla's autonomous driving is causing accidents, Amazon is killing small merchants, and Google's chatbot is wrong. The hasty launches and uncontrolled expansion indicate that it is not "innovation" that drives these companies, but short-term profits
Volk

In a world of Ambient Computing, Israel remains static

17.08.22|James Spiro
CTech spoke to Twang Founder and CEO Navot Volk about the growing market of Ambient Computing, where it is going, and why Israeli consumers still cannot benefit from it
Ofer Bengal ועידת Ctech ענן

“These three clouds became a sort of monopoly but that's the way the world works”

07.05.22|James Spiro
Ofer Bengal, Founder and CEO at Redis, discusses how software companies can work with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
אמאזון לוגיסטיקה חבילות אלטו

Amazon investing in Israeli robotics startup BionicHIVE

21.04.22|CTech
The Israeli startup's SqUID robotics solution is deployed in a wide range of supply chain facilities utilizing existing shelving racks and boxes and is capable of pick and put-away from floor to ceiling
Doug Laney Headshot

Data, data everywhere - and plenty of drops to drink

08.12.21|James Spiro
Doug Laney, Innovation Fellow at West Monroe, joined CTech to discuss Big Data, Infonomics, and the value of our online information
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youAPPi: “People think Amazon doesn’t need to invest in retargeting. This is wrong”

12.11.21|James Spiro
Speaking at Tech TLV, youAPPi Founder and CEO Moshe Vaknin talks about the spending habits of frequent app users - and how companies can keep them
מטה Oracle אורקל רדווד סיטי  קליפורניה עמק הסיליקון 2

Israeli court: Oracle did not meet security requirements for government cloud tender

21.10.21|Meir Orbach
The District Court in Jerusalem released its verdict dismissing Oracle’s appeal following its failure in the Nimbus tender. Oracle plans to appeal again
JOKR Team

How JOKR's battle against Amazon accidentally made its way to Startup Nation

14.10.21|James Spiro
After being given $170 million to offer 15-minute grocery delivery in the U.S and Europe, JOKR has set up an R&D base in Israel thanks to one person’s relocation
Martin Guy Eli Unlimited Robotics

“Amazon is developing something very cute… We are not in the cute industry,” says Unlimited Robotics

02.10.21|James Spiro
Meet Gary - the Israeli robot acting as a physical app store for developers and software engineers
המייסדים של טייפ 5 ליאור הרמן ירון שגיא ו עינת ברקוביץ

To infinity and beyond: get ready for the first Israeli space tech VC

27.09.21|Yafit Ovadia
“Space will become a self-sustaining economy, and boom over the next decade,” says co-founder of TYPE5, the first Israeli-VC focused on space startups
עזרא כהן סגן נשיא לאסטרטגיה תאגידית באורקל

Oracle recruited DoD executive to save its Israel cloud bid

10.08.21|Hagar Ravet and Tomer Ganon
The software giant brought in Ezra Cohen, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under Donald Trump, to try and thwart the tender won by Amazon and Google by pressuring members of Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee