Israeli tech

Israeli company Corephotonics filed a lawsuit against Apple yesterday, just as Apple was awarded $120 million by the Supreme Court after a prolonged battle with Samsung. Corephotonics, a maker of dual lens camera technology, claims that the cameras featured in the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus infringe on four of its patents.

The Hyundai Motor Group has decided to invest more than $100 million in building a research and development center in Israel, one of five new R&D centers the South Korean car manufacturing giant is setting up throughout the world, Israel Hayom reported on Wednesday.

Institutions from Israel and Wisconsin this week signed two agreements to collaborate on water technology.

Canada’s new search-and-rescue aircraft from Airbus Defense and Space are to feature ELM-2022A maritime patrol radars from Israel Aerospace Industries.

American computer hardware behemoth IBM Watson is buying Israeli start-up Cloudigo, its founder said on LinkedIn over Rosh Hashana weekend.

The Algemeiner reports: JNS.org – An Israeli delegation headed by Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin is visiting China to bring Israeli firms specializing in green technology together with Chinese companies looking to invest substantially in the growing industry.

TEL AVIV, Israel — Two U.S.-Israeli industrial teams working on jointly funded missile defense programs are ramping up production of three distinct interceptors that collectively defend against an entire spectrum of threats, from short-range rockets to Iran’s most advanced, medium-range ballistic missiles.

German automaker Porsche announced on Thursday it will invest tens of millions of euros in Israeli auto-tech startups, following a trend by US automakers including Ford Motor Co. and high-tech firms like Intel heavily buying into Israel’s emerging self-driving car market.

A tiny ingestible robot designed by Israeli scientists may one day have the capacity to slither its way through the small intestine, upgrading the effectiveness of the colonoscopy test.

Israeli scientists from the Rehovot-based company Nucleix succeeded in developing a first of its kind blood test to diagnose lung cancer.

Intel will buy Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for more than $15 billion (14 billion euros), the companies said Monday, in a deal signalling the US computer chip giant’s commitment to technology for self-driving vehicles.

Deep in the Negev desert in Israel, stands what will be the world’s tallest solar tower. Once complete, the tower will be 250 metres tall and encircled by 50,000 heliostat solar mirrors.

The Irish district council of Derry and Strabane approved a motion, by majority vote, to back a campaign to boycott Israeli goods in solidarity with Palestinians, Thursday.

Apple is reportedly using an office in the central Israeli city of Herzliya to develop what one anonymous employee termed the iPhone 8.

The usual mix of international companies, startups, government representatives and investors descended on Tel Aviv for the annual DLD Innovation Festival, a celebration that has become the central event of Israel’s innovation week.

Volkswagen is forming a company with the former head of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency to develop cyber security systems for Internet-connected cars and self-driving vehicles, the partners said in a statement on Wednesday.

In the affluent neighbourhood Kfar Shmaryahu north of Tel Aviv, three high-tech startups made business pitches to an eager crowd of investors, media, and others.

SpaceX is scouring computer and video data for clues to the devastating launch pad explosion that destroyed a rocket and its Israeli satellite payload.

Do your cooking thanks to gas made from your own food waste: that’s the eco-friendly solution proposed by Homebiogas, an Israeli company that has developed a “digester” that converts organic matter into biogas.

The auto industry is barreling headfirst toward a driverless future – and a cybersecurity nightmare, as Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek showed off for the second year in a row how easy it is to hack into a smart car.

As the world looks to Brazil for Olympic games, an Israeli startup is there to improve the safety of millions.

An Israeli cyber-intelligence company claims to have penetrated a private messaging forum used by Islamic State to plan and inspire attacks against “extremely specific” western targets, including American military bases in the Middle East.

TEL AVIV – Israel GPS app Waze has added a feature reminding parents to check they haven’t accidentally left their children in the backseat before exiting the car.

Mellanox Technologies is looking to take advantage of a resource largely untapped by Israel’s high-tech companies: Palestinians.

The World Bank is looking to Israel for advice on how to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, and recently completed a mission to the Jewish state to study what policies can be copied.

A top Google official on Tuesday hailed Israel’s tech sector, saying it trailed only Silicon Valley in the United States when it comes to “initiatives”.

Inc. reports: Jonathan Swerdlow is a passionately curious person. Since childhood, he would open up every new toy he received to see how the mechanism worked inside.

TEL AVIV – An Israeli start-up claims to have developed a program that can identify terrorists, pedophiles, even expert poker players in just a fraction of a second using facial analysis tools.

The Times of Israel reports: RIO DE JANEIRO — The Israeli app Moovit will guide tourists and local residents to the fastest and safest routes to and between competition venues at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

The Times of Israel reports: Iran has good reason to be concerned by Israel’s defense capabilities, a senior engineer at the Israel Aerospace Industries, a government-owned company that manufactures military and civilian aircraft and products, said on Saturday. “We are

The Jerusalem Post reports: An Israeli-made “suicide drone” has allegedly been spotted over the battlefield where Azerbaijan and Armenia have clashed in recent days, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Video uploaded to YouTube reportedly shows what appears to be the IAI

The Jerusalem Post reports: Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Thursday that it had concluded new sales in India worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the past quarter. The sales included drones, air defense and radar systems and other products,

Business Insider reports: United Airlines has launched the first direct flight between San Francisco and Israel, connecting two of the world’s leading startup hubs in the process. The United Airlines 954 flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv takes off on

The Jerusalem Post reports: A Saudi political analyst who is well known for leaking exclusive information about the royal family of Saudi Arabia on Twitter has recently reported that the kingdom buys drones from Israel, in cooperation with South Africa. In

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation worked with Israel’s Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd. to crack the iPhone used in the shooting last year in San Bernardino, California.

TEL AVIV – In the latest trouncing of the BDS movement, American businessman and philanthropist Mortimer Zuckerman launches a game-changing $100 million initiative aimed at fostering scientific collaboration between the United States and Israel. Zuckerman announced the launch of the