Chip valley: how Migdal HaEmek and Rehovot became a critical link in the AI race
Nova, Camtek and Tower posted record quarters this week. A weekend feature on the Israeli industry almost nobody knows, and without which AI-era chips cannot be made
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Israel's quantum race: from Classiq's $2.2 billion to a quantum computer in Tel Aviv
Intel bought Classiq, Quantum Machines runs the national center, and new startups are raising hundreds of millions. A weekend feature on a field not yet in wide use but already worth billions
Amdocs moves into insurance with $340 million EIS deal and an eight-year AT&T agreement
Alongside annual results, the company guided to a steep 2027 revenue decline, largely because of an adjusted comparison base
US voters say no to data centers: nearly every measure against them passed
Dozens of local data center questions were on the midterm ballot, and only one did not end in a win for opponents
Breach at booking provider Amadeus exposes passenger data at a string of airlines
Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and others report exposed booking details, in some cases passport numbers
Cyberattack knocks out Beget, one of Russia's largest hosting providers
Customer websites, email and DNS went down overnight into Monday, and the company has declared force majeure
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis breached in an AI agent-assisted attack
The company, which works with law enforcement worldwide, has told all customers that user details may have been exposed
In its IPO filing, Anthropic warns AI may speed up its own development
The maker of Claude added a warning to its revised prospectus about AI building more capable versions of itself
Jigso's founders and AI team join Placer.ai
Or Shani and Tomer Naveh, who previously founded Albert.ai, will lead 'AI Actions' development at the location analytics company
Australian police investigate a breach of a New South Wales Health website
Attackers got into the website of the state health ministry's dental program. According to police, about 4GB of data was stolen, mostly details of dentists.
Anthropic heads to Wall Street: 90 pages of risks in its prospectus, and Claude already designs chips inside the company
The company founded to "answer to humanity" will now also have to answer to shareholders. According to reports, Anthropic told investors its chip design team already uses Claude, and warned that AI-assisted research could soon accelerate dramatically.
A new EU push to exclude Israel from the Horizon research program
Left-wing groups in the European Parliament want to add a clause barring countries that violated the Genocide Convention. If approved, Israel could lose access to the world's leading research program. A vote is expected on November 23.
Varonis reports quietly: no guidance and no investor call, because of the sale to Proofpoint
The data security company, which is being acquired for $6.3 billion, published third-quarter results but said it will issue no outlook and hold no conference call until the deal closes.
A record quarter for AMD: $13.4 billion in revenue, and data centers nearly doubled
The chipmaker's revenue grew 45%, and the data center segment jumped 97% to $8.5 billion. According to CEO Lisa Su, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle are already running workloads on its Helios systems. The stock jumped after hours.
Tech layoffs continue: Israeli software company Atera lays off about 10% of staff, mostly in Israel
The company, which develops an IT management platform, is parting with about 30 employees. According to Atera, the goal is to improve efficiency and focus resources on AI and its autonomous IT technology, Robin.
Election day in the US: the deepfakes threatening the vote, and the warnings to voters
California's attorney general issued a warning about AI-spread misinformation, and campaigns are already using "deepfake" ads. Experts fear the main damage is to public trust.
Gemini can now edit documents, PDFs and spreadsheets directly in chat, even for free users
Google added the ability to create and edit files inside a Gemini conversation: documents, presentations, spreadsheets and code. On mobile apps, only PDFs can be edited for now.
42AI emerges from stealth with about $63 million: AI that tries to predict human behavior
The Tel Aviv startup is building a "behavioral world model" meant to predict how people and institutions will act. Its first customers are a handful of brokerages.
After the storm: Meta delays the terms that could let it scrape news sites
The new terms' effective date was pushed from October 30 to November 20, and perhaps again. European and UK advertising groups filed complaints with regulators, and a US senator is demanding the terms be scrapped.
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon, and gives it to cyber defenders first
The new model finds software flaws, tests whether they can be exploited and generates fixes. Because of the danger, Google initially limits access to governments, critical infrastructure and large tech companies.
AI is splitting Israeli tech in two: software lays off, chips hire
According to a Calcalist analysis, the headline numbers look stable, but beneath them the workforce is changing. The layoff rate at software companies reached 6.6%, more than double the industry average.
Israeli tech earnings week: Camtek tomorrow, Nova on Thursday, and what to expect
Nova guided to quarterly revenue of $277 million to $287 million, and Camtek has already announced record revenue. Cellebrite reports November 12. After Tower's record, Israeli chip companies are in focus.
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership: ServiceNow workflows come to ChatGPT
A new plugin connects ChatGPT to the organization's ServiceNow instance while keeping permissions and business rules. All ServiceNow employees will get ChatGPT Work and Codex.
A ransomware gang built its attack tools with AI: Sophos exposes GOLD OGRE
The group behind Aur0ra ransomware used AI coding tools to develop and test ways around security systems, and its ransom demands have topped $1 million. The AI didn't run on victims' machines, but it sped up the work.
Ransomware gangs exploit a flaw in Palo Alto's VPN, months after it was patched
Qilin and INC are breaking into organizations through a GlobalProtect flaw published in May. According to ReliaQuest, exploitation is likely to continue for at least three months, because many organizations haven't updated.
Breach at fashion site Revolve: customers' credit card details exposed
The online fashion retailer told investors that attackers used "automated means" to obtain names, contact details, card numbers and expiration dates of customers who saved payment details in their accounts.
Reddit's CEO: Google's AI Mode "does not drive traffic". News sites consider blocking Google
Google referrals to Reddit fell by more than a million a week in October, and the stock dropped 20%. Studies show traffic to news sites down by tens of percent, and USA Today is weighing blocking Google's crawler.
AMD reports tonight: will AMD's GPUs start threatening Nvidia
Analysts expect revenue of about $13.1 billion, with the data center segment expected at about $6.6 billion. The big question: is demand for the company's MI350 AI chips starting to take off.
ServiceNow's CEO: Israeli startup Sweep lets it move CRM customers in weeks instead of years
Bill McDermott said the acquisition of Sweep, estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, is a "tuck-in" that brings expertise in deploying AI agents. It is one of several Israeli acquisitions by ServiceNow.
MadApe: a new phishing kit steals Microsoft 365 accounts without stealing a password
Attackers abuse Microsoft's "device code" mechanism, meant for connecting TVs and printers, to get victims to grant them access themselves. Even two-factor authentication doesn't stop it.
Maximum-severity flaw in Canonical's LXD and MicroCloud: attackers can impersonate trusted clients
The flaw, CVE-2026-112816, scored 10 out of 10 and lets an attacker impersonate an authorized client without a private key. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has released a fix.