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34,454 tech employees lost their jobs over the past month in Israel. Companies are blaming AI and the strength of the shekel against the weakening US dollar, but that’s not the full picture.

The alarming under-achievement of Israeli school students will have dire economic and social consequences unless decisive action is taken now, warns Yeholot CEO Yardena Bagantz.

Reichman University’s Prof. Yosi Shacham-Diamand is developing chips that monitor plants, detect hazards in drinking water, and help medical teams treat wounded soldiers. Now he has an ambitious new vision.

It’s been 40 years since Israel first entered the Internet age. “Globes” catches up with the people who saw the revolution before everyone else and connected us to the world wide web.

Companies are profitable, demand is high, but the race is on to become leaner and more agile, and the current wave of layoffs is the result.

"Globes'" exposure of the Tax Authority's plans for keeping tech companies taxable in Israel has drawn fierce responses and dire warnings, although not everyone objects.

At 42, rich in both experience and financial terms, after 20 years at the helm, Similarweb founder and CEO Or Offer is stepping down, leaving a company that is performing strongly despite losing 80% of its market cap.

“Globes” profiles Zenity cofounder and CEO Ben Kliger, who worked under Wiz founders Assaf Rappaport and Yinon Costica at Microsoft and aims to build a cybersecurity company as successful as Wiz.

Natural Intelligence CTO Lior Schachter opened the company’s doors to Prof. Lior Zalmanson, Head of the AI Lab at Tel Aviv University to monitor the process of integrating AI into the company. The impact was surprising.

A major explosion has been attributed to Tomer, the mysterious government-owned defense company that develops rocket propulsion. “Globes” investigates.

The trend of leaving large law firms for in-house positions in high-tech is fading as more lawyers return to private practice. “Globes” speaks to three lawyers who have made the return journey.

Alon Haimovich is leaving after an investigation into alleged unethical use of Azure by the Ministry of Defense, “Globes” has learned. Microsoft Israel has been placed under the management of Microsoft France.

As AI makes attacks ever more sophisticated, Frame Security aims to raise workers' awareness to match them.

Liran Zvibel, CEO of data storage unicorn Weka, a rival of VAST Data, tells “Globes” how limited memory is holding back AI.

Under Dana Tuchner, the brand is making a comeback. "In ten years’ time we’ll have more than 100 branches," she says.

Intel Israel employees talk about the changes of style and substance since Lip-Bu Tan took the helm, and why they kept faith during the lean years.