Articles about israel

Seattle startup’s co-founder rejoins Israeli military in war: ‘I cannot just stand aside and do nothing’

When Boaz Arbel woke up Saturday to the news of what was happening in Israel, he knew immediately that he… Read More

Microsoft CEO ‘heartbroken’ by attacks on Israel; tech giant has nearly 3k employees in the country

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a statement on the war in Israel and the company shared a memo it sent… Read More

Amazon CEO calls attacks on civilians in Israel ‘shocking,’ says company will support relief efforts

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called the attacks against civilians in Israel “shocking and painful to watch” in a post on… Read More

Israeli president coming to people’s homes via unique hologram video tech from Seattle startup

Politicians used to shaking hands and hoisting babies in person may want to check out the technology being employed by… Read More

Archaeological dig in Jerusalem unearths evidence of biblical Babylonian conquest

One month after offering up archaeological evidence to back up a contested claim about the First Crusade, researchers say they’ve… Read More

A rush of rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 puts Israel’s Amos-17 telecom satellite in orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Boeing-built, Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, adding to what’s… Read More

Exclusive: Archaeologists confirm contested tale of the Crusades, 920 years after battle

GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle reports on a significant archaeological find during his Middle East science tour. JERUSALEM… Read More

NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander

The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and… Read More

Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor

A manually entered command apparently set off a chain reaction of events that led to last week’s crash of an… Read More

Israel’s Beresheet lander crashes on moon, ending privately funded space odyssey

An Israeli-built lander crashed onto the moon today during its final descent, bringing an unfortunate end to the first privately… Read More

Israel’s lunar lander switches from Earth orbit to moon orbit; touchdown in a week

The Israeli-built Beresheet lander successfully started orbiting the moon today, marking a crucial step toward next week’s scheduled lunar touchdown.… Read More

Israeli lunar lander looks back at Earth

An Israeli lunar lander gets photobombed by Earth in a selfie released today by SpaceIL’s Beresheet mission team. The selfie… Read More

‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the Israeli-made Beresheet lunar lander on the first leg of its journey to the… Read More

To the moon? Israel’s SpaceIL says SpaceX will launch team’s lunar lander this year

News Brief: SpaceIL, an Israeli team that was once a competitor in the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize, says it will have… Read More

Oracle opens second cloud accelerator program, attempting to court startups

Database giant and cloud contender Oracle has opened a cloud accelerator program in Tel Aviv, with the aim of helping… Read More

Microsoft to acquire Israeli cyber security firm Secure Islands for reported $77M

Microsoft confirmed rumors on Monday that it is acquiring Secure Islands, a 9-year-old cyber security firm based in Israel. The… Read More

Microsoft reportedly paying $200M to buy Surface digital pen maker N-trig

Microsoft is reportedly set to pay $200 million for N-trig, the Israel-based startup that manufactures digital pens — including the stylus used… Read More