CTech's Tuesday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Intel, Mobileye, Volkswagen team on Israeli self-driving taxi venture; Human threat hunters are the next big thing in cybersecurity, says former unit 8200 head

Intel, Mobileye, Volkswagen team on Israeli self-driving taxi venture. The project, destined to roll out in early 2019, is supported by the Israeli government. Read more

 

Human threat hunters are the next big thing in cybersecurity, says former unit 8200 head. Venture firm Blumberg Capital announced the appointment of Ehud Schneorson as managing director in September, after he retired from command of the Israeli equivalent of the NSA. Read more

Airobotics. Photo: Airobotics

 

Automated drone company Airobotics raises $30 million to fuel global expansion. Founded in 2014, Airobotics develops fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles used for surveying and security missions in industrial facilities, mining sites, and refineries. Read more

 

Payroll management startup Papaya Global wins Callcalist’s startup competition. Papaya Global provides support services for recruiting and hiring workers remotely and develops a single system that automates payroll processing, labor law compliance, and other tasks generally handled by human resource departments. Read more

 

Bird’s scooter service marks 25,000 users in Tel Aviv, says exec. Tel Aviv was the second location outside the U.S. for the Los Angeles-headquartered Bird, after it launched operations in Paris. Read more

 

Jet charter company partners with Israeli startup on North Carolina drone delivery pilot. Israeli drone startup Flytrex works with the transportation department of North Carolina to test localized package delivery. Read more

 

AI diagnostics startup Viz.ai aims to go beyond strokes. Viz.ai develops an automated system that analyzes brain scans and alerts stroke specialists by sending the radiological images directly to their smartphone. Read more

 

Businesses need to tailor websites to a range of user attention levels, says web psychologist. Liraz Margalit is the head of behavioral research at Israeli user analytics company Clicktale, which offers customer experience insights by recording and analyzes the way users interact with websites. Read more

 

News Briefs

 

Tower Semiconductor's stock down 21% following underwhelming third-quarter results. Read more

 

Samsung’s Harman moves to new headquarters in Israel. Read more

 

Israeli port town Ashdod to get driverless buses. Read more

 

Waze rolls out in-app audio player. Read more