Covid-19

20 stories about Covid-19
מטוס ממריא מסלול נחיתה

Which company is targeting $475 million in a Nasdaq IPO and who accused Twitter of sexism?

14.09.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Israeli judge accuses Twitter of sexism, orders it to pay expenses in sexual harassment case
נתב"ג בימי קורונה

Forced to fly? Covid-19 transformed business trips from a dream into a nightmare

14.09.20|Sophie Shulman
Israeli tech companies are being accused of threatening to lay off employees who refused to travel due to health fears
עו"ד ליאור אבירם שותף מנהל בשבלת

Down-rounds went up in Israel during first half of 2020, survey shows

14.09.20|Hagar Ravet
A new survey by law firms Shibolet and Fenwick & West shows first signs of the Covid-19 crisis’ impact on the tech industry
סניף ביטוח לאומי 2018

Unemployment will rise due to planned holiday lockdown, Israeli government entities warn

13.09.20|Shahar Ilan
As the number of active cases of Covid-19 in Israel continues to rise, the government plans to vote on further limitations for the Jewish High Holidays that would see many businesses forced to shut down, again
יואב חיימי נספח כלכלי הונג קונג

Despite unrest, Hong Kong remains open for Israeli business

12.09.20|Allon Sinai
Israel's economic attaché to the global financial hub breaks down the immense trade potential
בייג'ינג קנאביס

Why aren't Israel’s successful startups doing business in China and what's the story behind the collapse of the Taboola-Outbrain merger?

10.09.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Is the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange finally ready to become Israel’s Nasdaq?
נועם ברדין מנכ"ל ווייז במלון הילטון

Recalculating Route: Waze says it will lay off 5% of its global workforce

10.09.20|Hagar Ravet
In an email to employees, CEO Noam Bardin says the Google-owned company is rethinking its priorities amid the Covid-19 crisis
טום ליבנה  Tom Livne Verbit

To achieve its mission of transforming the note-taking world, Verbit wants to become the “Uber of transcription”

10.09.20|James Spiro
The transcription service can be used in a variety of verticles such as education, healthcare, and media
קורונה מזרח ירושלים בית חולים אל מקאסד

Which Israeli startup raised $144 million under the radar and how has Covid-19 pushed climate change to the forefront?

08.09.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Israel to establish a national laboratory to study Covid-19 and future life-threatening viruses
ד"ר רועי צזנה  חוקר עתידנות שבוע קיימות

Scaring people about Covid-19 or climate change will not do the trick, says Israeli futurist

08.09.20|Maayan Manela
Future studies researcher Roey Tzezana spoke Tuesday at Calcalist’s online conference on sustainability and innovation
אמילי רייכרט  מנכ"לית Greentown Labs שבוע קיימות

Climate change pushed to the forefront by Covid-19

08.09.20|Maayan Manela
"Covid-19 has directed corporations towards being more prepared for climate change, and that means coming up with the climate tech solutions that we need," Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Lab
קורונה מעבדה של קופת חולים מכבי ב רחובות

Israel to establish a national laboratory to study Covid-19 and future life-threatening viruses

08.09.20|Udi Etzion
The new lab, based out of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, will enable researchers to study live samples of viruses and find ways to kill them
עבודה מרחוק קורונה משכ"ל

Which 10 jobs are going extinct due to tech innovation and who is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom?

07.09.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Covid-19 cutbacks? No one told the software industry, salaries see a boost despite the pandemic
מתכנת IT דאטה ניטור אבטחת מידע

Covid-19 cutbacks? No one told the software industry, salaries see a boost despite the pandemic

07.09.20|Maayan Manela
Tech job recruiting company See.V reveals which professions saw the highest salary bumps and suggests the balance of power still leans in employees’ favor
 Dr. Michal Rosen-Zvi

Wikipedia is the perfect Covid-19 datasource, says IBM research director for healthcare informatics

06.09.20|James Spiro
Ahead of speaking at Startup Nation Central’s ‘The New Digital Age’ online conference, Dr. Michal Rosen-Zvi spoke with CTech about how data can be collected now to help us in the future
מימין אלזבטה קליין IFC לורי בריסטו COP26 ועידת קיימות

“Israel-UAE agreement can open the door to solar energy collaborations”

06.09.20|Maayan Manela
Sir Laurie Bristow and Alzbeta Klein spoke at the "Sustainability and Innovation Week", organized by Calcalist and ESIL Technologies
עו"ד ג'יי אפשטיין

"Investment opportunities will be slow to come along in 2020. We're in a marathon not a sprint to recovery"

06.09.20|Tamar Tunik
DLA Piper senior partner Jay Epstien says creative and innovative leadership will be the main factors that determine companies' success in the post-Covid world
Medicine doctor and robotics research and analysis

“Until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, modern tech can predict where epidemics will strike,” says Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Medical Officer of Global Public Health

03.09.20|Einat Paz-Frankel, Start-Up Nation Central, a CTech Partner
Dr. Alan Tennenberg will speak at Start-Up Nation Central's interactive online conference "The New Digital Age: The Role of Technological Innovation in the Post-COVID-19 World"