Covid-19

20 stories about Covid-19
למונייד ביטוח

Who wants to eat a meatless steak and how much did Lemonade surge in its first day of trading?

02.07.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Software giant Amdocs set to lay off 1,000 employees
מנכ"ל לייבפרסון בישראל יובל מטלון

LivePerson is giving up its offices, switching to full WFH model

02.07.20|Tzally Greenberg
Publicly traded customer engagement company responded to employee survey that found vast majority prefer to stay home
אמדוקס

Software giant Amdocs set to lay off 1,000 employees

02.07.20|Meir Orbach
The company said it is reorganizing global HR due to “complex time of continued uncertainty in global markets”
מליאת הכנסת קורונה

Israeli parliament votes to relaunch phone surveillance program as Covid-19 resurges

01.07.20|Omer Kabir
Lawmakers voted 53 to 38 in favor of bill permitting cellular tracking of phones as the number of infected breaks daily record
ניל קורני כנס פינטק בנקאות חדשה

“This crisis is going to present many opportunities for banks,” predicts Citi Israel CEO

01.07.20|Hagar Ravet
Neil Corney says Covid-19 crisis has proven how important it was to invest in Fintech for so many years
משרדים האניבוק עובדים הייטק גיוס

Early-stage startups and tech employees suffering the most during pandemic, says Bank of Israel research

01.07.20|Omri Milman
More than a quarter of Israeli tech employees handed salary cuts during Covid-19 crisis; significant fall in seed and round A funding
Minister Kazuhiko Nakamura and Motoki Kurita Commercial Attaché Embassy of Japan to Israel

When opposites attract: Can Japan help the Startup Nation become the Scale-up Nation?

01.07.20|Allon Sinai
Special interview with Japan’s economic mission to Israel on how the two countries’ tech sectors can together innovate the world’s post-coronavirus new normal
מרק צוקרברג מנכ"ל מייסד פייסבוק אוקטובר 2019

Why did Facebook lose in Tel Aviv court battle and which Israeli startup is helping provide better cancer screening?

30.06.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Israeli advertisers are not quick to jump on the Facebook boycotting wagon
Angela Logothetis

Covid-19 has uncovered some compelling 5G use cases

30.06.20|Angela Logothetis, CTO of Amdocs Open Network
Angela Logothetis, CTO of Amdocs Open Network, discusses some of the ways that an unexpected pandemic pushed us into a digital-first, connectivity-centric environment.
ריגול ממשלתי ניטור המוני פרטיות מצלמות מעקב 3

Which Israeli company is tracking its employees and who raised $48 million?

29.06.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: This company’s tools give employers a sneak peek at their workers' productivity at home
איזבל מתאוס לאגו בלאקרוק

BlackRock senior strategist optimistic markets to recover within six months

29.06.20|CTech
"Under the baseline scenario where there is no resurgence of the pandemic which brings further shutdowns we do expect a fairly strong recovery in the second half of this year and going forward," said Isabelle Mateos y Lago
הפגנת עובדי ארנסט אנד יאנג

Israel’s biggest accounting firm EY to sack dozens of employees

28.06.20|Omri Milman
EY put around 350 employees on unpaid leave at the start of the Covid-19 crisis and almost 100 of them are set to be fired
דגן אלוני נספח כלכלי תאילנד

Teflon Thailand is primed for Israeli innovation solutions

27.06.20|Allon Sinai
“You can't just come and throw around words like AI and IoT and think that will be enough. The key word in Thailand is ROI,” said trade attache Dagan Alony
ריגול ממשלתי ניטור המוני פרטיות מצלמות מעקב 4

Which spying agency is back tracking citizens and why is Netanyahu receiving tax exemptions?

25.06.20|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: Survey finds Israeli tech workers taking Covid-19 salary cuts on the chin
before departure

These startups will make your air travel healthier and safer

25.06.20|James Spiro
A lot of Israeli startups have pivoted to assist in the re-opening of airports around the world
ריגול ממשלתי ניטור המוני פרטיות מצלמות מעקב 1

Big Brother is back to tracking citizens because Netanyahu fell asleep on the job

25.06.20|Omer Kabir
What started as an extreme emergency measure is turning into the norm because the authorities failed to come up with alternatives
פינת עבודה מחשב נייח עבודה מהבית

Survey finds Israeli tech workers taking Covid-19 salary cuts on the chin

25.06.20|Maayan Manela
While wages have been cut, the drop in income has been relatively small and the sector is still expected to pull Israel out of the crisis
משקפי Hololens מציאות מוגברת בבית החולים בלינסון לטיפול בחולי קורונה

Video: HoloLens AR helps older doctors go bedside with Covid-19 patients, without risking illness

25.06.20|Raphael Kahan
Senior physicians can virtually make the rounds with the interns, but without the prep time and contraction risk
מימין ראש השב"כ נדב ארגמן וראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

Israel Security Agency to resume mobile phone tracking to monitor Covid-19 patients

24.06.20|Moran Azulay, Ynet
New bill stipulates that the government will only be allowed to request assistance from the Shin Bet when there is an "immediate and substantial" need
יובל מטלון מנכ"ל לייבפרסון

Retailers intent on surviving Covid-19 should get their bots to interact more like people

24.06.20|Yuval Matalon
The challenge now is maintaining short-term revenue and long-term relationships without being able to rely on personal interactions between staff and customers