Posts Tagged: Microsoft

Microsoft Launches New Streaming Tech Developed by Israel R&D Team
CTech - Microsoft has announced a new technology for its Teams platform, Microsoft eCDN, developed by Microsoft Israel Research and Development. The new technology will...

Tehran-Linked Hackers in Lebanon Exposed After Targeting Israeli Defense, IT Companies
Microsoft Corp. revealed on Thursday that it detected and took down infrastructure from the Polonium network, which the company described as a Lebanon-based hacking group...

Israel’s Hexa Partners With Microsoft to Leverage Snap’s Tech for 3D Retail Shopping
CTech - 3D visualization platform Hexa has announced that it is unveiling “a new shopping experience” using tools from Microsoft and Snap to bring 360-degree...

US Says Iran-backed Hackers Launching Disruptive Cyberattacks on American Firms
A hacking group "sponsored" by Iran's government is launching disruptive cyberattacks against a wide range of US companies, including healthcare providers and transportation firms, according to a cybersecurity alert published by...

Amid Global Shortage of Microchips, Israel Emerges as Investment ‘Battleground’ for Tech Giants
As the global economy struggles with a shortage of semiconductors, threatening auto factories and toaster ovens alike, US chip giant Intel on Sunday announced multi-billion...

Israel’s Project Nimbus: Microsoft Looks to Be Out, With Amazon and Google in It for the Win
CTech - Project Nimbus is Israel’s flagship project for providing cloud services for its entire public sector, including the military. The chance to operate the...

Microsoft Unveils New Cyber Solutions at Its Annual Conference – Some Developed in Israel
CTech - On Tuesday evening, Microsoft opened the annual Ignite 2020 conference, which was held online given the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation. Although no brand-new or...

China’s ByteDance Gets Trump Nod to Avoid TikTok Shutdown
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States,...

Exclusive: TikTok to Challenge US Order Banning Transactions With the Video App
TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video...

TikTok’s Chinese Owner Offers to Forego Stake to Clinch US Deal
China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the US operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President...

Microsoft Is on the Move, Will Relocate Development Center to New WeWork Offices in Tel Aviv
CTech - Microsoft’s development center in Tel Aviv is set to expand, a person with knowledge of the move told Calcalist on condition of anonymity...

Robo-Journalists Will Not Protect Human Rights and Free Speech, Says Media Expert
CTech - Tech giant Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News, Edge browser and MSN organizations and replacing...

NGO Files Complaint Against Microsoft in Spain Due to Antisemitic Results in Search Engine Bing
An American NGO that seeks to fight antisemitism, especially online, has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft in Spain because its search engine Bing links...

Former Microsoft Exec Assaf Rappaport’s New Startup Raises $21 Million
CTech - Less than two months after he stepped down as Microsoft's head of research and development in Israel, Israeli entrepreneur Assaf Rappaport’s new cybersecurity startup,...