Neowin News Feed for: Israel

Microsoft now lets employees raise concerns anonymously

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has told employees that they can now raise issues anonymously without facing retaliation. It was announced by Microsoft President Brad Smith internally. Read more...

Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli Defence Ministry unit following surveillance review

Fiza Ali — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:14:01 +0000

An internal review prompts a significant Microsoft update, signalling changes in how the company manages sensitive global partnerships. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim tipped to launch in 39 countries but not it the US

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:12:01 +0000

Information from a reliable source suggests that the Galaxy S25 Slim or the Galaxy S25 Special Edition will not be available in the US. Read more...

Alphabet's biotech firm is set to close its R&D centres in Israel after upcoming layoffs

Paul Hill — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:22:01 +0000

Alphabet's biotech company, Verily, is laying off its remaining staff in Israel as it looks to lean up in preparation for a potential initial public offering. The cuts will affect 30 people. Read more...

Nine Google workers get arrested after sit-in protest over $1.2B cloud deal with Israel

Omer Dursun — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:42:01 +0000

Google employees were arrested after a sit-in protesting cloud deals with Israel. Workers occupied offices to oppose Project Nimbus, voicing concerns that the technology could enable surveillance. Read more...

Intel bringing $25 billion factory to Israel, months after agreeing on Italy deal

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:20:01 +0000

Intel and the Israeli government have agreed on a preliminary deal to bring a new plant to Kiryat Gat near Tel Aviv by 2025. The site will provide thousands of jobs for Israelis according to reports. Read more...

Microsoft: U.S. defense sector is being targeted by Iran

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advisory highlighting that multiple U.S. and Israeli defense companies and global maritime transportation firms are under attack from a threat actor, likely from Iran. Read more...

UN wants moratorium on the sale of life-threatening surveillance technology

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:20:01 +0000

The UN has called for a moratorium on the sale or transfer of life-threatening surveillance technology until a framework has been established to ensure such technology preserves human rights. Read more...

Microsoft is cracking down on private businesses selling cyberweapons

Usama Jawad — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 04:22:01 +0000

After releasing mitigations for a cyberattack that utilizes "DevilsTongue" malware developed by an Israeli company recently, Microsoft says that it is cracking down on private-state offensive actors. Read more...

Nearly 1,000 Apple employees call for company to support Palestinians

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:54:02 +0000

The demand was made in an internal letter, authored by the Apple Muslim Association. The letter has amassed roughly 1,000 signees and was sent on Monday directly to the firm's CEO. Read more...

Microsoft declares war on Israeli surveillance company NSO Group

Usama Jawad — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has formed a coalition with Google and WhatsApp, among others, to file an amicus brief against NSO Group, claiming that immunity should not be granted to the Israeli technology firm. Read more...

Twitter says state-actors may have gained access to people's phone numbers

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:08:01 +0000

Twitter has revealed that hackers attempted to match phone numbers to Twitter usernames. It said the hack may have been state-backed, possibly being linked to Iran, Israel, or Malaysia. Read more...

Microsoft hires former U.S. Attorney General to investigate Israeli firm it funded

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:44:01 +0000

Microsoft is launching an investigation into a firm it funded in the summer of its alleged use in the West Bank. Microsoft said such use of the technology would go against its ethical principles. Read more...

WhatsApp confirms being targeted by a surveillance attack, possibly from Israeli firm

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 May 2019 07:46:01 +0000

A report claims that WhatsApp has been the target of a surveillance attack developed by Israel-based security firm NSO Group. WhatsApp has confirmed the vulnerability and is still investigating. Read more...

Twitter has banned several accounts ran by a Chinese cult in Hebrew

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 18:30:01 +0000

Reportedly, many accounts that use Hebrew to communicate were recently suspended by Twitter. Allegedly, these accounts were run by a Chinese religious group known as the Church of Almighty God. Read more...

Facebook apologizes for translation that resulted in arrest

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:18:01 +0000

Facebook has apologized, after a translation provided by its AI led Israeli police to arrest and question a Palestinian man, who they thought was about to launch an attack with his bulldozer. Read more...

Israeli hackers caught Russian hackers hacking NSA secrets using Kaspersky

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:14:01 +0000

According to a new report by The New York Times, Israeli hackers who had penetrated Kaspersky Lab's network discovered Russian agents were using the antivirus as a "Google for sensitive information". Read more...

Microsoft is reportedly purchasing cyber security firm Hexadite for $100 million

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 May 2017 01:06:01 +0000

Microsoft is expected to buy the Israeli security firm Hexadite according to a report. Neither company has confirmed the acquisition yet but the report says Microsoft spent $100 million. Read more...

Intel acquires self-driving car tech company Mobileye for $15.3 billion

Usama Jawad — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:46:01 +0000

Intel has announced that it will be acquiring Mobileye - a company which develops technology for autonomous vehicles - in an all-cash deal valued at $15.3 billion, priced at $63.54 per share. Read more...

Google: There was never a 'Palestine' on Maps to be removed in the first place

Usama Jawad — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:32:01 +0000

Google claims that - contrary to recent claims - there was never a 'Palestine' on its Maps to be removed in the first place. However, another glitch did remove the 'West Bank' and 'Gaza Strip' labels. Read more...

Israeli government: Facebook is a 'monster' that's aiding terrorists

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 06:46:01 +0000

Israel's government is ramping up pressure on the social networking giant. It's throwing around harsh words in an effort to get Facebook to remove posts that it deems to be dangerous and extremist. Read more...

NSA director attended clandestine meeting in Israel to talk cyber security

Paul Hill — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:34:01 +0000

NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers was in Israel last week to discuss closer ties between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart, Unit 8200. The meeting came after the US DoJ charged seven Iranian hackers. Read more...

Microsoft in talks to buy Israeli cybersecurity startup for $200m

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 01:36:04 +0000

Microsoft is apparently in talks with Israeli cybersecurity startup Aorato, which was founded by veterans of the IDF with a focus on Active Directory, for close to $200 million in the next two months. Read more...

Google's Palestine webpage hacked for anti-Israeli purpose [Update]

Paul Ferson — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:36:17 +0000

The webpage for Google in Palestine has been attacked by an unknown group, calling for revolution in the disputed lands around Palestine and Israel. How they pulled off the hack is still uncertain. Read more...

Microsoft uses headlines to read the future

Paul Ferson — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:34:35 +0000

Microsoft Research, in cooperation with the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel, is working on a system to potentially divine the future from newspaper headlines and other sources. Read more...

Xbox 360 goes on sale in Israel and Argentina this month

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:42:39 +0000

Better late than never? Seven years after the Xbox 360 made its debut in the US, Microsoft's game console is finally set to get an official local release in Israel and Argentina later this month. Read more...

Iranian nuclear program hit by virus, plays AC/DC

Paul Ferson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:27:02 +0000

Iran's nuclear program has been infected with a new virus which seems to play excellent music at inopportune times, and has spread across two different Iranian facilities already. Read more...

Apple set to purchase Israeli NAND flash firm

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:33:41 +0000

Apple is set to acquire Israeli NAND flash design firm Anobit for an estimated $500 million dollars, according to a report by Reuters. Apple also plans to invest in a new R&D facility in Israel. Read more...

Israel uses Facebook to blacklist airline passengers

Christopher White — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:29:56 +0000

Maybe Julian Assange was onto something when he called Facebook an “appalling spy machine.” The social media site that is used for sharing personal tidbits of information is also used to bring groups of... Read more...

Researcher claims stuxnet was a US/Israel joint venture

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:11:05 +0000

A German researcher is claiming that the United States and Israel Intelligence and Special Operations department (Mossad) were behind the 2010 malicious Stuxnet worm which attempted to attack Iran's nuclear program. During the TED conference... Read more...

Hotmail in Israel defaced by Turksec [Updated]

Steven Parker — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:47:50 +0000

The popular email service Hotmail has been defaced in Israel by a Turkish hacker going by the name of TurkGuvenligi of Turksec. It appears the site has been subject to a DNS hijack, the practice of... Read more...

Israel bans iPad imports due to Wi-Fi

Matt Blowes — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:12 +0000

Importing the newly released iPad has been banned by Israeli authorities because of fears the Wi-Fi capability can broadcast at a higher power level and may interfere with other wireless connections. The U.S., unlike Europe... Read more...

Israeli Supreme Court makes Internet anonymity a constitutional right

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:56:09 +0000

In a recent Supreme Court ruling, Israel has ruled that anonymity on the Internet can only be forcefully removed "where a cause of action against the anonymous commenter exists and where the anonymity was used... Read more...

Gaza propaganda war takes place online

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:49:32 +0000

Branded by some as "hacktivism", the conflict between Israel and Palestine has spilled onto the web, with activists from both sides defacing websites, taking over computers and shutting down Facebook groups, according to a report... Read more...

Syria Suspicious of Israel, Blocks Facebook

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:16:40 +0000

Syrian authorities have blocked Facebook, the popular Internet hangout, over what seems to be fears of Israeli "infiltration" of Syrian social networks on the Net, according to residents and media reports. Residents of Damascus said... Read more...

Google descends on Israel

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:38:42 +0000

The internet search giant has promised that all of its services will be translated to Hebrew and moved into Israel within 18 months as the company's grip on the web tightens. ... Read more...

Israel to suspend Microsoft buys

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:55:17 +0000

Israel became the latest government to embrace the open-source movement in software, saying this week that it would suspend purchases of Microsoft's productivity software and explore less costly, open-source alternatives. Though the full impact remains... Read more...

Israel slams the door on Microsoft

Tom Warren — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:47:52 +0000

In a bold assertion of independence, Israel has thrown the full weight of its antitrust legislation at Microsoft. The Israeli Ministry of Commerce has suspended all governmental contracts with Microsoft, and indicated... Read more...