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How nonlinear careers could drive Jerusalem’s hi-tech rise

At American Innovation Forum in Jerusalem, business leaders say discipline, risk-taking, and adaptability are key to the capital’s hi-tech future.

American Innovation Forum panelists Orit Greenbaum Lipski, Muawyah Akash, and Tamir Goodman, moderator Anna Ahronheim, and JYP Forum founder Marc Faust, in Jerusalem, Israel, May 20, 2026.
Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

Microsoft probes Israel defense ties, top executive exits amid fallout

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Microsoft will allow pausing Windows updates without time limit

Hacker. Autonomous AI Agents.

AI startup Mercor faces mass litigation following data breach - report


Why is Google paying so much for Wiz?

Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition raises questions on strategy, AI competition, and cloud dominance as investors react skeptically to the record deal.

 Wiz and Google company logos seen on the smartphone and laptop screens.

More effective interactions: Collaboration between the Israeli AI company and Microsoft

D-ID is collaborating with Microsoft to provide AI-based avatars that will revolutionize communication, customer interactions, and accessibility.

 D-ID

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

Yitzhak Kesselman

Revolutionary app shutting down after two decades – here’s the date

The video call app that changed communication is shutting down after 20 years. Microsoft will let users switch to Teams for free, deciding to stop maintaining two similar services.

 Skype revolutionized digital communication

Microsoft announces a tiny processor that will change the world

The company unveiled Majorana 1 – an advanced processor capable of performing complex calculations at incredible speed.

 Majorana 1

Microsoft employees protest company giving tech to IDF

The protest was due to Microsoft providing the IDF with sophisticated AI models and its Azure cloud computing platforms.

 Microsoft employees protest AI contracts with the IDF, on 24 February 2025.

Skype's final call set for May as Microsoft prioritizes Teams

When Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion the service had about 150 million monthly users, in 2020, it had only 23 million.

 A 3D printed Skype logo is placed in front of a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020.

Microsoft study warns AI reliance may erode critical thinking skills at work

extended use of generative AI leads to decreased critical thinking ability among employees, study finds.

 Microsoft study warns AI reliance may erode critical thinking skills at work.

Report: Microsoft and Oracle in talks to acquire TikTok's operations

After a turbulent week: Tech giants Oracle and Microsoft are in talks to purchase TikTok, aiming to save the popular app from being banned in the U.S.

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Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

The reported talks mark the second time that Microsoft has been in the frame to acquire TikTok.

 View of the Microsoft offices in Herzliya, Israel, on May 28, 2021