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Shurat HaDin President Nitsana Darshan-Leitner (right) with Beatriz and Jose Gonzalez, parents of Nohemi Gonzalez, a student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks. Credit: Shurat HaDin.

US Supreme Court rules for Big Tech in terror cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week against the families of terrorism victims in two separate cases in which the plaintiffs accused Google, Twitter and Facebook of “aiding and abetting” attacks by failing to...

Google launches Israeli local cloud computing region

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google launched a local cloud computing region for Israel on Thursday, delivering cloud services to the country’s government and military in a move expected to enhance job creation and economic growth. Billions of...
A screenshot of Google Maps displayed the “Apartheid Wall” near Jerusalem. Source: Screenshot.

Google Maps removes ‘apartheid wall’ label from security barrier near Jerusalem

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Google has announced that it has removed the label “Apartheid Wall” from a road adjacent to the security barrier on the outskirts of eastern Jerusalem. While it is unclear how it came about, the company...
The Google logo on one of the buildings of Googleplex, the company's main campus in Silicon Valley. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

BDS groups, activists likely behind campaign targeting Google, Amazon to cancel contract with Israel

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Anti-Israel BDS groups and activists appear to be behind a purportedly grassroots anonymous letter of hundreds of Google and Amazon employees demanding that the tech giants cancel Project Nimbus, a billion-dollar contract to provide public cloud...
The Google logo on one of the buildings of Googleplex, the company's main campus in Silicon Valley. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

Google, Amazon workers call to cancel billion-dollar Israel contract

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Hundreds of Google and Amazon employees have signed a public letter demanding that the tech giants cancel Project Nimbus, a billion-dollar contract to provide public cloud computing services to Israel. In the letter, published by The...
Unilever Canada sign on their head office in Toronto, Canada. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.

Report: Major corporations ‘fail to protect’ Jewish employees from rising anti-Semitism

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Despite major corporations investing significant time and funds to address traditional gaps in “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies, many of them—most notably, Google, Unilever and Cigna—have fallen short when it comes to addressing the...
Kamau Bobb, head if diversity at Google. Source: Twitter.

Google removes diversity chief over anti-Semitic 2007 blog post

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Kamau Bobb “will no longer be part of our diversity team going forward,” the tech giant Google announced Wednesday, after the surfacing of an anti-Semitic blog post its Global Lead for Diversity, Strategy and...

Group of Jewish Google employees demand CEO sever ties with Israeli business, IDF

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A group of Jewish Google employees has demanded that the tech giant express its solidarity with the Palestinians and terminate any contracts with businesses or organizations that “support Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights,”...
From left: Tel Aviv University Professor Yossi Matias, Professor Ariel Porat, Professor Meir Feder and Professor Tova Milo. Credit: Courtesy.

Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’

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Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence...
Cell phone. Credit: Max Pixel.

Apple Pay to launch in Israel, Google pay to start soon

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Apple Pay, a digital payment service, is scheduled to launch in Israel next week, allowing iPhone users to pay digitally for the first time in Israel. The iPhone has about a 30 percent market share...