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Google-Wiz acquisition receives final regulatory approval

Each of the founders will now receive over $2 billion before taxes, and the Israel Tax Authority can expect to collect at least NIS 9 billion from taxes on the founders, employees, and investors.

Google and Cybersecurity Startup Wiz.
Alphabet logo is seen in this illustration created on September 18, 2025.

Alphabet sells bonds worth $20 billion to fund AI spending, including rare 100-year bond

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

Raftt sues Wiz for NIS 200m., alleges ‘phantom’ acquisition, misuse of tech as Google deal nears

 AS THE US and China battle it out over supply chains and global trade flows, Israel, also the subject of US tariffs, finds itself navigating particularly complex terrain. Here, a man looks at a screen showing Chinese stock market movements, as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing on Monday.

Your Taxes: What to consider before any merger and acquisition deal


Australia leader defends social media ban as teens brag about staying online

Australia's new ban on under-16s using social media faces hurdles as some young users find ways around it. Global reactions are mixed, with experts raising concerns about its effectiveness.

A notification from Snapchat requesting age verification is displayed on a mobile phone as a law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in this picture illustration taken on December 9, 2025.

Study warns top AI firms fall short of global safety standards

Safety evaluations conducted by an independent panel of experts found that tech companies didn't have a strategy for controlling their AI systems.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration created on June 23, 2023.

Google unveils Gemini 3 – AI race enters a new phase

Google announced Gemini 3, its next-gen AI model, offering deeper understanding of user intent and requiring fewer instructions for accurate responses.

Gemini 3. Will stop being deferential.

Amazon, Google launch multicloud service for faster connectivity

The new joint network from AWS and Google Cloud comes just weeks after an AWS outage disrupted thousands of websites, a loss estimated to cost US firms up to $650 million.

A Google Cloud logo outside of the Google Cloud computing unit's headquarters at the Moffett Place office complex in Sunnyvale, California, US, June 19, 2019.

Israelis are about to get hooked: Google releases a new tool – it finds cheap flights for you

Google’s new Flight Deals brings smart flight search to Israel: Type like you speak – and it finds the cheapest deals based on your preferences

Vacation Planning.

Two weeks instead of five days: Google's breakthrough in weather forecasting

Google's new model promises more accurate forecasts for up to two weeks. It is eight times faster than the previous version and adds hour-by-hour predictions.

Storm in Israel, illustration.

Competition for Google: HERE begins 3D mapping across Israel

HERE Technologies has begun an extensive 3D mapping project in Israel, as part of a global initiative to create precise digital maps.

HERE begins 3D mapping across Israel

Meta does not hold social media monopoly, judge rules

The agency sought to force Meta to restructure or sell Instagram and WhatsApp in order to restore competition among social media networks.

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search immediately

Gemini 3, arriving 11 months after the second generation of the model, appears on paper to keep Google at the forefront of the AI race.

 Google and Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare, Amazon, Meta: The biggest tech outages of recent years - explainer

This was the second major internet disruption of 2025, following the October malfunction of Amazon's cloud services unit, AWS.

A logo of CLOUDFLARE sits outside the company's house on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.