CTech's Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Israeli edtech companies inspired by recent China-Israel deal. During the Global Education Summit held in Beijing last week, TAL Education Group—one of China’s largest education service companies—announced it acquired Israeli game-based learning startup Codemonkey. Read more 

Israeli government signed off on sale of spyware allegedly related to Khashoggi’s death, report says. The Washington Post’s journalist David Ignatius writes that by allowing the sale of local cyber technologies, Israel made an ally in Saudi Arabia. Read more

Teva, Mylan drop following announcement of epinephrine injector rival. Novartis’ U.S. division Sandoz announced a planned release for early 2019. The company will sell its drug, which lacks the EpiPen’s auto-injector, for $250 a pair out of pocket, compared to Mylan and Teva’s $300. Read more

Sirin Labs states it remains loyal to hardware. The downturn in the crypto market has not only tanked Sirin Lab’s token but also affected some of the CEO’s other businesses. Read more 

Newly-rebranded SynaMedia is not NDS 2.0, says CEO. Though Cisco’s Jerusalem-based former video unit only makes up an eighth of the company’s employees, the former NDS will continue to be the origin of most of SynaMedia’s critical research and development, according to Yves Padrines. Read more

Jerusalem under construction. For decades, Jerusalem has been lagging behind its younger sister Tel Aviv. Several ambitious projects currently underway aim to make it more attractive to young professionals and companies. Read more

Opinion | Chatbots may not be uncanny, but way ahead is riddled with legal thorns. Insomnobot-3000 by Casper talks to you when you can’t fall asleep, while Replika is designed with the unnerving sole purpose of becoming your friend. Read more

Opinion | On constructively building the future crypto economy. The most innovative ICO scams didn’t make any money from the ICO at all. The secondary market, the stock exchanges, was where the real money making began. Read more 

News Briefs

Airobotics receives FAA waiver to fly drones beyond visual line of sight. Read more

Nasdaq-listed Akamai leases 6,800 square meters in Tel Aviv’s ToHa tower. Read more

Israel Securities Authority ponders waving requirement for Hebrew-language reports. Read more

TLV Partners appoints Adi Yarel Toledano as partner. Read more

Small business carrier Next Insurance rents a 4,000-square-meter office in central Israel. Read more