CTech's Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

Charge while you drive startup ElectReon announces successful trial. The Israel-based company announced it has managed to power an electric car by driving over 25 meters of a specially designed road. Read more

Berlin to host Israeli tech conference. Leading figures from industry and government will convene February 18-19 at Calcalist’s WeTechBerlin conference. Read more

Mellanox appoints new chief financial officer. In November 2018, CNBC reported that California-headquartered semiconductor manufacturing company Xilink was in talks to acquire Mellanox. Read more

WeWork’s Adam Neumann says observing Jewish Shabbat helps him keep ego in check. The CEO of New York-headquartered coworking real estate company WeWork shared spiritual wisdoms during a keynote speech at a UJA Federation event in December. Read more

SoftBank Ventures invests in fourth Israeli startup, venture partner says. Once completed, the transaction will bring the fund’s total investment in Israeli companies to about $20 million, according to Benjamin Weiss, a venture partner at SoftBank Ventures Asia. Read more

Opinion | A venture capitalist’s three predictions for 2019. Last year, venture capitalist Amit Karp predicted the crash of bitcoin and the exodus from Silicon Valley. Read more

The alleged sweet life of Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli. As a way to evade Israeli taxes, Rafaeli’s earnings were allegedly registered under three companies in the Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Singapore, one of them called Sweet Life, according to indictment documents.Read more

Moovit to integrate Mobike and Bird data in its transportation app. Moovit’s app will soon offer vehicle sharing services to users in Israel as part of its urban navigation options. Read more

List | Eight old school video games you can play on your phone. Mobile devices are often seen as an office away from the office, but distraction is just a click away. Read more

David Blatt backtracks, calls Stephen A. Smith "one hell of a guy." Referring to several comments made by the ESPN commentator favoring 2018 first draft pick DeAndre Ayton, Blatt called Smith "clueless" last week, speaking at a Calcalist event. Read more

Aeronautics, Rafael to collaborate on UAV. Aeronautics and many of its top executives have been under investigation by Israeli Police and the country's securities authority since September 2017. Read more

Elbit Systems wins $333 million ammunition contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The Nasdaq and Tel Aviv-listed defense contractor recently completed the acquisition of Israeli government-owned weapons maker IMI. Read more