CTech's Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

2019 in Numbers | Intel most active multinational in Israel, Google leads on acquisitions, report says. More than 350 multinational companies operated in Israel in 2019, making $983 million in foreign corporate investments across 196 deals. Read more

Billionaire Roman Abramovich buys $58 million beach-front property in Tel Aviv. The vacant property has 6,500 square meters of office space, and municipal plans show that building rights could be extended to 12,000 square meters. Read more

Expert | AI, war, and Hanukkah. Technology has been a significant part of warfare since at least the ancient Greeks. Now, artificial intelligence is making its mark on modern war. Read more

Breathing life into yesterday’s news. The digitization of the archive of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, one of the world’s largest digitization projects to date, is currently underway in a former Jerusalem brothel. Read more

Former NSO co-president appointed CEO of software company IncrediBuild. Tami Mazel Shachar spent five months at the head of surveillance company NSO before stepping down in May. Read more

Dark Web | A view from the inside. The dark web functions no different than a social network for criminals—with hierarchies, money flows, and user reputations being built and torn down, according to Avi Kasztan, SIXGILL co-founder and an expert in dark web monitoring and intelligence. Read more

Impact Investment | Assistive and accessible—three life-changing technologies. An audio sign that helps people with impaired vision travel using public transport, a touchless system for controlling smartphones, and a smart robotic wheelchair—these technological developments that are changing the lives of those with disabilities and influencing their surroundings. Read more