What's the story with GameStop and will we see autonomous vehicles within a year?

eToro’s CIO: GameStop is not the story, but rather the rise of a new generation of investors. “We shouldn’t be asking how this will end, but instead, realize that this is only the beginning,” says Gil Shapira. Read more

Intel Israel’s export up to a record $8 billion in 2020. Israel’s largest tech employer is responsible for 14% of the country’s tech export. Read more

Moovit founder: Israel likely to see autonomous vehicles within a year. Nir Erez shares his vision for full mobility as a service at Calcalist’s Innovation Conference. Read more

vFunction completes $12.2 million funding round led by Israeli investor Oren Zeev. The company’s technology allows apps to be rewritten in Javascript, automatically and efficiently to the cloud. Read more

Israel’s Pixellot partners with SportsEngine, an NBC company, to provide video and data solutions for young athletes. Pixellot offers athletes, coaches, and families automated and affordable video capturing solutions to track player performance. Read more  

Innoviz has the lidar technology Tesla and Apple need for their autonomous vehicles, says CEO. Omer Keilaf believes Tesla will need to adopt lidar tech to keep up with the competition and is confident his company’s products will also end up in Apple’s autonomous vehicles. Read more

Future Meat completes $26.75 million Series B to market chicken substitute. "Cultured meat technology is the Apollo program of the 21st century," said founder Prof. Yaakov Nahmias. Read more

HR Post Covid | Leadership means showing compassion in hard times, argues WeissBeerger’s Head of HR. As bars and restaurants shut around the world due to Covid-19, the world’s largest brewery had to make some difficult decisions. Read more

Tesla pricing rocks Israeli auto market. Unlike other car exporters, Tesla has announced the price of its cars in Israel without taxes, allowing consumers to see exactly how much of the ultimate cost of the vehicle ends up in the state's offers. Read more  

Verint completes spin-off of its defense activities into new company Cognyte Software. Cognyte will consolidate the company’s intelligence and cyber activities, while Verint will focus on customer engagement. Read more

Verint Systems supplied South Sudan with surveillance technology says Amnesty. Amnesty International obtained documents that prove that between March 2015 and February 2017, the South Sudanese government paid the company $762,000 for surveillance equipment that was used to illegally wiretap citizens’ phones. Read more

Opinion | Rethinking data usage in a post Covid-19 reality. I advise everyone to carry out a thought process for their organization's data strategy. Read more

SOSA releases report warning against lack of transparency in AI. The open innovation company addressed the need for transparency, accountability, and diversity in AI. Read more

Appointments | Dr. Tomer Simon appointed Chief Scientist of Microsoft Israel R&D. Dr. Simon will transfer from Microsoft Israel’s marketing and sales organization, where he served as National Technology Officer. Read more

Opinion | Ethical aspects in Artificial Intelligence. The adoption, use and applications of AI will only intensify in the near future and we are obliged to consider the unique ethical aspects, argues Microsoft Regional Corporate Counsel, CELA Middle East, and Africa HQ, Ben Haklai. Read more