Software

Your Taxes: How California’s new software tax may hit Israeli tech companies

California Gov. Newsom proposes expanding the state’s 7.25% sales tax to pre-written software, potentially impacting Israeli and other foreign software companies starting 2027.

|ByLEON HARRIS
Illustrative of the US and California state flags.
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT bureau: Network, network, network.

AI is ending era of ‘job immunity’ for young tech workers as it reshapes Israel's job market

New research shows AI is changing the makeup of Israel’s unemployed, with young and entry-level hi-tech workers increasingly affected.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Artificial intelligence (illustrative)

AI is transforming work, but it must not redefine humanity - opinion

With the rise of artificial intelligence, true human connection and empathy are needed more than ever.

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Former Israeli intelligence officer and spyware CEO Tal Dilian poses at his home in Limassol, Cyprus, April 2020; illustrative.

Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case

Tal Dilian and his partner, Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou, were sentenced to prison in Greece for illegal surveillance, including monitoring government officials and journalists with spyware.

|ByJAMES GENN

ironSource - Unity merger moves ahead

The two companies announced the merger in mid-July, which gave ironSource a valuation of $4.4 billion, a 74% premium above its average share price in the 30 days before the deal was reported.

AUGUST 29, 2022BySHIRI HABIB-VALDHORN/GLOBES/TNS
Small toy figures are seen in front of a binary code in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019.

Israel is driving digital transformation with tech - comment

The Israeli tech ecosystem has grown on a foundation established by a strong understanding of digital transformation and the power it has to increase the scalability of start-ups.

AUGUST 23, 2022ByALON GHELBER
A CYBER hotline facility, part of Israel’s hi-tech innovative sector

SPIRITT’s AI will make your app just by verbal description

Why learn to code when you can just describe your app to an AI?

JULY 19, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Four apps developed by SPIRITT