Silicon Valley

El Al launches direct, 15-hour-long flight to San Francisco from Tel Aviv for next fall

It chose LY49 as the flight number for the 15-hour flights, which will happen three times a week, in homage to the San Francisco 49ers football team.

 The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, CA at sunset. This photo was taken from the Marin Headlands.
Marco Sermoneta arrives at the Ninth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

'Shame, disgrace': Israeli diplomat in US heckled at Silicon Valley Memorial Day ceremony

International representatives at the US-Led Pax Silica Summit.

Pax Silica: Israel’s chance to become a must-have ally - opinion

(L-R): Joe Lonsdale, Shaun Maguire, Jordan Fried

No. 39: Shaun Maguire, Jordan Fried, and Joe Lonsdale: Catalysts of innovation


Simulation Creationism: Are we all living in an advanced simulation? - opinion

Nir Ziso: “Simulation Creationism takes Creationism out of its pseudo-scientific position while supplying powerful apologetic toolkits to believers worldwide.”

 Are we all living in a simulation? Is this the modern bridge of creationism? (Illustrative)

This artist returned to Israel's embrace from a life in Silicon Valley

Sagi Erez’s work is appearing in ‘Illusion,’ a solo exhibition at the Tribal Art & Israeli Art Gallery, 13 Merkaz Ba’alei Melacha Street, Tel Aviv, until February 11.

 SINCE RETURNING home, her artwork has taken on a more colorful dimension.

Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams

In a letter dated July 12, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would streamline processes and consolidate investments where they overlap.

WAZE, AN Israeli-developed navigation app, is just one example of the country’s innovation

Apple pays top talent huge bonuses to prevent defections to Meta

Last week, the company informed some engineers in silicon design, hardware, and select software and operations groups of the out-of-cycle bonuses, which are being issued as restricted stock units.

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019

How I went from Silicon Valley to teaching the Holocaust - opinion

The author was recruited in the 80's to teach high schools and college about the Holocaust.

The entrance of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany.

Facebook plans to change its name

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company's annual Connect conference on October 28.

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.

This week in Jerusalem: 21 years coming...

A round-up of city affairs.

THE POETRY of Yehuda Amichai adorns an Emek Refaim St. lamppost.

Post-COVID joy turns to antisemitism concern at California Jewish festival

California's Golden Gate Bridge, near San Francisco

Silicon Valley tech leaders: ‘We stand against antisemitism’

“To be too Jewish in America, or to be a Jew, is still a dangerous mark,” the statement says. “As business leaders, we have a collective responsibility to stand up for the society we want."

Employees dine on the roof of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California October 4, 2013

California is the US king of Israeli-based unicorns

California the leading US destination for large privately-held Israeli startups. New York ranks second in the US, with 21 Israeli-founded unicorns.

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