Amnesty report claims NSO’s Pegasus was used to spy on a Moroccan journalist. The human rights group conducted a forensic examination of Omar Radi’s phone and found digital fingerprints of the Israeli cyber company. Read more

DiplomaTech | Israeli tech companies should treat South Africa as a springboard to whole continent says trade attaché. South Africa, and Africa in general, aren’t the most attractive markets for Israeli companies, but the long-term benefits make the effort worthwhile, says Amit Lev. Read more

Microsoft announces the acquisition of Israeli IoT security firm CyberX. The Israeli cyber company has raised $48 million to date. It was founded in 2013 by Omar Schneider and Nir Giller, graduates of Israel’s IDF encryption unit. Read more

MeaTech sets sights on Nasdaq listing. Bioprinting meat company’s stock surged 22.3% on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on the news and has climbed over 200% on the year. Read more

Technion researchers call on Israel to speed up 5G deployment. Asking Netflix to stop streaming in HD won’t cut it, the country needs more bandwidth to cope with Covid-19 era demands, say researchers. Read more

Can Israeli companies help Cyprus develop its own startup nation? The country’s vision to become a ‘digitally smart’ tourism destination was presented in a recent webinar. Read more

SciPlay acquires Israeli game developer Come2Play for undisclosed sum. The American digital games publisher welcomes the Israeli team to help them move beyond casino games. Read more

Israeli defense exports drop by 5%, ministry to focus on G2G deals.
Head of exports division says Covid-19 devastated global defense sector, Asia Pacific countries remain biggest buyers. Read more

Israeli startup OneView raises $3.5 million in seed round led by TPY Capital. Company’s product replaces human fed tagging of vast amounts of imagery with artificial intelligence. Read more

Nacht’s aMoon raising new fund to invest in early stage companies.
Velocity Fund has already invested in NanoGhosts, Vocalis Health, and IBEX. Read more

This is the 20th year the WEF has highlighted pioneers, with past members including Google, Twitter and Wikimedia. Read moreMastercard partners with installment company Splitit.

Splitit lets users spread out their payments at checkout, both in brick and mortar shops and on e-commerce websites, through an interest-free installment plan and up to two credit cards. Read more

British-Iranian entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz backs Israeli battery startup. CENS develops nanotechnology meant to improve the performance of batteries for electric vehicles. Read moreInterview | Wurtman’s roller coaster: From fears of bankruptcy in March to $6 billion exits in June.

Jerusalem entrepreneur and investor Elie Wurtman, who struck gold with Vroom and Spot.io, shares insights from three months that changed his life. Read moreDiplomaTech | Singapore is hungry for Israeli tech to help it meet its food sustainability goals.

One of the most advanced and richest cities on the planet, Singapore is an obvious choice for Israeli companies aiming to conquer the world, and in particular Asia. Read moreKaspersky and AVL Software and Functions develop secure autonomous driving controller.

The cybersecurity firm and systems company are integrating their software and hardware to improve safety in self-driving cars. Read moreData recovery startup Zerto raises $33 million in equity, up to $20 million more in debt.

Zerto develops disaster recovery and business continuity software for virtualized infrastructure and cloud environments. Read moreInterview | Covid-19 accelerates the demise of cash, says PayPal CEO.

In an interview with Calcalist, Dan Schulman outlines PayPal’s rise during the coronavirus outbreak and why he believes employee financial health is key to a company’s success. Read moreOpinion | Makeup artists can teach an AI a thing or two about protecting its copyright.

As video game popularity surges, creators must consider the legal ramifications of using AIs in the development of their games. Read more