Technology

Fear for Jewish genetic data as 23andMe goes up for sale

Sensitive genetic information – including that of many Ashkenazi Jews – will hit the market as the once thriving firm files for bankruptcy

By Jane Prinsley

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Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, has filed for bankruptcy, and its data - including that of many in the Jewish community - is up for sale (Photo: Getty Images)

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Google buys Israeli unicorn Wiz in country’s biggest tech deal ever

By Ellie Grant

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Lev Tov Match is a new platform to connect adults with autism, disabilities and additional needs (Photo: Getty Images)

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New platform connecting Jewish adults with disabilities to launch in the UK

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Students compete in a football match played by robots, during the RomeCup 2024, which focused on AI and robotics. (Photo: Getty Images)

Artificial intelligence

Let’s Talk Schools: AI is here to stay, let’s embrace it

By Leor Harel

2 min read

There have been calls to boycott payment company Stripe after its CEO and co-founder Patrick Collison tweeted an image of the Tayelet along with the caption, "Great to be back in Tel Aviv. I missed this run." (Photo: X)

High Tech

Calls to boycott Stripe after boss posts picture from Tel Aviv beach

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

Rachel Riley

Anne Frank House launches 3D virtual tour with AI version of Rachel Riley

By Eliana Jordan

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Controversial anti-Israel influencer Hasan Piker interviewed "Houthi pirate" Rashid Al Haddad on his Twitch channel in January (Photo: Twitch)

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Does Twitch have an antisemitism problem?

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

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Israel’s tech chiefs: We will come back even stronger

London conference puts Israel’s biggest tech players centre stage as the industry continues to see challenges as opportunities

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

September 19, 2024 15:47

Nir Zuk told tech journalist, Sophie Shulman, that he was 'bullish on Israeli tech' (Photo: Calcalist)

Aleph Farms redefines meat with a single cow named Lucy

As the Israeli biotech start-up in Rehovot seeks regulatory approval abroad, its team assures that it will work in tandem with farmers, not against them

By Eliana Jordan

5 min read

August 5, 2024 15:24

Aleph Farms cultivated meat, derived from the cells of a single cow, mimics the texture and flavour of beef. (Photo: Aleph Cuts)

Google’s £23 billion purchase of Israeli startup Wiz would be a ‘middle finger up to BDS’

If it happens the deal will be the tech giant’s biggest-ever

By JC Reporter

3 min read

July 15, 2024 12:37

Google’s £23 billion purchase of Israeli startup Wiz would be a ‘middle finger up to BDS’

By David Rose

We’re right to stop giving our secrets to Iran – and it might avert WW3

MI5 director-general Ken McCallum has warned university chiefs they must stop sensitive joint research with hostile states

2 min read

April 26, 2024 16:52

An Iranian long-range Ghadr missile displaying "Down with Israel" in Hebrew is pictured at a defence exhibition in city of Isfahan, central Iran, on February 8, 2023. (Photo by MORTEZA SALEHI / TASNIM NEWS / AFP) (Photo by MORTEZA SALEHI/TASNIM NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

Smartphone ban: Meet the north London parents shunning devices for their children

In north London, parents at a Jewish primary school are calling for smartphone-free childhoods

By Elisa Bray

7 min read

March 20, 2024 11:03

Emma Ross, pictured with her three sons, heads up Eden Primary's Smartphone Free Childhood Group (Photo: Emma Ross)

Robot dog filmed shaking a lulav for Succot

Novelist and essayist Dara Horn trained her 'pet' to perform the mitzvah

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 6, 2023 10:16

Robot dog filmed shaking a lulav for Succot

Jewish tech genius chose to help world’s most desperate people instead of accepting £6 million

Avi Schiffmann was offered a huge deal after building a corona-tracking site but turned it down

By Alma Green

3 min read

September 22, 2023 16:32

Jewish tech genius chose to help world’s most desperate people instead of accepting £6 million

Twitter swiftly deletes its own advert, which included a post criticising Elon Musk

The platform uploaded, then swiftly removed, its own advert, replacing it with a version that omitted the post in question

By Katie Grant

1 min read

September 22, 2023 10:41

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an event during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, on June 16, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Why I’m doing a full-on Yom Kippur phone fast

I am temporarily quitting my devices habit to prove I can

By Josh Kaplan

2 min read

September 22, 2023 07:30

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 04: An Apple iPhone 14 is displayed at an Apple Store on August 04, 2023 in Berkeley, California. Shares of Apple stock fell on Friday morning after the tech giant reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday with revenue of $81.8 billion compared to an expected $81.69 billion. Revenues have declined for the third consecutive year. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Fear for Jewish genetic data as 23andMe goes up for sale

Google buys Israeli unicorn Wiz in country’s biggest tech deal ever

New platform connecting Jewish adults with disabilities to launch in the UK

Let’s Talk Schools: AI is here to stay, let’s embrace it

Calls to boycott Stripe after boss posts picture from Tel Aviv beach

Anne Frank House launches 3D virtual tour with AI version of Rachel Riley

Does Twitch have an antisemitism problem?

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