Author: David Rutman

Facebook Settles Lawsuit for $650 Million The company was sued over its use of facial recognition tech, among other things. It will cost Facebook $650 Million to settle a civil suit brought over allegations of invasion of privacy. This is the largest settlement ever for a lawsuit of this kind. So Mark Zuckerberg will probably […]

Israel’s Medi-Tate Bought by Olympus for $300 Million Medi-Tate offers men non-surgical options for urinary issues. Olympus, a Japanese medical corporation, has paid $300 million to acquire 100% of Israeli medtech startup Medi-Tate. Olympus made its initial investment in Medi-Tate of $20 million in November 2018, under an agreement that included the rights to distribute […]

Cybersecurity Firm SentinelOne Expects $10 Billion IPO The company was worth only $3 billion last fall. Israel’s Cybersecurity Firm SentinelOne is planning its IPO. The company expects that it will get a valuation of $10 billion from its initial public offering, Bloomberg reports. Just last fall SentinelOne reached a valuation of $3 billion after closing […]

Yotpo Raises $200 Million for E-Commerce Platform It promises to authenticate all user reviews. Omer Tagrin and Omri Cohen -YOTPO Israeli ecommerce firm Yotpo has raised another $200 million. This will give the company a valuation of $1.3 billion, Calcalist reports. Lust last August the Yotpo raised $75 million in a Series E financing round […]

Sacha Baron Cohen Blames Mark Zuckerberg, Others, for Jan 6 U.S. Capitol Attack The Borat star says that social media gave Trump a venue to fan the flames of hate. Sacha Baron Cohen What Is America Promo Pic Super star Sacha Baron Cohen knows who exactly is at fault with all of the recent political […]

The Vigil — A Hasidic Horror Film Set in Brooklyn A Jewish man gets haunted by a demon while watching over the dead. Dave Davis in The Vigil “The Vigil” is a new Hasidic Horror film from writer/director Keith Thomas. It tells the story of a man who spends the night watching over the dead […]

Cancel Cancel Culture and Cultural Appropriation From Michel Che to Troy Gentile — Jews must fight back too, just like they did in Shushan. Michael Che on Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che made a really bad joke on last week’s show. It was also an attack on Israel based on a lie. […]

Israel’s Medisafe Keeps People From Forgetting To Take Their Meds The company just brought in $30 million. Medisafe founders brothers Omri and Rotem Shor with their father Jon (from website) Medisafe is an Israeli digital therapeutics startup. Medisafe develops digital drug companions and has raised $30 million in a Series C round of funding led […]

A new tune from the Middle East Quartet UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov (UN Photo Loey Felipe – 23 March 2016) by Neville Teller On February 3, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that now there was a new US president in the White House, he hoped to see the […]

MyHeritage Sold for $600 Million – Adds New Feature to Turn Old Pics Into Videos Deep Nostalgia will let you make family videos out of old photographs. MyHeritage Deep Nostalgia Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage has been sold for $600 million. That, at least, is the sum cited by anonymous sources in reports in both Globes […]