Disney Investing, GPS Revolution, LGBT Tourism and More – This Week from the Startup Nation

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3Peak sees chip output jump on deal with Israel's TowerJazz

Chinese chipmaker 3Peak expects a sharp increase in integrated circuit (IC) shipments this year due as it expands its manufacturing output to a plant in Japan through an extension of its collaboration with Israel's TowerJazz. 3Peak's products are currently solely produced at TowerJazz's 200mm fab in Israel and are now starting to also be made at the TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor fab in Japan.

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Israeli and Chinese Universities to Establish Entrepreneurship

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Jilin University (JLU), the biggest university in China, signed an agreement this week to establish a joint center for entrepreneurship and innovation. The new center will promote academic cooperation in research and teaching, and will serve as a platform to encourage connections between Chinese and Israeli business people.

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Israeli Company Cellebrite Said to Help FBI Crack Terrorist’s iPhone

Israeli company Cellebrite helped the FBI crack the iPhone used by the terrorist involved in the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting last year, according to several reports in the media. Earlier this week, the FBI succeeded in unlocking the password-protected iPhone, though the agency didn’t disclose its technique.

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Israeli Architect Eran Chen Is Transforming The Face Of New York: “Architecture Is Not A Privilege”

Cities, and Manhattan in particular, are known for their skylines. Yet, Israeli architect Eran Chen is changing the face of New York City, not by erecting needle-tipped skyscrapers, but by exploiting the space between them. “As an architect, I like to explore more of the in between: The gaps, the voids, the territory between – inside and out,” Chen tells NoCamels. “Those urban voids are our new landscape.”