A developer has launched a Minecraft world recreating the whole of Switzerland at 1:1 scale, from Chiasso to Schaffhausen and Lake Geneva to Val Müstair, bundled with a custom mod, texture pack and shader. The project is sold as a licence starting at 15 CHF, with a 48 CHF tier referencing the country's 48 four-thousand-metre peaks, and payment is handled via Stripe using TWINT, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Buyers get a free sample region (Jungfrau-Aletsch) to test compatibility before purchasing, since the full release, still in Early Access, is non-refundable.
blocks.manifold3d.ch
· 2026-10-26
Swiss audio maker Goldmund has introduced the Mimesis Statement, its new flagship analog preamplifier, demonstrated to press at its Geneva headquarters. Unlike typical setups that separate preamplification from power amplification into two components, Goldmund's design splits the preamp function itself across three separate chassis.
wired.com
· 2026-10-22
Since October 2025, gold has become the highest-value U.S. export category, surpassing oil, pharmaceuticals, and aircraft parts, with February 2026 shipments possibly setting a volume record. Most of the gold flows to Switzerland for refining, Hong Kong (a conduit to China), and the UK's London Bullion Market. U.S. official gold reserves remain unchanged, indicating the exports are sourced from mine output and recycling rather than government stockpiles.
numismaticnews.net
· 2026-10-17
Nature Index figures for 2021-2025 show global biomedical-engineering output growing 70%, faster than the database overall, with the field's share of all tracked papers rising from 2.4% to 2.7%. China's contribution to that output jumped from 28.9% to 50.9%, while the US and Germany held second and third place with roughly steady shares. The analysis also highlights South Korea, Switzerland, Canada and the Netherlands as countries with distinct patterns of specialization, growth or international collaboration in the field.
nature.com
· 2026-10-14
Startup Nights 2026 will take place on 5-6 November in Winterthur, Switzerland, at the Eulachhallen venue. The nearby Park Hotel Winterthur is offering event attendees accommodation with a 20% discount using the promo code Startup26.
startup-nights.ch
· 2026-09-29
Switzerland's Federal Chancellery is spending 9 million Swiss francs to move 3,000 government workstations off Microsoft 365 tools like Outlook and Teams, adopting the open-source openDesk suite instead. The decision follows a successful pilot program called PoC BOSS, which tested the software with 172 federal employees who found it workable for standard office tasks, though large-scale video conferencing showed some limitations. The rollout is planned to be complete by the end of 2027, with potential to expand further across the federal workforce.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-09
Following a proof-of-concept with 172 employees, Switzerland's Federal Council has expanded testing of the German open-source suite openDesk to 3,000 government workstations, about 7% of the federal workforce. The pilot, running alongside Microsoft 365, aims for full migration by end of 2027, while the country's Cyber Command plans to fully replace Microsoft 365 with openDesk by October 2026.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-07
The Swiss Federal Chancellery is spending CHF 9 million to test the openDesk open-source suite as a replacement for Microsoft 365 across 3,000 federal employees, roughly 7% of the workforce, with migration targeted for completion by end of 2027. The pilot follows a proof-of-concept with 172 employees that rated document editing and email positively but flagged limitations in large-scale video conferencing, and it will run alongside Microsoft 365 rather than replace it immediately.
itsfoss.com
· 2026-09-07
A newly launched site runs a continuous daily simulation applying carbon-aware electricity pricing to real grid data from Switzerland and 38 US grid regions. It compares this dynamic model—where prices fall during clean generation and rise during dirty generation—against standard flat-rate pricing to estimate potential CO₂ reductions.
carbonawarepricing.com
· 2026-09-04
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