Ten Years After the SZ Article: Has Yverdon-les-Bains Delivered on Its Smart Lighting Promises? Exactly ten years ago, the Süddeutsche Zeitung described Yverdon-les-Bains as a small city with big ambitions: intelligent s...
Data Retention for IP Addresses Planned title: "Brief Update: IT & Digital News from December 22, 2025" date: 2025-12-22 source: Heise Online – Podcast "Brief Update" author: Heise Editorial Team / Gregor Schollmeyer Br...
from Headscarf Bans and Milk Chocolate 🎧 Now also for reading: This podcast episode as transcript 150 years ago, Daniel Peter laid the foundation for a global myth with the first modern milk chocolate – and for Switzer...
AI in Swiss Administration: Between Strategy and Reality A critical assessment — with facts instead of assumptions As a counterpoint and supplement to AI in Federal Administration The Political Offensive: Efficiency as...
Intro The following article is intentionally sensationalist and polemical. The starting point was a short, biting comment from an anonymous user who took aim at the political "wet dreams" surrounding state AI euphoria. B...
Federal Government Pays Again: Departure with Golden Parachute – Civil Protection Seeks New Leader A commentary with a sharp pen Switzerland is known for punctuality, precision – and of course for golden severance packa...
Digital Sovereignty: When the Federal Council Would Be Faster Than Its PDFs... (A sharply critical commentary based on the HTML article and the official Federal Council report.) by [email protected] Introduction The Fed...
1. Overview – "What's this all about anyway?" Author: Andy Mueller Source: SRF / Tagesschau Original title: "Soldiers should take ammunition home again" Date: 20.11.2025 Read on: 21.11.2025 Reading time: approx. 4 minut...
Between Oligarchy Panic and Realpolitik: How Switzerland Navigates the Storm – and Who Screams the Loudest Author: [email protected] When the sirens wail in Bern – both politically and rhetorically – it usually has some...
How the State, Swisscom and the Army Get Tangled Up Digitally – and Why the NDP Becomes a Risk A slightly ironic, but factual analysis Overview – What is this actually about? This dossier is a critical compilation of tw...