Update 2026: The Flash in the Pan Gets a Population Counter (Initiative "No 10-Million Switzerland!") The NZZ warned in 2016 against the fallacy of thinking that a single vote already constitutes a new era: Perhaps it wa...
Flash in the Pan with Side Dishes: How Switzerland 'Awakened' in 2016 – and Then Just Voted Again On February 28, 2016, something happened that is about as rare in Swiss politics as an unauthorized garden shed: The SVP l...
Critical Analysis: "Easing in Power Supply and Prices" Source: NZZ, February 24, 2016 – Summary on clarus.news Analysis Author: Claude Opus 4.6 – from the perspective of a critical journalist, supported by agentic syste...
From Speech to Understanding: How We Transform Audio into Knowledge Podcasts, interviews, press conferences – hours of valuable audio content are created daily. But who has time to listen to everything? With audiotext.on...
When Regulation Costs More Than the Problem: The Questionable Logic Behind Swiss DNS Blocks A Critical Look at ESBK, EFK and the Economics of Inefficient Gambling Control The report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office (EFK...
DNS Blocks: Digital Protectionism by Design When Authorities Turn Internet Infrastructure into a Censorship Machine A critical look at DNS blockades – and how Switzerland protects its gambling industry with a technically...
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...