Neowin News Feed for: Switzerland

Microsoft to invest $400 million in Switzerland on bolstering cloud and AI infrastructure

Fiza Ali — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:26:02 +0000

From Meta's $65 billion AI pledge to Microsoft's $400 million Swiss investment, tech giants are racing to expand cloud computing and AI infrastructure. Read more...

This could be a hint that Samsung may introduce two new Galaxy Ring sizes

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:26:01 +0000

Official support pages of two new Galaxy Ring sizes have gone live in the UK, and multiple other regions, confirming the addition. Read more...

Amazon's new Swiss-based AWS Region is set to support 2,500 external jobs annually

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:52:02 +0000

Amazon has announced the new AWS Europe (Zurich) Region, based in Switzerland. Through 2036, investments from the firm will support 2,500 full-time external jobs annually, according to a study. Read more...

Google Workspace Individual makes its way over to Europe

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:18:01 +0000

Google Workspace Individual plans are available in several European countries. The service costs £7.99 in the UK and €8.99 in France, Germany, and some other countries. There's also a 14-day trial. Read more...

AWS will be launching its data centers in Zurich, Switzerland in 2022

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:06:01 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently working on a new region in Switzerland. Dubbed AWS Europe (Zurich), it will consist of three availability zones and is expected to launch somewhere in 2022. Read more...

Huawei and Swiss telecom Sunrise set 5G speed record

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 03:28:01 +0000

Huawei and the Swiss telecomm, Sunrise, have announced that they've recorded downlink speeds of 3.67Gbps, the fastest that they've recorded to date. It's unclear when customers will benefit. Read more...

ProtonVPN servers arrive in Portugal, the firm's thirtieth country

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:52:01 +0000

ProtonVPN has arrived in Portugal, its 30th country since launch. The four new servers are only available to paying customers. The firm has been rapidly expanding the size of its server pool recently. Read more...

ProtonVPN expands to second Benelux country this month

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:34:01 +0000

The secure VPN provider, ProtonVPN, has just launched four new premium servers in Luxembourg. The firm is pitching them towards those in the country's large financial sector who need security. Read more...

ProtonVPN opens four new VPN servers in Brussels, Belgium

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:26:01 +0000

ProtonVPN, the secure VPN firm, has announced four new servers based in Belgium. The servers are only accessible to users on paid accounts, ensuring that they're always operating at fast speeds. Read more...

ProtonMail is looking for hardware testers, but be quick if you want to apply

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:26:01 +0000

ProtonMail has announced that it's looking for people to test some of its prototype hardware. The testing will be done over two stages, one of which includes travelling to Switzerland to visit them. Read more...

ProtonVPN opens Android Beta Program for registration

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:40:01 +0000

The team behind ProtonVPN have launched a beta programme for their Android app which can be subscribed to through the Play Store. The firm said that its app will have a busy year during 2018. Read more...

Theresa May lays into social media companies during her Davos speech

Dreyer Smit — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:36:01 +0000

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom dove straight into calling for harsher regulations on social media companies during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more...

Encrypted storage service Tresorit releases its first transparency report

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:04:02 +0000

Switzerland-based storage provider Tresorit has released its first transparency report. The document covers the firm's complex legal framework and user requests from September 2013 to November 2017. Read more...

ProtonMail team launches new ProtonVPN service

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:22:01 +0000

The team behind ProtonMail has launched a new VPN service called ProtonVPN. The offering will have one free tier and three paid tiers. It tries to address several problems including logs. Read more...

Be careful what you "Like" on Facebook: Man convicted for liking defamatory posts

Christopher White — Wed, 31 May 2017 03:46:01 +0000

A man in Switzerland was convicted of defamation today for simply clicking the "Like" button on several Facebook posts. Courts say his intent was clear, but it's a stern reminder for the rest of us. Read more...

The Surface Studio will be available in 13 additional markets starting mid-June

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 23 May 2017 14:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally announced the date at which the Surface Studio will be available in new markets. Starting June 15, you'll be able to grab the Studio in the UK, Austria, France, China, and more. Read more...

Samsung Pay is coming to Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and Hong Kong

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:36:02 +0000

The South Korean giant has announced that the proprietary mobile wallet platform, Samsung Pay, will be coming to four additional markets this month. A launch in Turkey in Q4 2017 is also rumored. Read more...

Here are the prices for the Surface Book in all its new markets

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:02:01 +0000

The Performance Base model of the Surface Book has been opened to preorders in 13 new markets, and as such, here is a list of prices in the different countries. Includes offers for the regular model. Read more...

Microsoft opens pre-orders for Surface Book with Performance Base in 13 new markets

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:30:13 +0000

In December, Microsoft announced plans to launch its Surface Book with Performance Base in eight new markets in early 2017. Today it opened pre-orders for the device in thirteen new markets. Read more...

Brain-computer interface used in study to "talk" to people without motor function

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:40:01 +0000

Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were recently involved in a study employing brain-computer interface technology. In the study, they answered "yes" or "no" questions only with their minds. Read more...

Bitcoin given trial run in Zug

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 May 2016 07:10:01 +0000

The council of the Swiss town, Zug, has decided to run a programme which will allow residents of the town to spend 200 Francs worth of Bitcoin on public services. The trial will run through 2016. Read more...

International pre-orders open for Surface Pro 4 Type Cover with Fingerprint ID

Andy Weir — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:32:01 +0000

The Surface Type Cover with Fingerprint ID has been a US exclusive until now - but today, Microsoft opened pre-orders in various markets including the UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, and more. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface Book now available in the UK, Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland

Andy Weir — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:44:01 +0000

The Surface Book - which Microsoft calls 'the ultimate laptop' - is now available in several European markets, just a few weeks after the company opened its first international pre-orders. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Book pre-orders open tomorrow in UK, France, Germany, Australia and more

Andy Weir — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:18:02 +0000

Microsoft will open pre-orders for its Surface Book tomorrow in several markets around the world, including many across Europe - although shipments won't actually begin there until mid-February. Read more...

Swiss Post starts to deliver packages with drones

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:08:01 +0000

The Swiss have decided that regular mail delivery is way too boring for the 21st century. That's why starting yesterday, their postal service is testing out drone delivery in a small number of places. Read more...

Apple can't sell its Watch in Switzerland until the end of the year

Shreyas Gandhe — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 16:46:01 +0000

The upcoming Apple Watch won't be posing a threat to watches in Switzerland till the end of the year as a patent dispute has reportedly prohibited Apple from launching the device. Read more...

Apple pays around $20 million to use iconic Swiss clock

Paul Ferson — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:22:49 +0000

Apple has paid for the right to use the iconic Swiss railway clock in their latest version of iOS. The clock, one of the most famous Swiss designs of the twentieth century, dates back to 1944. Read more...

Piracy is just fine, Swiss government says

Tyler Holman — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:15:21 +0000

According to the Swiss government, piracy might not be making as big a dent in content owners' pockets as they would have us believe. In fact, piracy hasn't changed their bottom line much at all. Read more...

Political party aims to ban PowerPoint from Switzerland

Denis Wong — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:06:40 +0000

One of the most interesting new additions to PowerPoint 2010 is not a new feature of the software itself, but a bundled template named "Five Rules for Creating Great Presentations" by Duarte Design. One of... Read more...

Red Hat sues Swiss government over no-bid Microsoft contract

Sam Alderwick — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:10:10 +0000

According to a blog post by Red Hat, Microsoft was given a three year contract, with no public bidding, which Red Hat and 17 other technology groups are appealing. The contract was worth 14 million... Read more...

Gates, Google Convene in Switzerland

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:25:24 +0000

The World Economic Forum opens Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland and is expected to host 2,500 participants, each paying $35,000 to attend, The event offers both business and political leaders an opportunity to discuss their thoughts,... Read more...