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Google partners with Acronis on cyber security
Schaffhausen – Google is placing its trust in the expertise of software company Acronis from the Greater Zurich Area for its VirusTotal software. The IT giant is integrating a machine learning-based malware detection engine developed by Acronis in its antivirus solution.
Climeworks provides raw material for clean kerosene
Karlsruhe/Zürich – The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is working together with its spin-off Ineratec to make clean kerosene. Zurich technology company Climeworks is able to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air as a raw material for this process.
ANYmal explores Zurich’s sewerage system
Zurich – The robot ANYmal developed at the ETH can see and hear, and even open doors. In a research mission, ANYmal has now explored the drains and tunnels below Zurich. It is hoped that the robot will be able to carry out dangerous work down there autonomously in future.
Cloud solution planned for financial market
Zurich – Swiss stock exchange SIX is joining forces with the technology company HIAG Data. Together, they intend to provide secure cloud services for the Swiss financial market, strengthening it further as a result.
Making children fit for the digital future
Many of our children will work in professions that do not even exist yet. How should they be prepared for this? The Zurich foundation We Are Play Lab (WAP) is looking for the answer to this through new education concepts and with the help of startup thinking, broad-based dialogue and partners such as foundations, associations and even Google.
EU Commission provides funding to turicode
Winterthur – turicode has developed a smart solution for extracting information from scanned documents. The startup from the Greater Zurich Area is now receiving funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 funding programme.
Travel tech startup secures new funds
Zurich – Greater Zurich Area startup Nezasa has developed a software that allows travellers to plan and book trips online consisting of different modules. The company has now secured 2.5 million Swiss francs in a Series A financing round led by Credit Suisse.
Free trade agreement signed with Indonesia
Jakarta - The EFTA states and Indonesia signed a free trade agreement in Indonesia on Sunday, making EFTA - to which Switzerland belongs - Indonesia’s first free trade partner in Europe.
Smart security solution impresses investors
Zurich – Xorlab is developing a smart cyber security solution that filters unknown email attacks. The spinoff from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has now raised 1.9 million Swiss francs in financing.
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