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CEBIT 2018 will reveal passwords to be a thing of the past. Biometrics is a straightforward and secure alternative, as visitors of the exhibition can see at the booth of Germany's largest biometrics company DERMALOG.

- Launch of BMW Group Dialogues 2018 in Los Angeles - Main focus: better mobility for better cities - Collaboration with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator begins

Consultative status of human rights group under fire at the United Nations.

The 14th Concours Géza Anda, to be held from 3 to 12 June 2018 in Zurich and Winterthur, will this year be held as part of the Zurich Festival. Internationally renowned artists will make up the Jury, which will be chaired by the German pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias. He will be joined in his deliberations by the pianists Andrea Bonatta (I), Peter Lang (A), Prof. Dr Robert Levin (USA), Aleksander Madzar (SER) and Alexei Volodin (RUS), and by Nathalie Wappler (CH), Programme Director of MDR.

Stirling Hart from Canada wins the toughest logger sports competition.

The biometrics manufacturer DERMALOG has developed the world's fastest facial recognition. It matches 1 billion faces per second. The SGS-TÜV Saar has now certified the system's outstanding speed.

The Baltic 175 Pink Gin, the world’s largest carbon fibre sloop, has been voted the Sailing Yacht of the Year at the prestigious World Superyacht Awards 2018. She also won the Sailing Yachts 50m and Above category making it a glittering achievement for the silver-hulled sloop.