Month: September 2021

Sunshine and 27 degrees at the weekend followed by rain

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A late summer weekend with highs up to 27 degrees Celsius will be followed by an unsettled work week. According to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on Thursday, the first spring clouds will already appear in the west on Sunday afternoon as a harbinger for a start of the week that will be somewhat cooler and have more precipitation than the days before. Although denser clouds of a weakened disturbance will arrive on Friday with a taut northwesterly flow, especially north of the Danube.…

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Only one cable for all cell phones in the future

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The EU Commission wants European households to use only one cable to charge cell phones, tablets and headphones in the future. The Brussels authority presented a legislative proposal on Thursday, according to which the charging sockets in electrical devices are to be standardized. The USB-C port, which many companies such as Samsung and Motorola already use, is to become the common standard. For Apple in particular, the standardization would be a nuisance. “European consumers have been annoyed long enough with incompatible chargers piling up in their drawers,” said EU Commission…

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1,707 new infections in Austria

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From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,707 new Corona cases were registered in Austria. Currently, there are 21,418 actively infected in Austria. To date, there have been 730,403 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,943 people across Austria have died as a result of corona virus and 698,042 have recovered. With 1,707 new corona infections today, the slight downward trend in incidences has continued. That’s nearly 500 fewer positive tests than exactly one week ago. This brought the seven-day incidence per 100,000 population down from 143 to 138 cases since…

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Six billion doses already vaccinated worldwide

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At noon Wednesday, the six-billion mark of corona vaccine doses administered worldwide was cracked. Only three countries are not vaccinating at all so far.Six billion Corona vaccine doses have now been administered worldwide. The mark was reached at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to AFP news agency statistics based on official data. Most vaccine doses administered in China, India and U.S.The vaccination pace has steadied, according to the report: It took 29 days to reach the sixth billion, with the fourth and fifth taking 30 and 26 days, respectively. Nearly 40…

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USA approves first vaccine for boosters

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The US has approved a first CoV vaccine for boosters. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Biontech and Pfizer’s vaccine for people over age 65, adults at high risk for severe disease, and those in occupations with a high risk of infection. Those can now get a third dose six months after the second vaccination. Among those at high risk of infection, the FDA included “health care workers, teachers and day care workers, food store workers, and workers in homeless shelters and prisons.” It is unclear at…

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Corona now the worst pandemic of mankind

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More than 100 years ago, the world was hit with the Spanish flu, a pandemic described by experts as the deadliest in human history – at least until now. The 1918 flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people worldwide, or 200 million in today’s global population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 1918 flu outbreak began in the spring with the transmission of the novel H1N1 virus from birds to humans and lasted about two years. According to the CDC, an estimated one-third of the…

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Increased 3G controls in gastronomy starting today

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In past six months, nearly 400 forgeries of 3G proofs have been uncovered. Starting today, police will crack down on 3G forgeries. There will be increased checks on the authenticity of 3G proofs in restaurants. The checks will be carried out by police officers together with health authorities. This was announced by Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) on Wednesday. The proofs are to be controlled “lastingly”. That means that also punished, Nehammer warned of consequences from fines to imprisonment. The probability of being caught is high, he said. Police assume…

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Which iPhone should I buy – and most importantly, when?

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Now the iPhone 13 models are here and the question arises, will an older Apple phone do and when is the best time to buy one. Apple presented its new iPhone generation last week. The iPhone 13 comes again in a total of 4 different versions. We have compared the individual models with each other and compared them to the previous models. We also took a detailed look at the price development of the previous iPhones. Here again are the official prices of the current iPhone models with 128 GB…

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Forged “3-G” certificates: Increased checks from tomorrow

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Starting tomorrow, the police are stepping up checks on the authenticity of “3-G” credentials. “We have detected close to 400 such fake documents in the last six months alone,” the Director General of Public Security, Franz Ruf, reported today. The checks, especially in the restaurant industry, are supported by health authorities. The probability of being caught is “very high in the future,” saidInterior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) at a press conference in Vienna. “This is not a trivial offense in our country.” It could also “mean that you will be…

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