Month: August 2022

WhatsApp groups can be left secretly

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The popular messenger app gets new features for better privacy protection. All those who remain in an annoying WhatsApp group to be polite will be happy about the new WhatsApp features. Namely, the world’s most popular messenger has introduced new features that serve better privacy protection. WhatsApp parent Meta describes one of the new functions as “silently leaving groups.” This means that users can now leave WhatsApp groups without all group members seeing that they have left the group. In the future, only the group administrators will be informed. Online…

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Smartphone virus carrier: What is important when cleaning?

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A few numbers that can be frightening: On average, 100 different types of bacteria and viruses can be found on a smartphone. The total number of pathogens runs into the millions. And we tap our smartphones around 2,500 times a day. The result: a thick film of bacteria on the entire surface. And that – as we are unfortunately experiencing now – can be dangerous. Because, of course, the new type of coronaviruses can also colonize your smartphone. So how do we best defend ourselves against the invisible threat? The…

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5,675 new infections in Austria on Tuesday

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Fifteen new deaths were reported in association with Covid 19 infection. From Monday to Tuesday, 5,675 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 5,908 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 464.60. This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 78,904. Eighty-nine thousand five hundred ninety-two new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 6.33 percent. There are also 15 new deaths. This means that 19,215 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across…

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Why is the Apple logo a bitten apple?

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Company logos sometimes make more, sometimes less sense at first glance. Choosing an apple as a company logo when your company is called Apple is far-fetched. But why, of all things, did the founders decide on a piece of fruit that had already been nibbled on? First of all, we should perhaps clarify where the name Apple comes from in the first place. A company that stands for revolutionary technologies would at least not automatically be associated with fallen fruit. Steve Jobs: Creative genius with a grip on realityThere is…

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Why is the recipe of Coca-Cola secret?

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It is said to be one of the best-kept secrets in the world: The recipe for Coca-Cola, the ever-popular soft drink developed in 1886. But why the secrecy? Because the sparkling soft drink contains, say, cocaine? Of course not. At least not since 1903, and the Coca-Cola Company categorically denies its use. Even the alcohol initially contained in the drink has not made it into the company’s bottles and cans for quite a while now. It is replaced by sugar. So why is the Coca-Cola recipe kept as secret as…

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Corona: Biontech expects the omicron vaccine in October

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German pharmaceutical company BioNTech announced on Monday that it would be able to deliver the first doses of vaccine against the omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 starting in October. Omicron infection alone provides only “narrow” protectionBioNTech said a clinical trial of a vaccine adapted to Omikron variants BA.4 and BA.5 would begin before August. If approved by regulatory authorities, the first doses of the Corona vaccine could start shipping in October. No Omicron vaccine has been approved in the EU yetBioNTech had previously developed a Corona vaccine adapted to variant…

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Due to inflation: Starting September 2022, “Fernwärme” bills will increase

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The price increase for district heating of Wien Energie in Vienna by 92 percent as of September 1 is now fixed. This was said by the responsible city councilor Peter Hanke (SPÖ) in an interview on ORF-“Wien Heute” on Monday evening. Prices for district heating in Vienna rise by 92 percent Vienna extends energy support thanks to inflation“There will be this increase from September 1,” Peter Hanke (SPÖ) said on the district heating price increase. According to Hanke, Wien Energie had announced the plan in June, and now a commission…

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The number of COVID patients in Austrian hospitals rises sharply

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In the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Monday), 3523 new Corona infections have been recorded in Austria; fewer were last recorded on June 8. A week ago, 4205 new cases were reported. Another patient infected with Corona died. The number of patients in hospitals increased sharply. 69 Corona patients were newly admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. The new infections in the provinces: Vienna: 995Lower Austria: 878Upper Austria: 456Styria: 314Carinthia: 257Tyrol: 210Salzburg: 188Burgenland: 149Vorarlberg: 76 source: sozialministerium.at

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Weather outlook: It will be warm, but hardly hot

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The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) expects warm but hardly hot summer weather for the coming week. Vienna weather in detailTowards the middle of the week, the sun will shine more and more, and towards the weekend, temperatures of 30 degrees and slightly above will be in sight. Up to 28 degrees possible on MondayOn Monday, the morning will be regionally cloudy with weak low-pressure influence in the south and prone to showers. With rising air pressure, the weather will calm down from the north; last showers are…

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