January 2023 Archives

The weekend brings cold front and heavy snowfall

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 admin

The weekend weather is mild before a cold front moves in on Friday. GeoSphere Austria (formerly ZAMG) predicts partly heavier snowfall; more significant amounts of snow are expected between Upper Carinthia and Southern Styria. On Friday, dense clouds with rain and snow above 1,200 meters prevail except in the south. In the afternoon, the clouds in the inner Alps and the southwest will clear up again, and the northern side of the Alps will get into a northwesterly flow with partly persistent precipitation. Early temperatures range from minus four to…

After Corona year 2020: many church celebrations made up for

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 admin

On Wednesday, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference published the official figures for 2021. These show that after the Corona Year 2020, many ecclesiastical celebrations were made up. A conclusion: in baptisms, marriages, first communions and confirmations, many celebrations were made up due to the relaxation of the Corona measures, which were not possible in 2020. There were slight decreases, as always, in priests and religious. Many ecclesiastical celebrations were made up after the 2020 corona yearThe number of baptisms in 2021 was 45,541, a massive increase over 2020 (32,521). According to…

Immigration: Vienna with 2,865 quotas for 2023

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 admin

The Settlement Regulation provides for a total of 5,951 quota places. In reality, however, there is more immigration. Most of the quota places – namely about 2,900 – are in Vienna. On Wednesday, the Council of Ministers adopted the Settlement Regulation, which regulates immigration to Austria from non-EU countries. It provides for a total of 5,951 quota places. In the calendar year 2022, there were 6,020. However, immigration is higher because, for example, the Red-White-Red Card is not regulated by the ordinance. Family reunification accounts for by far the largest…

End of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 admin

An era is ending: Extended support for Windows 7 has been discontinued. This means that the operating system is finally dead. Around 11 percent of all computers in the world still run Windows 7. Although support for the operating system ended in 2020, companies could buy themselves a longer transition period. This extended support has now officially expired on January 10, 2023. Support also ends for Windows 8.1But not only the time Windows 7, which came on the market in October 2009, has expired. Microsoft is also ending extended support…

Climate crisis: 2022 was the warmest summer ever measured in Europe

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 admin

Last summer was the warmest ever recorded in Europe, according to evaluations by the EU climate change service Copernicus.The year 2022 was the second warmest in Europe since records began in 1979, according to a Copernicus report on climate extremes presented Tuesday. The annual temperatures were surpassed only by 2020. Heat waves and lack of rainIn many places in Europe, heat waves combined with little rain and dry soils caused droughts, according to the report, leading to problems in agriculture, shipping and the energy industry. In addition, the extreme drought…

CARE: 339 million people cannot survive without aid

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 admin

Three hundred thirty-nine million people worldwide did not have enough necessities to survive in 2022 and are, therefore, acutely dependent on humanitarian aid. According to CARE’s “Breaking the Silence” report, the aid organization annually shines a spotlight on the ten humanitarian crises that received the least coverage in the previous year. CARE Austria Managing Director Andrea Barschdorf-Hager called this a record at a press conference.The number had risen by 65 million people within a year, Barschdorf-Hager said. The report, published this year for the seventh time and released on Thursday,…

United Nation’s report: A young person dies every 4.4 seconds

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 admin

About five million infants will die worldwide in 2021 – plus more than two million children, adolescents and young adults. The UN attributes most deaths to poor access to good health care. However, there are also positive trends. Many young people still die from treatable diseases or injuries because they lack good medical care, according to the United Nations (UN). According to a new estimate, the UN reported about five million children under five died worldwide in 2021. 7.7 million deaths per yearBacterial infection is the second leading cause of…

UniUnited Nation’s report: A young person dies every 4.4 seconds – Austrian News (austrianpress.com)ted Nation’s report: A young person dies every 4.4 seconds

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 admin

What you need to know about USB-C

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 admin

USB-C is just a practical plug-in system. You don’t necessarily see which interface with which standard is behind it on the connector. The possibilities are many, and the various designations can be very confusing. As early as 2014, the USB Implementers Forum published the USB-C plug-in system, but it took a while to catch on. In the meantime, however, not only every new Android smartphone has the practical socket to which cables can no longer be plugged in the wrong way. Current notebooks, PCs and other devices also have at…