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Corona traffic light: High risk for the whole of Austria

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On Thursday, the Corona Commission voted in favor of a constant risk assessment of the epidemiological development, which means that the traffic light remains switched to orange. Austria was already downgraded to “high risk” last week, but in the evaluation of the federal states this week, Vienna is now the only one with a risk number of over 100, which means “very high” and thus red. Upper Austria and Vorarlberg were classified as “medium risk.” However, the remaining six federal states are on the same risk level as the country…

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Wien Energie: Higher prices as of October

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Wien Energie turned the price screw for new customers in October. After the approximately 29 cents gross per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in the “Optima Relaxed” tariff, which the municipal energy supplier offered its existing and new customers until the end of September and which was widely criticized as expensive, Wien Energie is now charging an energy price of over 40 cents for a kilowatt hour of electricity for new contracts – and is still the cheapest supplier. According to the energy authority E-Control tariff calculator, Wien Energie is…

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How your smartphone affects your productivity

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In the morning, after getting up, in the evening before going to sleep, on the road, and at work. The smartphone is our constant companion – and steals our time and attention. The pull of the smartphone is strong.Every day, we reach for our smartphone 88 times, and 53 times we unlock the device. Although these are average figures, they are based on an analysis of 60,000 smartphone users. So there’s a good chance that your behavior is similar.The mere presence of a smartphone is enough to capture our attention,…

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Continuous fire from space: Is the Earth growing or even shrinking?

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Since the Earth was formed, meteorites, dust and asteroids have been pelting down on it. Shouldn’t it get bigger and bigger over time? Nobody was there when it happened. But one is convinced that the planet earth formed itself as small rocks lumped together into a giant ball. This occurred in the solar system’s infancy when a massive disk of dust and gas orbited the sun. The larger the young Earth became, the more material it attracted. To this day, the shower of rock continues in a weakened form. So…

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Forecast: Corona wave fills hospitals with infected patients

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Covid hospital patients are projected to increase further by the end of the month, experts say. Up to 3,900 Corona-infected patients are expected to be seen in normal wards. As a result of the current Corona wave, a further increase in Covid patients in hospitals is expected. A preliminary peak may be reached by the end of October, with the Covid Forecast Consortium projecting that 2,360 to 3,900 Corona-infected patients will require treatment in normal wards and 130 to 200 in intensive care units (ICU) in two weeks (Oct. 26).…

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500 Euro – Next one-time payment coming in March

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As part of the big budget day in the National Council, an increase of 7.74 percent in the compensatory allowance and another one-off payment were approved. The budget for 2023, which the National Council approved on Wednesday, is worth a whopping 115 billion euros. However, a minus of 17 billion euros jumps out, mainly due to the current debt due to the Corona crisis, increased interest rates, the Antiteuerungspaketen, and inflation – more here. Decided now not only the general pension increase of 5,8 percent but also a recent unique…

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The Internet consumes a lot of energy

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The Internet consumes energy. Most of us are not even aware of this. A search query here, streaming a few episodes of a series there and later talking on the phone with the family via Skype. The fact that energy is consumed in the process is quickly forgotten. The Internet consumes a lot of energy.The Internet operates through large servers that run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and require electricity. Each file must be routed through different servers, search queries must be managed, and files must be…

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828 million people go hungry worldwide

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By 2030, no one should go hungry. This UN target is becoming ever more distant: 828 million people worldwide – a fifth more than in 2019 and one in ten overall – suffer from hunger. NGOs are calling for more funding for humanitarian aid and development cooperation ahead of World Food Day on Sunday (Oct. 16) and the start of budget negotiations. “Not least because of the Ukraine war, but also as a result of the climate crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, local conflicts, and inflationary and price pressures, we are…

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States in favor of federal rule on mask requirement

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The omicron autumn wave in Austria continues to build: On Tuesday, there were 12,572 new infections. However, the number of unreported cases is likely to be much higher, as indicated by the development of the virus load in wastewater monitoring: There are far more new cases than reported new infections. In hospitals, this development is mainly reflected in the regular wards. On Tuesday, 2418 infected people needed a regular bed, 108 more than the previous day. However, according to the federal Covid 19 registry, as of October 9, only 25…

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