Category: Feature Stories

Smishing is increasing more and more rapidly than now. Even security experts warn about it and give hints how what this new danger looks like on your smartphone! It is a compound of “phishing” and “SMS” and thus even explains itself. Because it works like the scam from cybercriminals known as phishing, only it’s just targeted and received directly on your smartphone. Phishing is the hacking of personal data. This is usually done via fraudulent emails that entice you to click on a link or open an attachment. In the…

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Temperatures will climb up to 31 degrees in the coming days. Especially on the northern side of the Alps, there is a risk of thunderstorms. The long weekend is just around the corner, and the forecasts predict summery temperatures: the highs are around 31 degrees. However, there may also be thunderstorms. Even a thunderstorm warning has now been issued. Summer feeling in the lowlandsSaturday will be just as hot: According to the forecast, the day will be very summery. However, the weather is still not expected to be stable, so…

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The prevalence of the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants in new Covid 19 infections was eight percent last week, according to the Ministry of Health. The trend is upward, yet the BA.2 omicron variant remains predictably more prevalent, he said. According to virologist Andreas Bergthaler, however, this is likely to change in Germany. Internationally, strong growth rates of up to 15 percent of BA.4/BA.5 variant infections per day are observed. BA.4 and BA.5, in turn, are subvariants of BA.2. “They are also likely to become established in Austria in the medium term,”…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe says there is a risk of further spread of monkeypox at upcoming festivals and large parties. “The potential for further transmission in Europe and elsewhere during the summer is high,” said Hans Henri Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe. But festivals and celebrations in the coming months offer an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease and strengthen protective behaviors among young, sexually active, and mobile people. According to Kluge, investigations into the cases suggest that the outbreak was already underway…

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Omicron subvariants have the potential to spoil the summer before it has even started. In Portugal, the number of Corona infections is rising sharply again, and the first warnings are already coming from Germany. The German Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 61,889 new conditions within 24 hours, so the incidence rises slightly again for the first time. The head of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, is concerned about the spread of the omicron sub-variant BA.5, probably also because the figures from Portugal are disturbing. More than 30,000 infections…

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According to a large long-term study, cell phone use does not increase the risk of brain tumors. The study from the United Kingdom started back in 1996. An analysis of the UK Million Women Study, which has been ongoing in the United Kingdom for more than 20 years, found no evidence of increased tumor risk with chronic cell phone use. This was reported by a team led by Joachim Schüz of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In…

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BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin expects an adapted Corona vaccine to be approved by fall. He did not specify if and when the Corona vaccine would be approved in China. “Depending on the authorities’ decision, an adapted vaccine could be approved in August, September, or fall,” BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Wednesday at the Mainz-based biotech company’s annual shareholders’ meeting. U.S. Food and Drug Administration to meet on adapted Corona vaccine in late JuneAccording to Sahin, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting at the end of June…

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The German air passenger rights portal Airhelp has chosen the ten best and worst airports globally. Striking: 8 of the ten worst airports are located in Europe. These are the ten worst airports in the worldLong waiting times at the security check and baggage carousel, missed and canceled flights: the aviation industry seems to be at its limit even before the high season. The reason: staff shortages, because they were surprised by people’s desire to travel. The German air passenger rights portal Airhelp produces an annual ranking of the best…

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