Category: General Interest

A huge crowd is causing a stir in Vienna’s city center. Reason: Countless people make a pilgrimage to the sales launch of the new iPhone. Around 6:00 a.m. on Friday, countless iPhone fans were waiting for the Apple store on Kärntner Straße to open. The cell phone giant sold the iPhone 14 Pro for the first time on Friday. Since 8.00 a.m., the Apple cash registers in Kärntner Straße are running hot – hundreds of people came long before the store opened in the heart of Vienna to get their…

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Energy-saving LEDs have not only become widespread in private households: Street lighting is also being modernized in this way in many countries. But British scientists have discovered that this can pose risks for humans and animals. They are long-lasting, save energy and look almost the same as conventional light bulbs. LED lamps are now available in many private households. Public lighting, for example, on roads, has also been converted to LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in many European countries. This changes the color spectrum at night – with possible consequences for humans…

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Corona remains an issue: the number of doses of the bivalent Moderna vaccine, which is also directed against the omicron variant BA.1, available in Austria has reached almost 300,000. It is an adapted version of the original Spikevax vaccine (called Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1). According to the Ministry of Health, the first deliveries of the adapted vaccine to vaccination centers in the provinces began on Thursday. Corona: thousands of doses of Moderna vaccine arrived in AustriaExactly 292,000 doses of the latest Moderna vaccine have arrived in Austria recently. Another 1.4…

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Monkeypox vaccination will be available at the Austria Center Wien starting September 19. For the time being, 360 vaccination appointments will be offered to people who have already pre-registered. Preregistration for monkeypox vaccination The appointments are over four weeks – that is, 18 injections per day. There are only 18 appointments because the “vaccinations are accompanied by particularly detailed educational talks on the individual risk profile,” according to information provided by Mario Dujakovic, spokesman for Vienna’s City Health Council Peter Hacker (SPÖ). Monkeypox: 360 vaccination appointments in Vienna starting September…

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According to the ZAMG forecast, the weekend will be unsettled in parts of Austria. With an interplay of sun, clouds, and rain, temperatures will also remain cooler than recently. Shower tendency increases from FridayOn Friday, more and more clouds will form with a weak disturbing influence. Showers, some of them heavy, will fall, the first in the mountains and the western half. The most extended dry spells will be in the northeast. The wind will blow weakly to moderately from southeast to west. Early temperatures will range from eight to…

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. The world has never been better positioned to have survived the coronavirus pandemic, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. WHO chief on corona pandemic: ‘End is in sight.‘“We haven’t made it yet. But the end is in sight.” For now, however, he said, countries must still stick to their efforts to fight the coronavirus. Last week, fewer people died from the pathogen than at any time since March 2020, according to the U.N. agency. WHO…

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The AK has conducted a price check for the winter tire change 2022. Customers are advised to compare prices and offers so that changing tires in 2022 does not become enormously expensive. Winter tire changes are just around the corner. But the prices for a tire change could become very expensive in 2022. The AK emphasizes that a price check to save money is worthwhile. The Vienna Chamber of Labor has closely examined the prices for changing winter tires and recommends that consumers take the time to do a price…

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The speed of the USB standard will double. The USB Promoter Group, responsible for this, has announced USB 4 version 2.0. Instead of the previous 40 gigabits per second (Gbps), the new standard will create 80 Gbps. This means that, under ideal conditions, 10 GB files could be transferred in just one second. The unique thing about USB 4 V2.0 is that new cables are not necessarily needed for this speed. USB 4 uses the USB-C port. If you already have a USB-C cable suitable for USB 4 and 40…

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Which fruits and vegetables go in the refrigerator about it is constantly speculated and discussed. Especially in the case of tomatoes, opinions differ: should you store tomatoes in the fridge or at room temperature? The answer is pretty clear! Because: Tomatoes do not tolerate cold, this applies to the plant and its fruits. This disqualifies the stay in the refrigerator. Because at too cool temperatures, the fruit, which has a reputation as a vegetable, quickly begins to mold. But how to store tomatoes properly? Optimal storageThe optimum temperature for tomatoes…

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