Corona risk areas: Entrants will soon be able to register digitally Those who return to Germany from vacation from Corona risk areas or who is new to the country must register electronically in future. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has released the “digital entry registration” for this purpose. The web application is intended to replace the previous “dropout card” in paper form, which has already been distributed to air travelers. As planned, the app provides the responsible health authorities with the information they need to monitor the statutory quarantine requirement. The registration requirement is new for individual travelers who drive their own car. With the new quarantine regulations of the federal states, the system is expected to come into force on November 8th.

Castor transports to Biblis are imminent It is the nuclear waste of the German energy industry of the past decades. Germany does not yet finally know what to do with the processed, highly radioactive cargo from Sellafield, England, so the castors must first be temporarily stored. In the coming weeks, another Castor transport is to roll through the republic, from the coast to Biblis in southern Hesse. In the past, there have been repeated, sometimes massive, protests. The transport was canceled in spring due to the corona pandemic.

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Google Hangouts disappears, Chat becomes free Google will finally stop Hangouts in the coming year, content can be exported to the free version of Chat. This should allow direct messages and group chats to be conducted, as well as functions such as forwarding, emoji reactions and automatic reply suggestions. Chat is also intended to make it easier to work together on documents and to plan tasks and goals. The phishing protection from Gmail finds its way into Messenger and warns of dubious links.

Self-driving cars from Cruise without safety driver in San Francisco GM’s robot car company Cruise wants the first cars without safety drivers by the end of 2020 Sending taxes on the streets of San Francisco. The company will be the first