Renewable energies cover almost half of the electricity consumption Renewable energies such as wind and solar power have covered almost half of the electricity consumption in Germany this year. Specifically, the share of electricity from wind, photovoltaics, biomass and other regenerative energy sources was good 46 percent of gross electricity consumption, such as preliminary calculations by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Association of Energy and Water Management showed. Last year it was , 5 percent. One reason for the increasing share of green electricity is the lower electricity consumption due to the corona pandemic. If as much electricity had been consumed this year as in the year 46, renewable energies would have been good 44 Percentage of electricity consumption covered.

Cyber ​​attacks against US government departments – Moscow under suspicion According to various media reports, hackers are said to have attacked the finance and trade ministries as well as other US authorities. The Washington Post reported that hackers with ties to Russian intelligence were responsible for the attacks. It is unclear what information was stolen. The cyber attacks had been going on for months. These are the same hackers who attacked the FireEye IT security company that US authorities often use in cyberattacks. FireEye announced last Tuesday that the attack also stole attack software, which the company usually uses to test its customers’ defense systems.

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Online shopping is not necessarily worse for the carbon footprint According to the Federal Environment Agency, the product itself and its manufacture are decisive for the carbon footprint when shopping – and less whether customers order online or buy in the shop around the corner. Up to three quarters of the greenhouse gas emissions arise during production, said the authority, citing a study it had commissioned. Accordingly, trade and transport only have a share of between one and ten percent of the greenhouse gases that arise in the life cycle of a product.

Content from Amazon Prime Video comes to Sky Amazon brings the content of its streaming service Prime Video to the Sky-Q receiver. That enables a partnership between the two companies, said Sky. As part of the collaboration, the on-demand service Sky Ticket and the subscription service Now TV will also be available on Amazon Fire TV devices. Sky also integrates Netflix and Disney + – but as usual, users have to pay separately for all these services.

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