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EU approves Germany to promote more climate-friendly public transport

Germany is allowed to support the switch to more climate-friendly local public transport according to a decision by the EU competition authorities with up to 300 million euros. The EU Commission approved corresponding subsidies on Tuesday (22. Dec. 2020). The public transport should encourage people to switch Germany will use it to promote innovative projects… Read more

Nature conservation and the energy turnaround: wind turbines in the forest are heating up people

Three years of drought in a row and the bark beetle infestation severely affected the forest in North Rhine-Westphalia. More than 80.000 hectares, almost 000 percent of the forest area in the country , are so badly damaged, according to figures from the federal government, that they have to be reforested. If you drive through… Read more

KFC’s KFConsole Is Real: Secret Ingredient Is Intel Silicon

Home News (Image credit: KFC) Grab your gaming mouse, chicken and probably some napkins because KFC is serious about the KFConsole. Teased this summer with more details being served up today, the KFConsole is a real-life gaming system built from an Intel NUC, a talented modder and a little belief from Colonel Sanders. It was… Read more

Vimeo is becoming a standalone company after booming during the pandemic

Vimeo is being spun off into a standalone public company as the video streaming site sees rapid growth brought on by the pandemic. Since shortly after its founding, Vimeo has been owned by IAC, the enormous tech and media holding company behind Angie’s List, Ask, Dotdash (formerly About.com), and, until recently, the dating app juggernaut… Read more

EU Commission approves Biontech's first Covid-19 vaccine

Almost ten months after the outbreak of the corona pandemic in Europe, vaccinations can now also start in the European Union. The EU Commission approved the vaccine from Mainz-based company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer on Monday. “Today we add to the battle against Covid – 16 added an important chapter “, said Commission… Read more

Microsoft will shut down Halo’s Xbox 360 services next year

Home / Software & Gaming / Microsoft will shut down Halo’s Xbox 360 services next year Matthew Wilson 54 mins ago Software & Gaming With the Xbox Series X/S now out in the wild, the Xbox 360 is officially two generations behind and with that in mind, certain services will be coming offline. Starting next… Read more

A photograph of Ansel Adams sold for nearly $ 1 million

What value do we place on a photograph? It certainly depends on many factors balancing the feelings it arouses or the commitment necessary to achieve it. At Sotheby’s, however, they went “beyond” by auctioning a landscape photograph of Ansel Adams and beating it for almost 1 million dollars . A real record, although obviously it… Read more

CoraLibre: The Corona warning app without Google services

The Corona Warning App (CWA), which was or is being developed by SAP and Deutsche Telekom on behalf of the Federal Government, is known to need Google Play Services on Android in order to function. This means that an estimated several million people in Germany cannot install the CWA because their smartphone does not meet… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077: New bug destroys savegames, developers are working on a solution

The single player RPG Cyberpunk 2077 was probably the most anticipated game of the year 2020. After an extremely successful publication (over a million players on Steam only 3 hours after publication), the community quickly became disillusioned. Although the vast majority of tests come to the conclusion that Cyberpunk 2077 is a good game with… Read more

2018’s God of War reportedly surpasses 25 million copies sold

Mustafa Mahmoud 1 hour ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Recently we reported that the 2018 reboot / sequel of God of War was estimated to have sold around 20 million copies to date. We now have more concrete figures, revealing that the 2018 Game of the Year winner has in fact surpassed… Read more

EU approves mega merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler, subject to conditions

The EU no longer has any antitrust concerns about the planned mega merger between the Opel parent company PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA). However, the prospect of approval is tied to obligations, as the EU Commission announced. The takeover will create the fourth-largest car company in the world. The crux of light commercial vehicles “We… Read more

Wage arrears and chaos: Apple contract manufacturer Wistron gets probation

For the time being, Apple does not want to place any new orders with the manufacturer Wistron, as its iPhone factory in South India was destroyed by employees. According to the first results of Apple’s investigation of the incident, working hours in the factory were not correctly recorded, which led to delays in wage payments… Read more

Fortress against Corona: EU seals itself off against virus variant

With flight bans and border closings, Europe is arming itself against a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Great Britain. Germany largely stops flights from the UK. Landings from the country are forbidden from midnight, according to an order from the Federal Ministry of Transport on Sunday. Accordingly, pure cargo flights are excluded…. Read more

The corona vaccine is coming: How to proceed now

The first vaccine against the coronavirus should now get the green light – the EU authorities decide on the preparation from Biontech and Pfizer. The EU Medicines Agency (EMA) will present its assessment this Monday; The EU Commission will then decide on the formal approval in the EU on Tuesday or Wednesday. Federal Minister of… Read more

Frontline essential workers and the elderly next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations

Frontline essential workers and people 75 years of age and older in the United States should get COVID-19 vaccines in the next wave of immunizations, an independent committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended. That group includes about 49 million people. After those groups are vaccinated, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices… Read more