Apple will present major software updates for the iPhone and iPad at its upcoming developer conference. That happens at a time when more and more developers are critical of the company’s App Store policies. The virtual event, which begins Monday, will also discuss software updates for the Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well … Read more
The French daily Le Figaro wrote on Friday about the formation of a government in Israel: »Eight parties with opposing convictions and only scant support have come together to knock Benjamin Netanyahu off his pedestal (…). Only this prime minister, record holder with the length of his term of office, was able to bring such … Read more
The act and its course are more reminiscent of Chicago or Mexico City than of tranquil Zurich: On June 7, 2001, the almost 70-year-old Rabbi Abraham Grünbaum from Bnei Brak was shot on the street on the way to evening prayer on Hallwylplatz. The Shoah survivor is privately in Zurich. Residents in the Aussersihl quarter, … Read more
Not an early bird? Then it pays to become one. Getting up earlier reduces the risk of depression, a new study shows. Getting up one hour earlier can already reduce the risk of major depression by 23 percent, according to a large study, published in the professional journal at the end of May. JAMA Psychiatry … Read more
It was once part of the most important corona measures, who didn’t have a bottle of hand gel in their bag, but it probably was for nothing. Washing your hands hardly prevents the transmission of the corona virus. Last week, the RIVM amended the official advice when it comes to the contagiousness of surfaces, such … Read more
Go sadness that floods in our rocker body, and it is the actor Kevin Clark, best known for playing the drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones, in musical comedy, ‘School Of Rock’, next to Jack Black, was run over and died while riding his bicycle in Chicago, Illinois, United States. According to the media, Chicago Sun … Read more
Worldwide, nearly half a billion people suffer from diabetes. More than half of them are unaware that they have the disease, it shows new research that in The Lancet popped up. The researchers studied data from 680,000 people between the ages of 25 and 64 from 55 countries. 37,000 of them were diabetic. More than … Read more
Police found the body of a 39-year-old man in a dinosaur statue in Barcelona on Saturday afternoon. The man probably wanted to find his phone that had fallen into the picture. He then got stuck. A man and his son saw that there was something in the papier-mâché stegosaurus in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a … Read more
You think you are done with it, because a large part of the population has been vaccinated, but then the corona virus flares up again. It has happened to a number of countries, including Uruguay, Chile and the Seychelles. De Volkskrant cites three reasons for this, from which we can also draw our lessons here. … Read more
The Havana syndrome has been causing problems around US embassies for the past five years. At least 130 people are now dealing with the consequences of the mysterious disease. It concerns sixty cases in China and Cuba and another 70 patients in Europe and Asia. The disease first showed up among US embassy personnel in … Read more