The advent calendars have certainly been looted, the gifts have hopefully all been bought and the Christmas tree is in place – another year of the pandemic is drawing to a close. Corona is not taking a Christmas break, as our new Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently predicted.
The contact restrictions decided by the federal and state governments will not apply until December 28th. However, since some federal states introduced the restrictions beforehand, you may have had to exclude some loved ones from their celebration or even stay away from a get-together with food and drink. We wish you that you can still be happy and feel that you belong. Maybe you made your home cozy with a 3D printer.
We hope that your company or organization will be spared the effects of blackmail trojans, because the BSI expects more attacks if the staffing levels are thin during this time. Some employees will have had a lot to do up until today’s festival due to safety precautions.
The Shabbat begins for the Jews tonight, Christians then celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, but today is also the day of remembrance in some churches of the supposedly first parents of this planet, who are said to have only been born when it was light:
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The entire team from heise online and the editors of c’t, iX, Technology Review, Mac & i, c’t Digitale Fotografie, Make, Techstage and Telepolis as well as heise Security, heise Developer and heise Autos wish you a happy holiday.
May you look back on the past few months at your leisure and prepare for what is to come. We wish the desperate confidence, all sick recovery, the corona infected a mild course, all mourning consolation, the exhausted strength, the lost a guide, fearful courage, hateful insight and all refugees safe accommodation.
The IT world will not stand still in the seven days until the turn of the year, we will also provide you with the latest news on the holidays and between the years as well as some longer readings. We wish everyone a Happy New Year and a peaceful, happy and successful 2022. Stay healthy!
(anw)