Category: News


Game of Thrones games maker dies ‘after poisoning’


A Chinese tycoon who died on Christmas Day was poisoned, Shanghai police say. Lin Qi, 39, was the chairman and chief executive of games developer Yoozoo, best known for the Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming strategy game.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55463081

Apple iPhone again best tech seller of the year, thanks to the working-from-home trend


Once again, the best-selling tech product of 2020 was Apple’s iPhone – topping the phone’s sales in 2019 – despite being a pandemic year when so many people were thrown out of work and money was harder to come by.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/28/apple-iphone-best-selling-tech-device-year-work-home-helped/4048111001/

Why Taylor Swift was replaced by Brad Paisley on a famed Nashville mural celebrating country legends


Swift’s fans are in a social media uproar about the mural change at Legends Corner, a bar next to the famed Ryman Auditorium in Music City, which is undergoing an overhaul by artist Tim Davis.

 

How will you be told when it’s your turn for a COVID-19 vaccine? It’s complicated.


Will you get a text from your doctor? Will you read about it online? Or will you have to check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website to know when it’s your turn in line?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/24/covid-vaccine-eligibility-how-when-americans-notified/4008128001/

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law


Mr Trump had initially refused to sign the bill, saying he wanted to give people bigger one-off payments.

Nashville explosion: Camper van blows up in ‘intentional act’ on Christmas morning


A parked camper van exploded in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee, early on Christmas morning, injuring three people and knocking out communications systems across the state.

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades


More than 70 students were accused of breaking West Point’s Cadet Honor Code in a maths test while studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.