Alan Lorenz, Author at Zoom News

15Jul

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Technology, Business, News

Netflix is Going to Make Video Games

Netflix hired a manager to help develop video games. The streaming service should be able to offer playable games before the end of the year. In addition to series, documentaries and films, Netflix will also offer video games. The streaming service has announced the arrival of Mike Verdu as head of game development on the platform. He previously worked at games company Electronic Arts (EA) and was responsible for video games at Facebook. The first video games should be playable on Netflix before the end of next year, reports Bloomberg news agency from the mouth of an insider. But, the company does not plan to increase the price for a subscription, the source said. For Netflix, it is essential to tap into new markets. The company is still the market leader in streaming series and...

Carlos Ghosn: The 30 Minutes in That Box were the Longest in My Life

14Jul

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News

Carlos Ghosn: The 30 Minutes in That Box were the Longest in My Life

The former CEO of carmakers Nissan and Renault, Carlos Ghosn, has first told himself about how he got out of the country a year and a half after his sensational escape from Japan, where he was under house arrest on suspicion of fraud. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Ghosn tells how an hour and a half in a music box felt like a year and a half. For more than a year, Ghosn was alternately in jail or under house arrest at his home in Tokyo. If convicted, he risked a 15-year prison term. When Ghosn was told he could no longer contact his wife Carole, the former Nissan CEO decided to attempt an escape. "The plan was that I couldn't show my face, so I had to hide somewhere. The only way I could hide was in a chest or luggage so that no one would see me and no one would recogniz...

France Tightens Rules for Travellers to UK, Spain and Portugal

13Jul

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Europe, France, News, Portugal, Spain, UK

France Tightens Rules for Travellers to UK, Spain and Portugal

France is tightening the corona rules for travellers from the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal. From now on, the corona test for unvaccinated people must be taken no more than 24 hours before travel. For other countries, a maximum time frame of 72 hours still applies. The French Minister of European Affairs, Clement Beaune, reports this after the statements of President Emmanuel Macron. It announced Monday evening that the rules for travellers from risk areas would be tightened but did not share any details yet. France requires travellers to prove testing if they have not yet been fully vaccinated with a corona vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or have demonstrably recovered from Covid-19. Unvaccinated travellers from outside the European Union, includin...

UK: Criticism of Contradicting Statements on the Mask Requirement

12Jul

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UK, News

UK: Criticism of Contradicting Statements on the Mask Requirement

Corona infections are increasing in Great Britain, but London is sticking to its easing plans. There is now also confusion on the subject of masks. Some call for "personal responsibility", others want to get rid of it quickly. The British government has come under increasing criticism for contradicting messages about wearing masks after the planned end of all corona measures. "I think it's pretty confusing for people what the right thing to do now," Warwick University Infectious Disease Expert Mike Tildesley told BBC television on Monday. He hoped enough people weighed the risks themselves not to be a massive increase in infections. The immunologist Peter Openshaw from Imperial College London criticized the planned lifting of the mask requirement on the BBC 4 radio station. It is...

9Jul

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Technology, News

Qualcomm Announces Its Own Smartphone

Chipmaker Qualcomm releases a device with a Snapdragon chip and a price tag of 1,500 dollars. The thing will be called 'The Phone for Snapdragon Insiders', and Qualcomm will not build it itself. The device is made in collaboration with Asus. The device is intended to showcase the power of Qualcomm's technology, and the smartphone will only be sold to members of the Snapdragon Insider fan community, a fan club the company started earlier this year. Qualcomm has been the supplier of, among other things, the network chips that are in almost every smartphone for years. However, the 'Snapdragon Insider' smartphone is the first that Qualcomm releases as a consumer phone under its own name. The device, therefore, seems instead a showcase of various technologies of the company, including...

Lufthansa: Network Almost Back to Old Level in September

8Jul

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Business, Germany, News

Lufthansa: Network Almost Back to Old Level in September

German airline Lufthansa expects its network of routes to be nearly back to pre-coronavirus levels by September, despite air traffic restrictions. That's what the head of flight route planning at Lufthansa said in an interview. According to planner Heiko Reitz, Lufthansa, with its subsidiaries Swiss, Austrian, Eurowings and Brussels Airlines, wants to return to almost all destinations worldwide. However, flights will then be less frequent than before because the number of travellers is still much lower than before the outbreak of the corona pandemic. A number of tourist destinations are already back in the network for the summer. Lufthansa hopes that profitable business travel will also recover from the crisis. KLM previously said that the international network is almost back to...

Trump Engages in Legal Battle With Twitter and Facebook Bosses

7Jul

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Technology, News, US

Trump Engages in Legal Battle With Twitter and Facebook Bosses

Former US President Donald Trump, who has been banned mainly from social media, will file lawsuits against Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. He will reportedly announce the legal steps on Wednesday, news site Axios reports based on insiders. Trump has long argued with tech giants Facebook and Twitter over freedom of speech and censorship. As a result, the former president has been banned entirely by Twitter. Facebook deleted him for two years. The bans came after the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6 by Trump supporters. The legal battle is backed by the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization that stands behind Trump's policies. These would be collective lawsuits, in which steps are taken on behalf of a larger group.

E-Cigarette Sellers Fear Major Loss of Turnover and Jobs

6Jul

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Business, News, Technology

E-Cigarette Sellers Fear Major Loss of Turnover and Jobs

Hundreds of e-cigarette retailers and importers fear a huge drop in their sales. Acvoda, the consumer organization for e-cigarette users, reports this. From July 1, 2022, flavoured electronic cigarettes will be banned. The trade association Esigbond thinks that the sector will miss out on around 200 million euros in turnover and that 800 jobs will disappear. It has been agreed in the National Prevention Agreement to strive for a smoke-free generation by 2040. "To achieve that, we must now do what we can to ensure that as many children as possible grow up in a smoke-free and tobacco-free environment," said outgoing State Secretary Paul Blokhuis. (Public health) earlier. E-cigarettes come in all kinds of flavours, such as apple pie, wine gum or mojito. When the ban comes into effe...

How to Get A Motor Trade Insurance Certificate?

6Jul

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Finance

How to Get A Motor Trade Insurance Certificate?

If you are a company or sole trader involved in the motor trade, you will require a motor trade insurance certificate. To get a certificate, you’ll need a motor trade insurance policy, which you can find via sites like NimbleFins to help you get discounts. Once you have a policy in place, your insurance company or broker will supply you with your motor trade insurance certificate. To obtain a certificate, you will have to prove your involvement with the motor industry and demonstrate that you earn an income from activities connected with the sale, repair or maintenance of vehicles. This can be evidenced by records of transactions, invoices, and receipts from services provided or vehicle sales. If your business is centred around vehicles in any way, including transportation or cleaning, t...

Pope is Doing Well After Surgery, Stays in Hospital for A Week

5Jul

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News

Pope is Doing Well After Surgery, Stays in Hospital for A Week

Pope Francis is doing well after his colon surgery, the Vatican reports. He is conscious and can breathe unaided. The 84-year-old Church Father is expected to remain in the hospital for another week. The pope went under the knife on Sunday for a planned operation at the medical and surgical faculty of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. Several popes have been treated here in the past. The Vatican said Pope Francis has a common bowel disease in the elderly and can lead to pain or fever. The disease causes protrusions in the intestinal wall that can become inflamed, and a condition called diverticulitis.