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The updated Bentayga Hybrid is predicted to be the strongest-selling variant of Bentley's luxury SUV, arriving as the first of two plug-in models from Crewe in 2021. The facelifted Hybrid arrives just a year after the original version was launched, following a raft of styling, interior and technology updates for the wider Bentayga range in summer 2020. It will help pave the way for Bentley to achieve its goal of offering exclusively plug-in hybrid and battery-electric cars by 2026, and it will be joined later this year by a PHEV version of the Flying Spur saloon. Like the standard Bentayga, the Bentayga Hybrid adopts a new-look front end with a larger grille, LED matrix headlights and wider wings, while elliptical brake lights inspired by the brand's Continental GT coupé and a repositioned numberplate distinguish the rear end from that of its predecessor. Updates to the cabin are centred around the infotainment system, which forgoes the outgoing model's button-heavy arrangement for a predominantly touch-sensitive set-up with a 10.9in high-resolution central display and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto equipped as standard. USB-C ports and wireless phone chargers are also now standard-fit, while the My Bentley connectivity services function via an inbuilt SIM card so can be used without a phone connected. The new Bentayga Hybrid takes its power from the same petrol-electric powertrain as its predecessor, mating a 443bhp 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V6 with a 126bhp electric motor for combined outputs of 443bhp and 516lb ft. The 17.6kWh lithium battery pack is carried over, too, giving a claimed NEDC electric-only range of 31 miles, although this will likely be closer to 24 miles on the WLTP cycle. Bentley claims more than 90% of current Bentayga Hybrid owners use their car "on a daily basis or several times a week" and around half consistently drive less than 30 miles at a time. Based on these statistics, the majority of journeys, Bentley said, "can be achieved completely in electric-only". The battery can be fully charged in two and a half hours at speeds of up to 7.2kWh and is topped up via regenerative braking in EV and Hybrid modes. The Bentayga's 'Hybrid Efficiency Navigation' system can automatically switch between combustion and electric power at different stages of a planned route for maximum efficiency, and the accelerator pedal will vibrate to encourage the driver to coast towards junctions for optimal regeneration.

No light show illuminated Beijing from the top of the TV tower. St Peter’s in Rome was almost empty for vespers. London’s Trafalgar Square, Moscow’s Red Square, Madrid’s Puerta del Sol and New York’s Times Square were all barricaded off. Good riddance, 2020. Hello, 2021. While some cities would launch fireworks over empty streets, others, such as London and Singapore, called off their displays. Paris, Rome and Istanbul were under curfew. New York’s countdown ball was set to drop on Broadway. But in place of thousands of people jammed shoulder-to-shoulder in Times Square, the audience would be a few dozen pre-selected key workers - including nurses, doctors, a grocery store worker and a pizza delivery man - their families kept six feet (2 metres) apart in socially distanced pens. Organisers booked Gloria Gaynor to sing her disco classic “I Will Survive”. (Lyrics: “You think I’d crumble? You think I’d lay down and die? Oh no, not I!”) “It’s going to be actually, arguably, the most special, the most poignant, the most moving New Year’s Eve,” Mayor Bill de Blasio, who will push the button to start the crystal’s ball descent, told reporters. “In 2021, we’re going to show people what it looks like to recover, to come back.” With more than 1.7 million people dead and 82 million infected around the globe since last New Year’s Eve - yet hope emerging that new vaccines can help tame the pandemic - the year ended unlike any other in memory. Angela Merkel, in her 16th New Year’s Eve address as German chancellor, said as much: “I think I am not exaggerating when I say: never in the last 15 years have we found the old year so heavy. And never have we, despite all the worries and some scepticism, looked forward to the new one with so much hope.” China’s President Xi Jinping said the year’s extraordinary hardship had allowed people to demonstrate their resilience: “Only in hard times can courage and perseverance be manifested. Only after polishing can a piece of jade be finer.” ‘HELL OF A YEAR’

Iran has resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, in its most significant breach yet of the 2015 nuclear deal. Government spokesman Ali Rabiei told state media the process had started at the underground Fordo plant near Qom. Enriched uranium can be used to make reactor fuel but also nuclear bombs. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% purity. Iran, which insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful, has rolled back a number of key commitments under the deal in retaliation for US sanctions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's decision "can't be explained in any way except as continued realisation of its intention to develop a military nuclear programme". "Israel will not allow Iran to manufacture nuclear weapons," he added. Mr Rabiei told Iran's state news agency Irna that the process of enriching uranium to 20% had started "a couple of hours ago" at Fordo. President Hassan Rouhani had ordered the move because he was "bound" by a new law requiring the production and storage of at least 120kg (265lbs) of 20%-enriched uranium annually for peaceful purposes, he said. Iran's parliament passed the law following the assassination in late November of the country's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iranian leaders blamed on Israel. Why was a top Iranian scientist assassinated? Iran's enriched uranium stockpile '12 times limit' Why do the limits on Iran's uranium enrichment matter? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said its inspectors were monitoring activities at Fordo on Monday and that its director general would file a report to member states. But the global watchdog said last week that it had been informed by Iran of its plan to enrich to 20%. What is enriched uranium? Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most suitable isotope for nuclear fission, called U-235. Low-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% purity of U-235, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Highly enriched uranium has a concentration of 20% or more and is used in research reactors.

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 launch date is sooner than you may expect: January 14 is when the company will host its Galaxy Unpacked 2021 press conference, meaning we'll see its new 5G phones and accessories at virtual event. The Thursday, January 14 keynote starts at 10am EST / 7am PST / 3pm GMT (and Friday 2am AEST). All of the latest Samsung Galaxy S21 leaks point to the three new phones – the S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra – offering refreshes of the 11-month-old trio: the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra. Samsung is moving its usual late February announcement window up – perhaps due to the fact that MWC 2020 has shifted to late June, or that the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 chipsets are ready to go. It'll clash with the last day of CES 2021, too. Of course, Samsung's event invite doesn't name any of the phones we mentioned. It bills this invite for its semi-annual Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 showcase, with the tagline 'Welcome to Everyday Epic'. But the event invite image clearly shows the recently leaked rear camera module in an opaque cube. Samsung Galaxy S21 specs all but confirmed Samsung's shift to an earlier launch date matches the tempo of the Galaxy S21 leaks we've been seeing almost daily. There's almost nothing left for Samsung to reveal. We're expecting Samsung to deliver phones in three screen sizes – 6.2, 6.7 and 6.9 inches – all with 120Hz adaptive displays and a smaller bottom bezel (goodbye chin). Rumors about its internal specs naturally lead to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (US) or Exynos 2100 chipsets (everywhere else) and at least 8GB of RAM. We're still waiting to hear if it'll have expandable storage via a microSD card slot. The Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus rear cameras seem to be getting special treatment, according to several renders of the refined camera module. All with three lenses – presumed to be a 12MP main, 12MP ultra-wide and 64MP telephoto – appear in a flatter module this year, resulting in a slightly less pronounced camera bump.

Extremely fast memory kits are often frowned upon because of their premium pricing and the fact that modern processors don't dramatically benefit from the ultra-fast data rates. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop memory vendors from climbing the frequency ladder to produce the fastest memory that the market has ever seen, often just to make a statement. Several memory specialists have released DDR4-5000 memory kits, with the big names including G.Skill, Corsair, and Adata all having claimed their bragging rights. However, Crucial has effectively one-upped the other brands by releasing the new Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 memory to claim the title of the fastest retail memory kit that money can buy. On paper, DDR4-5100 looks absolutely spectacular, but it remains to be seen if it has any significant impact on real-world performance. And that is exactly what we're here to find out about today. The Ballistix Max memory modules are essentially a replica of the Ballistix Max RGB, sans the RGB lighting. The black, anodized aluminum heat spreader looks minimalistic, but in a good way, explaining why Crucial has been reluctant to alter the design. Even without the RGB diffuser, the Ballistix Max measures 39.17mm (1.54 inches) tall, which isn't intrusive at all. These shouldn't present any compatibility issues with many CPU air coolers. Crucial commercializes the Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 in a dual-channel 16GB package, meaning you get two memory modules that are each 8GB in capacity. The memory modules are manufactured with an eight-layer PCB, utilizing Micron's own D9TNW (MT40A1G8WE-075E:B) integrated circuits (ICs), known by most people as Micron B-die. The Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 retails for $899.99, and rightfully so since Crucial invested a lot of time into binning Micron B-die ICs that can hit DDR4-5100. Without any surprises at all, the memory defaults to DDR4-2666 with 19-19-19-43 timings. Crucial includes one XMP that profile automatically cranks the memory modules up to DDR4-5100 and sets the timings and DRAM voltage to 19-26-26-48 and 1.5V, respectively. For more on timings and frequency considerations, see our PC Memory 101 feature, as well as our How to Shop for RAM story. On this occasion, we couldn't test the Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 memory on our Intel platform. Neither our Core i7-10700K nor Core i9-10900K had a strong enough IMC (integrated memory controller) to handle DDR4-5100. It wasn't smooth sailing on the AMD platform, either. While our Ryzen 5 3600's IMC was more forgiving, our ASRock B550 Taichi simply wouldn't post with the memory. It wasn't until we switched over to Gigabyte's B550 Aorus Master that we finally found the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 kit in complete harmony. Naturally, you'll need to make sure that your chip and motherboard can support these types of clocks before you splurge on this pricey kit. As usual, our MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Trio handled the graphical workloads.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a nice, long discussion about Apple Arcade. I remember having high hopes for the service when it launched in 2019, and while enthusiasm around the service died down in the weeks following its debut, it actually maintained a steady stream of quality releases throughout 2020. A couple of them were covered, like Necrobarista, Crossy Castle Castle, and The Pathless. That’s a great trio of games, but there are several other notable titles that launched on the service last year that you should probably give a try if you haven't already. Towers of Everland Developer: Cobra Mobile Limited I'll be straight with you: Towers of Everland is not the best example of a dungeon crawler you can find on iOS. The Legend of Grimrock was ported to mobile a few years ago, and it's still one of the best RPGs you can find on the platform. That said, Everland has been drawing me back to my iPad every month since it launched in May. After I fell hard off The Elder Scrolls Blades last year, I was looking for another game that’d give me a nightly adventure before I go to sleep. This more or less fits the role. You can choose from four characters (City Guard, Rogue, Mage, Golem) or create your own, then get to task taking down monsters in the many towers that have sprouted up across the land. The art direction is quite questionable and the combat is far too simple for it's own good, but with daily quests and new areas added over the past year, it’s a pretty decent way to kill an hour before the ZzzQuil kicks in. Also, because it’s a grid-based dungeon crawler, it plays just as good with the touch screen as it does with a controller, which is precisely what I want from a game that I play in bed. Marble Knights Developer: Wayfoward Technologies You can usually rely on Wayforward Technologies to support new platforms no matter how big or small it may be. It was one of the first developers to release a game for the Apple Watch and was there when Apple Arcade launched with the first half of Shantae and the Seven Sirens and Spidersaurs. This past September, it dropped its third title for the service with Marble Knights. Up to four players can control a group of heroes who ride atop marbles as they try and defend the Kingdom of Roundingham from Lord Terroball. Not exactly the deepest narrative to work with, but story aside, Marble Knights can be a frantic and fast-paced adventure game with some really clever ideas. The combat is easy to grasp, and the difficultly never really sees an increase, but with three other players, its old-school-arcade quality really starts to shine. It’s playable with the touch screen and tilt controls, but I had a much better go at it when I synced up my Xbox One controller. The Last Campfire Developer: Hello Games The Last Campfire seemed to come and go quite quickly when it released on multiple platforms back in August. The short adventure-puzzle game features the crushingly adorable Ember as they journey through a mysterious labyrinth finding other embers that have lost their way before they can move on. Depending on how much you get into the narrative and the excellent narration from Rachel August, it can be something of a tearjerker. It doesn't help that all the embers you encounter in your journey are so damn adorable. The puzzles are cleverly designed throughout the five-hour adventure, and it’s often stunning with resplendent art direction that demands to be played on a big screen (though an iPad works just as well). The Last Campfire is an exceptionally imaginative game, and why shouldn't it be. After all, the people who developed it are the same ones who gave us those cherish LostWinds titles back on the Nintendo Wii.

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus may have been revealed in new leaked images, revealing its layout and the possibility that it could do away with the waterfall curves the series is known for – or perhaps be so slight that they’re barely rounded at all. The photos come courtesy of leaker Mauri QHD, who tweeted a trio of images that show the front and back of the alleged S21 Plus. The handset depicted has a punch-hole for the selfie camera in the center-top of the display, thin bezels, a volume rocker and lock button on the right side, and on the back, the triple rear camera array in a cutout we’ve come to expect from previous leaks. While the new photos could end up being inaccurate, they line up with prior rumors enough to suggest this is the layout we’re going to see when the S21 line is revealed on January 14. CES 2021: everything we're expecting at the all-virtual tech show Was the Samsung Galaxy S21 release date just teased by Samsung itself? Samsung Galaxy S21: 5 big facts we've got left to learn What’s changed from the S20 to the S21? We’ve relied a lot on rumors, leaked specs and possible renders to paint a picture of the upcoming S21 phones, so – assuming the images are accurate – it’s a big deal to see a real-world version of the handsets for the first time. And... not much has changed from the S20 to S21. The biggest difference lies in the rear camera suite, which seemingly keeps the 12MP main + 12MP ultrawide + 64MP telephoto trio used in the S20, per a prior rumor, but may lose the time-of-flight depth sensor. Perhaps this will be made up by software. Otherwise, the S21 might differ from its predecessor in its main display, which could lose the curves that the S-series is known for. It’s hard to tell from the new photos, though there’s a telltale vertical line of reflection on the edges of the screen that indicate a rounded edge. In any case, the curves look far more subtle than the sides of other phones that have adopted similar ‘waterfall’ designs, like the Motorola Edge Plus. We’ll have to wait for more images to leak to confirm or refute our suspicions before the phone comes out on January 14, 2021.

Inadvertently, Gigabyte may just have confirmed the existence of not only a 20 GB RTX 3080 Ti but also a 12 GB RTX 3060 card. That may not sound like a big deal at face value, but if you ask me, it's something that's certainly worth getting excited about. The information comes from a new EEC listing -- one that covers a plethora of cards. Details are scarce at this time, but the following product names tell enough of a story: Gigabyte's RTX 3080 Ti 20GB Models: GV-N308TAORUSX W-20GD GV-N308TAORUSX WB-20GD GV-N308TAORUS X-20GD GV-N308TAORUS M-20GD GV-N308TGAMING OC-20GD GV-N308TVISION OC-20GD GV-N308TEAGLE OC-20GD GV-N308TTURBO-20GD GV-N308TAORUS-20GD GV-N308TGAMING-20GD GV-N308TEAGLE-20GD GV-N308TVISION-20GD GV-N308TTURBO OC-20GD Gigabyte's RTX 3060 12 GB Models: GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD GV-N3060EAGLE OC-12GD GV-N3060EAGLE-12GD GV-N3060VISION OC-12GD GV-N3060VISION-12GD GV-N3060GAMING-12GD The EEC listing also covers a few 'regular' RTX 3080 models and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT units, but those aren't what's interesting today, of course. But what makes these high-capacity cards interesting is their likelihood to stand up to the test of time. It's no industry secret that Nvidia's cards often lead the charge when it comes to running today's titles, but many also believe that AMD GPUs tend to 'age like a fine wine' much better. The reason for that is that AMD happily chucks more memory aboard its graphics card designs than Nvidia does, which helps with future games that require larger buffers. So if you're like me, and you keep your graphics cards for a long, long time, then it might be worth the patience to sit on your pennies a little longer for these cards to come out. Earlier rumors indicated that the RTX 3080 Ti might just pack the same 10,496 CUDA core count as the RTX 3090. However, no information is available yet about the GPU configuration of the alleged RTX 3060 -- though the word on the street is that it will come in 6 GB and 12 GB variants.

Name of the game : Raft Price : 13,39$ Link Store : https://store.steampowered.com/app/648800/Raft/ Offer ends up after X hours : 5 January Requirements : Minimum : Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7 or later Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core or similar Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 500 series or similar DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: 64-bit operating system is required Recommended : Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i5 2.6GHz or similar Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 700 series or similar DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: 64-bit operating system is required

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Nintendo Switch) Developer: Imagineer Publisher: Nintendo Released: December 4, 2020 MSRP: $49.99 I should probably stop volunteering to review fitness games. Not because I don’t need them or I don’t enjoy them, but because every time I sit down to write the lede, I have to face the fact that I ultimately failed at getting the most out of the last game I played. Every time I start one of these things, I tend to be in the same place I was the last time I reviewed one: overweight and out of shape. But I imagine most people feel that way around the holidays. With all the cookies, candy canes, and prime ribs, it can be easy to let yourself go before making that big New Year’s resolution to lose weight. With COVID-19 lockdowns still a reality for much of the world, now is as good a time as any to start an at-home exercise routine. Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise is a fine way to get started toward your fitness goals, provided you don't already have another game at your disposal. Let me just start by saying you probably don’t need to buy Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise. If you own the original, there are not enough changes here that make it a demonstrably better experience. If you own Ring Fit Adventure, congratulations, you're in possession of the greatest fitness game on the market. Even if you’re getting your body moving with one of the Just Dance titles, I can’t really say this will be a better option for you. That’s not to say it’s bad. The original Fitness Boxing was a great way to increase your activity levels in the comfort of your own home. None of that changes here. Punching in time to the beat still feels good and can wear you out quite quickly. Players will have to adjust how they throw punches to perform them in a way the game will recognize as successful, but Fitness Boxing 2 feels more forgiving in this regard than its predecessor. It was pretty generous with those “perfect” punches, or maybe I just never lost my muscle memory from the original. When you first start it up, you’ll be guided through the initial workout that’ll give you your Fitness Age. The next day, when you’re no longer in the tutorial, you’ll get your actual Fitness Age. It told me I was 18 after that first workout but bumped my ass up to 48 when I quit halfway through day two. It was my fault for trying a longer workout rather than a shorter one to get back in the swing of things, but if there is one thing prolonged use of the game is good for, it’s building up stamina. It pays to stick with it, and to its credit, some of the changes found in Fitness Boxing 2 make it more appealing to return to day after day. Your punches are now scored like any other rhythm game in how successfully you land them, and there is a “star power” mode where those scores multiply. Like the last game, Fitness Boxing 2 has a Daily Workout mode and a Free Exercise mode, but players have more options this time around. In the settings, you can remove specific actions from your workout or use auto-assist to always land a perfect punch in the eyes of the game. If the timing of your punches feels off, you can manually adjust that as well. Free Exercise gives you more control over what activities you’ll perform than it did last time, and you’ll be able to choose from low or high-intensity workouts or download free DLC for a more challenging No Mercy intensity. In perhaps in the best change from the original, your weight can now be displayed in pounds. No more learning the metric system for this guy! On paper, Fitness Boxing 2 sounds like a better version of the first game. In practice, nothing about it feels all that different. The 20 musical tracks are still bad instrumental versions of po[CENSORED]r songs that might as well be replaced by a metronome for how little the music matters when I’m in the zone. The visuals have seen a nice upgrade, but there’s also a noticeable increase in the amount of slowdown I experienced during my exercises. The UI is quite sharp on my big screen but awfully small in tabletop mode. And there are nine trainers to pick from this time with customization options that are easier to unlock, but playing dress-up with my instructor was never really a draw for me. I really can’t say anything overly negative about Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise because, despite the issues it has, it will produce results if you keep at it. And that’s the ultimate goal when buying an exercise game. But at $50, you really have to ask yourself if it wouldn’t be worth it to spend a little more money to get a vastly superior experience. If this is all you’re willing to spend and you don’t already own a fitness game, then go for it. But if you have the cash, you'll likely be better served by Ring Fit Adventure. Couldn't find the system requirements.

Its arrival was a metaphorical shot in the arm late in the tyre fire that was 2020 and was upstaged only by the literal shot in the arm promised by the impending arrival of Covid-19 vaccines. We don’t hand out five-star scores for first drives often, but the Toyota GR Yaris is fully deserving of every word of praise heaped upon it. And we’re sure the expectations of the many eager buyers who have already reserved one will be fully met when they take delivery next year. Which is pretty remarkable, really. Who could have anticipated such excitement from a car carrying the Yaris nameplate? Actually, some of the joy of the GR Yaris is that it has come from such a humble place. Toyota is a mass-market manufacturer and the Yaris is largely a straight, sensible hybrid hatchback. With the car world shifting its focus to electrified models and practical mobility solutions, it’s almost surreal that Toyota has lavished resources on a rally-derived, petrol-engined hot hatch. Our belief – with a little bit of hope – is that Toyota’s efforts will pay off and the GR Yaris will be a huge hit that can join the likes of the Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R as high-performance mass-market masterpieces. Ford’s decision not to develop a new Focus RS raised concerns about the prospects of the top-end hot hatch (although the Focus ST is spectacular). The GR Yaris will hopefully prove that the future is still bright. Industry giant turned corporate fugitive Carlos Ghosn recently said that the impact of the pandemic will accelerate industry consolidation through 2021 (and beyond). He’s probably right. As the need to cut costs becomes ever more acute, we could see more high-profile mergers such as FCA’s and PSA’s Stellantis. However, we reckon car ranges will shrink further, too, as the cost and complexity of vast numbers of engines and trim levels bite. Diesel’s decreasing demand has already caused many models to go petrol only and the need to cut fleet CO2 emissions will also result in some thirsty engine options falling by the wayside. At least we’ll see a glut of new electric vehicles. Mitsubishi’s decision to withdraw from Europe was shocking but there was nothing illogical about it. Car makers are under huge financial pressure. Europe, meanwhile, is setting the most demanding emission standards in the world, and the UK is adding complexity, and cost, as a result of Brexit. So operating on the fringes of the UK market is less enticing than ever. As moonshots go, this prediction is right out there, but as this discombobulating year has worn on, it has become evident that the Fiesta’s position as Britain’s best-selling car – a crown it has worn since 2009 – is coming under increasing pressure, from the Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Golf but also from within its own ranks in the form of the Focus and Puma. Yes, of course, little has been normal over the past nine months or so, but there’s no reason to think 2021 will be hugely different, vaccine or otherwise. In fact, import tariffs could eat so far into profit margins that even Ford itself starts to prioritise sales of its higher-margin vehicles over that of its po[CENSORED]r supermini. Or that it at least happily gives up the bragging rights associated with the top sales spot in exchange for allowing some sales to be cannibalised by the higher-margin Focus and Puma. Enough to make another Ford the brand’s best-seller? Possibly. If you like a flutter, you’d put your money on the Focus, but it has been notable in recent months how rapidly the Puma, beloved of revenge buyers splashing some cash or downsizers saving some, has been coming up on the rails.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - About a dozen people lined up on Monday to shred things they want to forget about 2020, including but not limited to the deadly global pandemic that swept the world, at the annual “Good Riddance Day” event in New York City’s Times Square. Among the submissions were COVID-19 and some of the grimmer aspects of new social distancing norms and work-from-home customs compelled by the spread of the coronavirus, not least Zoom video conferencing calls. The Times Square Alliance, which promotes local businesses, has organized the event since 2007 near where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve in the closing moments of Dec. 31. Participants are encouraged to write down the year’s unpleasant memories, to be thrown into an oversized paper shredder. Others posed for pictures next to a “Move On 2020!” sign. “I think of all the New Year’s Eves I’ve ever experienced, this New Year’s Eve is special,” said Jonathan Bennett, who hosted this year’s scaled-down event. “The whole world really needs this new year to come in.” Joey Faix, a 16-year-old high-school student who stopped to watch the event, said it was a tough year. “I think it was mentally straining for everybody,” he said. “But I think everybody is optimistic for the new year.”

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said it will delist three Chinese telecommunications firms based on claimed links with its military China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom Hong Kong have all been targeted by the Trump administration. Shares in the telecoms giants will be suspended on the NYSE next week while proceedings to delist them have begun. The companies earn all of their revenue in China and have no significant presence in the US. The delisting is seen more as a symbolic blow amid heightened geo-political tensions between the US and China. The three firms' shares are thinly traded in the US compared to their primary listings in Hong Kong. The state-owned companies dominate the telecoms industry in China. Cognac targeted with tariffs in US-EU trade row Chinese drone and chip makers added to US blacklist China escalates tit-for-tat trade war with US President Donald Trump signed an order in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military. The order prohibited US investors from buying and selling shares in a list of Chinese companies designated by the Pentagon as having military ties. Mr Trump has targeted a number of Chinese companies including TikTok, Huawei and Tencent on the grounds of national security. China responded with its own blacklist of US companies as tensions between the economic giants escalate. The shares of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom Hong Kong will be suspended from trading between 7 and 11 January, the NYSE confirmed. US stock exchanges including the NYSE and Nasdaq courted Chinese companies during the past decade to list their shares on their stock markets. There are currently more than 200 Chinese companies listed on US stock markets with a total market capitalization of $2.2tn (£1.6tn). But as relations turned sour with the US, many Chinese firms have sought dual listings in China and Hong Kong. Companies including Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.Com also have listings in New York but have conducted secondary listings in Hong Kong in the past two years as the trade war between the US and China intensified. Last month, the US House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off US stock exchanges if they do not comply with its auditing rules.

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With the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, a new generation of gaming consoles has officially been ushered in. And, while we haven’t quite said a complete goodbye to the PS4 and Xbox One yet (and the Switch isn’t going anywhere for the time being), here at TechRadar we’re feeling a bit sentimental. So, in the run-up to the release of the next-gen (now current-gen) consoles, we decided to write individual pieces on some of the games we feel define the PS4, Xbox One and Switch. Below, we’ve rounded up all the games we have written about over the past few months though, as you’ll see, we didn’t get to write individual pieces on every game we wanted to - but we’ve included every that we would have written about anyway. These games are in no particular order, they’re simply the games we felt defined the generation for us as a team. Let’s be honest, you may not agree with all our picks - as we all have different tastes and opinions - but it's hard to put together a list that will please everyone. So, without further ado, these are TechRadar’s games of the generation. Best PS4 games Best Xbox One games Best Nintendo Switch games "Superheroes make it all look so easy. Stopping a train from speeding off an unfinished track? No problem. Defusing a bomb with seconds to spare? Piece of cake. Saving the universe from an intergalactic menace hell bent on wiping out half of all life out there? Well, maybe that was a little tougher... “It’s difficult enough translating that sense of seismic danger from comic book pages to tightly-scripted Hollywood silver-screen box office extravaganza. But trying to get that feeling of choreographed chaos into a video game when you’re handing over control to the whims of a player in an anything-goes, open-world, setting? That’s tough. “Which is why Spider-Man for the PS4 is so supremely successful. We’ve been Spider-Man before – we’ve spun his webs over Manhattan in many a 3D adventure, taken on the Kingpin and Electro several times already. But Insomniac’s take on web-head nails the sense of acrobatic peril that Spidey faces better than any other superhero title before or since.” “The God of War series has spanned three generations of PlayStation consoles, with a total of eight entries in the series since the first game's release back in 2005. So, you would think think that there's not a whole lot that Sony could do to shake up the veteran series' formula - but you would be wrong. “God of War (2018) stormed onto PS4 consoles just two years ago, well into the PlayStation 4's lifecycle, and firmly cemented its place as one of the best PS4 games of all time - and for good reason. God of War may not officially be a reboot, but it might as well be. “Sony's Santa Monica Studio truly harnessed the power of the PS4 to its fullest with God of War, creating a stunning world drenched in Norse mythology that begs to be explored and offering the most satisfying combat of any God of War game to date. But while the action-adventure is certainly a feast for the senses, its the narrative and character risks that make God of War exceptional - and a game that will penetrate the hearts of even the most hardened gamers.”