Five Things To Know For Your New Day – Friday, December 26, 2014
1. PLAYSTATION – XBOX OUTAGE
Bah, humbug: Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming networks were a mess on Christmas Day and beyond as a hacker group claimed responsibility for what it said was an attack. Lizard Squad says you can blame them for the outages and a couple of other attacks earlier in December that caused fits for each network. In addition, the problem might have been made worse by all those video gamers who received new systems for Christmas and wanted to try them out.
2. THE INTERVIEW
Have you seen it?: There are no box office numbers or sale figures just yet, but Seth Rogen’s controversial film “The Interview” is now available online and in independent theaters. Rogen showed up at a midnight screening in Los Angeles to celebrate the movie’s unlikely release. Sony Pictures pulled back on widespread distribution after its computer systems were hacked and the hackers warned Americans to stay away from theaters showing it. The comedy is about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. It’s widely believed that the cyberattack was partly related to North Korea’s fury over the movie, which the country has called an “act of war” by the U.S.
3. THE POPE
Prayer for peace: Pope Francis wants to bring hope to Christians and other ethnic and religious groups suffering “brutal persecution” in Iraq and Syria. The Pope used his Christmas Day blessing to draw attention to the Syrian civil war and increased instability in Iraq with the rise of ISIS. Yesterday’s blessing also included hope for peaceful resolutions of other conflicts around the world. He prayed for reconciliation in Ukraine and for peace in Nigeria, where Islamic militants are killing and kidnapping people in the northern part of the African country.
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source: CNN.com
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