A plastic duck has washed ashore in Orkney after an 18-year journey across the sea. It was one of 150,000 ducks released into the River Liffey in Dublin in 2006 as part of a world record attempt.

In late summer, Netflix soft-launched a new mobile port of the simulation game Placid Plastic Duck Simulator by Turbolento Games. Months later, Netflix has shelved all plans to release the game with ...