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On Call: Boss wrongly claimed IT deleted his files, refused to learn the one-click fix
A director wrongly accused his IT department of deleting his files after he mistakenly navigated out of his Documents folder, an incident recounted in this week’s On Call column on The Register. The story, shared by a reader Regomized as “Lucia,” illustrates a familiar workplace dynamic in which technical staff are blamed for user error…
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CBS Files Motion to Dismiss Former ‘Matlock’ Writer’s Lawsuit Alleging Racist, Sexist Comments: ‘We Stand Firmly Behind Our Producers’ (EXCLUSIVE)
CBS Studios has filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court to strike a lawsuit brought by former “Matlock” writer John Lowe, using California’s anti-SLAPP statute. The suit, filed earlier this summer against CBS Studios and executive producers Jennie Snyder Urman, Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber, accused the trio of making racially stereotyped and sexually…
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‘Practical Magic 2’ Sparks $3.5M+ In Previews On Thursday – Box Office Update
Warner Bros and Alcon’s “Practical Magic 2”, reuniting Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, has opened strongly at the US box office, with a $12.5m Friday putting it on course for a roughly $30m domestic weekend across 4,146 cinemas. That figure follows a stronger-than-expected $4.7m in Thursday previews, well above the $3.5m-$4m initially forecast, giving Warner…
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Aussie who lost landmark ‘what is a woman?’ battle to transgender woman to leave Australia: ‘I will never forgive the government’
Sall Grover, founder of the women-only networking app Giggle for Girls, has vowed to leave Australia after the country’s High Court rejected her final appeal in a landmark sex discrimination case. The dispute centred on whether Grover unlawfully discriminated against transgender woman Roxanne Tickle by excluding her from the app in 2021, and the ruling…
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13 Years Later, Warframe is About to Be Bigger Than Ever
Warframe, the 13-year-old free-to-play multiplayer game from Digital Extremes, is preparing a major expansion into a brand new solar system called Tau, alongside a raft of updates designed to test whether ageing content and new ambitions can coexist. Creative director Rebecca Ford told Polygon the studio is simultaneously building fresh content and revisiting old systems,…
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Australian High Court rejects founder’s appeal in sex discrimination case
A long-running Australian sex discrimination case has come to an end after the High Court rejected an appeal from Sall Grover, founder of the women-only social networking app Giggle for Girls, over her exclusion of transgender woman Roxanne Tickle. Grover had banned Tickle from the app in 2021, and courts have consistently found this amounted…
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Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reiterated his forecast that the chipmaker’s revenue will grow by around 70% next year, telling attendees at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia + Technology conference that the company’s dominant position across the entire AI industry gives him confidence in that outlook. His comments come amid persistent scepticism about whether Nvidia’s extraordinary…
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Steam’s latest beta brings ‘Big Art’ to Big Picture Mode and Steam Deck, and customizable screensavers too
Valve has released a new Steam beta update that introduces a feature called “Big Art” to Big Picture Mode and the Steam Deck’s interface, alongside customisable screensaver options. The update is part of Steam’s ongoing effort to refine its console-style interface, which is used both on desktop when connected to a TV or monitor and…