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Paramount-Warner Deal Faces Weeks Of Uncertainty As British Lawmakers Go On Summer Break
Paramount’s proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery faces at least several weeks of uncertainty in the UK after Parliament began its summer recess without a decision from Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. The delay matters because Nandy has indicated she may intervene on media-plurality grounds, potentially prompting formal reviews that could outlast the deal’s…
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Home Office hands £28M to immigration IT incumbents after procurement challenge
The Home Office has awarded £28 million in non-competitive extensions to PA Consulting and Mastek to keep its Atlas immigration and asylum IT system running after a procurement process for replacement support contracts was withdrawn. The move matters because Atlas supports critical immigration and asylum casework, while the delayed procurement prolongs reliance on incumbent suppliers…
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Sheffield City Council issues update on travellers after setting deadline to leave popular sports pitch
Sheffield City Council said it had taken action after travellers set up an unauthorised encampment on sports pitches at Beighton Sports and Leisure Club, giving those present a deadline to leave. The case matters because the pitches are community facilities and the incident prompted concerns about access, alleged damage and disruption, while requiring coordination between…
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Tech support chap told angry customer to think inside the box – and solved the problem
A supermarket mobile-service support worker resolved an angry customer’s complaint by discovering that she believed her phone’s removable battery was disposable. The customer had bought three batteries in two weeks because she did not realise the handset could be recharged, illustrating how assumptions about unfamiliar technology can create apparently serious faults. The incident took place…
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GameStop CEO Says Video Game Software Makes Up Less Than 12% Of The Business
GameStop chief executive Ryan Cohen has said video game software now accounts for less than 12% of the retailer’s business, arguing that the shift towards digital-only games would therefore have little effect on its plans. His comments underline GameStop’s increasing reliance on collectibles rather than its traditional games retailing business, particularly as physical game releases…
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Chinese operatives allegedly breached US voter records, Trump claims
President Trump’s primetime address on election security drew attention largely for its uneven broadcast, with ABC, NBC and CNN’s news divisions declining to air it live on their main channels while Sinclair-owned local affiliates preempted programming to carry the White House’s own feed. During the speech, Trump criticised the networks that refused to broadcast it,…
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Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Races Onto Switch 2 This September With New Open World Gameplay
Update: It’s now arriving a little earlier than expected. : At the Summer Games Fest this year, Mattel and Milestone lifted the lid on a brand new open-world Hot Wheels game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Telstra admits avoidable error after millions of Australians were impacted by its nationwide outage: ‘Not good enough’
Telstra, one of Australia’s largest telecommunications providers, has admitted that an avoidable error caused a nationwide outage that disrupted services for millions of customers, including access to the triple zero (000) emergency line. The company acknowledged the fault stemmed from a software issue and conceded that the failure was “not good enough,” an admission that…
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Sinclair-Owned ABC And NBC Stations Preempt Networks To Carry Trump Primetime Speech
ABC and NBC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting ended up airing President Donald Trump’s primetime address on Thursday night, despite ABC News and NBC News initially saying they would only stream the speech online rather than broadcast it on their linear networks. Sinclair used its own White House feed and preempted network programming to carry…
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Donkey Kong Bananza’s Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music This Week
Nintendo Music has added the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Bananza, the Switch 2 game, to its Switch Online app catalogue this week. The update is one of the service’s largest yet, giving subscribers access to the game’s full range of musical themes, including those tied to Donkey Kong’s various in-game transformations. The addition comprises 229…