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The November outage impacted rail networks, hospital communications and businesses across the country, and cost Bayer Rosmarin her job. Optus is still searching for her replacement.“I think 10 million people have variously expressed dissatisfaction with the impact of the outage,” Gebert said. “I’m sure everybody’s learnt a lot and there are a number of government reviews that will increase everyone’s focus on ensuring that many lessons are learnt.”This Friday, Optus rivals Telstra and TPG, along with the competition…

Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Fisker’s first electric vehicle over braking problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) issued a notice that it’s probing Fisker’s Ocean SUV for loss of braking performance. The agency is focusing on nine complaints about the issue thus far, including one incident involving a crash and an unspecified injury. A Fisker spokesperson declined to comment. The probe comes as…

The first week of 2024 is over, and we celebrated by looking ahead—with what to read, what to watch, and what Lego to buy, of course, as well as a celebrating just how weird 2024 is in Star Trek’s timeline. There’s all that, Doctor Who continuing to ride its current high, and what to expect out of a public domain Mickey Mouse. Come take a look at what you might have missed!—James WhitbrookJames Mangold on his Future Star Wars Film | io9 Interview2024 Is a Hell of a Year in Star Trek HistoryScreenshot: ParamountThe year…

Some employees are more proactive and responsible than others, but some care so little about their jobs, it’s surprising the things they do during work hours. Their activities often become a cause for complaints, which can cover nearly any scenario, from disagreements between colleagues to actions on the verge of being inappropriate, and beyond.Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community discussed such complaints after one of the users asked what was the most insane complaint about an employee they’ve ever heard that turned…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAmerica Ferrera has responded to complaints that her popular monologue from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film “oversimplifies feminism”.The Ugly Betty star appeared in the highest-grossing film of 2023 as Gloria, an employee of toy company Mattel who ends up helping Barbie (Margot Robbie) when she ends up in the real world.In one of the film’s most talked-about moments, Ferrera delivers a…

Doctor Who viewers are willing to accept a lot of things—fascist pepperpots, farting skinsuit aliens, children-kidnapping goblins with Christmas number 1 ambitions, the existence of travel in time and space in general. But some of them just couldn’t deal with a singular trans character appearing in recent episodes. To which, the BBC says: tough, you’ve gotta deal with it anyway.Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerIt was reported last month that the broadcaster received 144 complaints about the first of the three Doctor…

In a strange reversal of plan, it looks like Volkswagen is revising its interior design. After a slew of complaints about its touchscreen-heavy interiors, the German brand is bringing back more good, old-fashioned physical buttons, according to Autocar. Autocar spotted the concept for the upcoming compact ID.2all – the brand’s latest and smallest EV offering – at the Volkswagen City Studio in Copenhagen – and it was sporting a lot more physical buttons than before. According to VW interior designer…

When the borough of Saint-Léonard planted a ginkgo tree on Dino Delisi's lawn, he liked the distinctive, fan-shaped leaves and its bright yellow colour in the fall.But his early admiration for the tree is long gone.About five years ago, he noticed what looked like gumball-sized fruit growing on the branches and each season, the crop has increased.Turns out, the borough planted a female tree by mistake.In the fall, the seeds, which resemble yellow cherries, fall to the ground and the fleshy exterior turns into a mushy,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe debate around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has refused to abate amid the landmark deal reached between Sag-Aftra and the Hollywood studios. On Tuesday (5 December), Sag-Aftra, the US’s biggest union of actors and screen performers, announced its members had voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying its tentative deal with Hollywood studios – which last month ended the…

After all the heated arguments on everything from technology and social media to work and the economy, who could've predicted that baby boomers and the younger generations would find something in common?But last month, X (formerly known as Twitter) user Girl Fieri (@realgirl_fieri) asked all the non-boomers on the platform to share their most boomer-esque complaints, and the replies immediately started pouring in.Image credits: realgirl_fieriSo we decided that taking a look at the submissions would be a nice change of…