DeepMind invades the football pitch
ACCC wants a say in Epic vs Apple: In the local side of the battle between Epic Games and Apple, the ACCC has asked the court to allow it to weigh in on the matter. The Australian case was paused by Justice Perram until the US proceedings that are now
TCL 20 SE: a lot of phone for $299
There's some key trade offs to keep in mind, but this TCL Android phone shows how much you can get without emptying your bank account.
Pentanet makes history
Monday, May 10, 2021. Pentanet makes history: A big moment for Australian esports overnight, with Perth’s Pentanet.gg becoming the first local team to make it out of the group stage of an international League of Legends competition. Pentanet split its victories with main group rival Unicorns of Love,
Toss a coin to your Twitter
Friday, May 7, 2021 (got that wrong yesterday…) Please, if you’re enjoying the new newsletter format and/or the daily podcast… Tell your friends to catch the Bits daily tech news bulletin Tell them to get this newsletter Either or both will help Byteside thrive! Brain food The Smithsonian
Games finally catch a tax break
Thursday, May 6, 2021 Games industry finally catches a (tax) break: Digital Economy Minister Jane Hume has announced that the upcoming federal budget will include a tax offset for videogame development in Australia for the first time. The support will take the form of a 30% refundable offset, in line
The realest lightsaber yet?
Officeworks removes AirTags: Officeworks has removed Apple AirTags from store shelves over child safety concerns. After initially going on sale, the products have been removed from shelves and from the online store, including AirTags accessory products. The ACCC confirmed to Gizmodo Australia that it is aware of concerns over accessibility
Four Corners "Are you being played?": thoughts and reflections
Seamus is joined by Steven Farrelly and Jeremy Ray to discuss the ABC's investigation on manipulative practices in the videogames industry.
Would you pay for Facebook?
Tuesday, May 4, 2020 CSIRO evolves Wi-Fi into satellite startup: A new partnership between the CSIRO and venture capital group Main Sequence is launching a new space industry startup, Quasar Satellite Technologies. The technology aims to enabled ground stations to communicate with hundreds of satellites at a time, with the
The little helicopter that could
The ACCC lets rural presses work together against the tech giants, AFP tackles local scammers, the Martian helicopter rules, and loads more.
Doing (B)it(s) daily
The Bits daily tech news bulletin has been a fun evolution for what we’ve been doing at Byteside and I’ve realised the work of putting it together has put me into a place where taking the newsletter daily is also a more viable idea than ever before. Starting
Zega cookware: trying too hard to be 'smart', but still a smart one pot cooker
Zega's app-enabled "Intelligent Cookware" is a good single pot solution for many cooking needs. The Analogue edition is probably the winner.
'Colette' documentary Oscars win an historic moment for videogames
The Best Short Documentary film at the Academy Awards is actually a segment from Respawn's VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.
EPOS H3 review: classic, comfortable, confident gaming headset
Bells and whistles be damned. The EPOS H3 is light and simple by design. But many will hesitate at the price given the simplicity.
Queer Divine Dissatisfaction
It’s on the walls of the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, and even cleverly encoded in the parachute the Perseverance rover used to land on the surface of Mars. Dare Mighty Things Again and again, NASA JPL has been crushing it by doing the maths, science and engineering to do
Apple Spring Loaded: iMac, iPad, AirTags and new Apple TV 4K
Here's the key details, Australian pricing and launch dates for Apple's new batch of tech toys – M1 iMacs, M1 iPad Pro and the rest.
This gormless government
The denial of science and a constant refusal to even make a little more room for the future has become Australia's norm. WTF is going on?
NASA Ingenuity first flight on Mars: nailed it!
It was a fine time of day for Australians to tune in for NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter flight experiment livestream. And they crushed it.
Niantic and Nintendo want Aussies to help test the new Pikmin AR game
Pssst! We were the first to get Pokemon Go, and now the augmented reality Pikmin game is going to test here before the rest of the world too!
AI and avoiding digital phrenology
Giving AI too much credit is a big issue that needs to be considered in the mix of how we improve the ethical structures around its use. If it isn’t as good as we’re told it is, why is it allowed to play such a big role in parts of our lives?
HyperX Quadcast S review: crazy good for something with screamy RGBs
Don't be fooled by its gamercore RGB styles. This microphone is serious – a great choice, just use it with care to get it working just right.
