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.
Bits (podcast) and pieces
My new Bits podcast is now four weeks old. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do! I’m feeling more in touch with the daily tech news world just by making it. I hope listeners feel the same. Eight headlines every morning of the week in under
D-Link COVR AX1800 review: Wi-Fi 6 mesh networking is easy now
Wi-Fi 6 mesh networking is now easy to get working nicely, and the COVR's extra Ethernet ports on every unit are a boost over competitors.
YubiKey 5C NFC kills the last excuse for not getting serious about security
The Yubikey 5C NFC is the ideal combo that lets your added peace of mind work with practically every modern device.
Sonos Roam review: the most Sonos experience yet
The Sonos Roam feels like the Sonos equivalent of an overnight sensation (thanks to 16 years of hard work). Buy one. You won't regret it.
Five times Peter Dutton did shit that would make a GTA scriptwriter blush
Minister Dutton wants to blame games for why there's so much toxic masculinity out there. Here's a bunch of times he was more toxic than GTA.
So polished it's lifeless
The past few weeks watching PM Morrison flounder has been a textbook lesson in how media training has gone so terribly wrong in corporations and politics. The effort to be so good at only ever saying the thing you’re prepared to say – to “never accept the premise of the
Blizzard Arcade Collection trivia giveaway on Twitter Spaces
This Friday at 12.30pm AEDT we're holding a live trivia quiz giveaway session on Twitter Spaces testing your Blizzard games IQ!
Interview: talking Sonos with Ryan Richards, Director of Product Marketing
With the Sonos Roam portable speaker launching soon, we speak to the Director of Global Product Marketing at Sonos, Ryan Richards.
Enhance and augment
In the latest Byteside podcast we talk imaging technologies and interfaces, from Adobe's latest enhancement tech to AR and VR interfaces.
