Bits: The Byteside Blog
Digital capitulation
Friday, June 18, 2021 We’re on holiday next week so we’ll be back with more Byteside Daily on June 29. Big outage another CDN error: Yesterday afternoon, a major outage occurred that impacted a wide range of Australian institutions, including major banks and their mobile apps, Virgin Australia
Amazon hates social media too
Thursday, June 17, 2021 “No cops, please, it’s COVID”: This week, the Western Australian government has introduced legislation to limit the use of COVID check-in app data after the WA Police Force accessed the information in two investigations of serious crimes, which is allowed under the existing rules. To
Making games about memory and longing
Transforming a letter to a friend who passed away into a videogame? We profile Cécile Richard on their AGDA winning game and what drives their love for indie development.
Crop waste: the new jet fuel
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 Power to enforce cybersecurity: The Australian Signals Directorate, our national spy agency, wants to see laws introduced to compel organisations to cooperate in the event of a hack or ransomware attack, after a recent incident saw a company refuse assistance and ultimately become reinfected within months
"A shameful chapter"
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 It’s virtual E3 season, with dozens of major games announcements over the weekend. Here’s just a few of that caught our eye. Starfield won’t PlayStation: Bethesda’s Starfield had its first game footage, though still incredibly vague apart from the obvious “you’ll
What does the end of HyperX mean for Kingston? Righteous Fury
Kingston Technology sold HyperX to HP, but it still owns the memory lines – so it needed a new name. Turns out the name isn't all that new...
I built a tiny gaming PC and I'm never going back
It's a tough market for PC parts, but one intrepid gamer built an SFF PC and found it to be exactly the task he was looking for.
Microsoft wants you to know you might never buy another Xbox again
In a pre-E3, pre-main Xbox press conference video, Nadella and Spencer delved into the future of Xbox not needing an Xbox at all.
Have you been sleeping on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater esports?
Order is working with Activision and 7+ on a series of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater competitive events – here's how to get on the scoreboard.
LCO ready to #sendit into Split 2 with new DoorDash naming rights sponsor
LCO kicked off with enough heat that it attracted DoorDash to strap its name to the shingle and help next level the league in Split 2.
And the award goes to...
Friday, June 11, 2021 WWDC winners are digital grinners: As WWDC wraps up for Apple developers, the Apple Design Awards have been announced, a great promotion for some of the best apps across iOS and macOS. I’m quite sure most people don’t browse the App Stores like they
There's some seriously good deals on HyperX hardware this month
Under the 'End Of Financial Year' sale banner, you can get excellent mechanical keyboards and wireless headsets from HyperX up to 55% off.
The cowboy will be a real bop
Bitcoin goes legit: El Salvador has voted to make Bitcoin a legal tender currency in the country, the first country to do so. It sounds wild on its surface, but the legislation says it aims to add regulation to Bitcoin’s use in the country. The country’s other legal
Rome wasn’t built in a day: Lego Colosseum review
A detailed, bag-by-bag review of the Lego Colosseum, the largest* Lego set ever released. Is it worth the time and money?
An eternity on the Internet
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Quite the bit of police work that: In one of the most remarkable digital policing operations ever seen, the Australian Federal Police in conjunction with America’s FBI managed to essentially run an encrypted messaging app for criminals, collecting masses of information and evidence over years
Playdate handheld console unveils Pulp, a free tool for making games
Along with news the cranky handheld console will open for pre-orders in July, Pulp will help anyone make games for it – no code required.
NBN wants to make 'fair use' rules better than some vague handwaving
Maybe you're not actively trying to download the entire internet but you'd like to know what counts as "excessive"? NBN is working on it.
AFP, FBI encryption operation was some truly amazing digital police work
Operation Ironside (aka Trojan Shield) was a crazy idea to begin with, and even crazier that it actually worked.
Fastly just showed us how CDNs keep the Internet alive – until they don't
Just saw a bunch of 503 errors on your favourite websites, like Amazon, Twitch, Reddit and major news outlets? Here's what went wrong.
What's another word for 'brave'?
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 NBN has a plan to end CVC – pay it different money! The National Broadband Network has suggested the first major overhaul to how its pricing is structured for resellers, with the existing price structure an eternal point of argument due to the Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC)
