Bits: The Byteside Blog
Lesson for AI #548: A linesman's bald head is not a football
Fans were treated to an interesting display when the AI sports camera kept mistaking a bald linesman's head for the ball.
How a joint delayed Wasteland 3 in Australia
It was refused classification in Australia at first, and we now know it was all thanks to a positive portrayal of the use of cannabis in game.
Paradise Killer and Vaporwave: more than just an aesthetic
Talking to Oli Clarke Smith, Creative Director of Paradise Killer, we look at how the vaporwave genre and aesthetic have evolved.
Deepfaking Trump with Harry Shearer
We speak to virtual production studio Mod's Michela Ledwidge about the tech that brought Harry Shearer's Donald Trump satire to freakish life.
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller teardown: adaptive triggers explained
See inside the PS5's DualSense controller and find out how the adaptive triggers actually work.
Raspberry Pi 400 is a $100 PC packed entirely into a keyboard and I need it
Long the domain of enthusiasts and championing computer science education, now the Raspberry Pi 400 is an entire PC in a keyboard.
Nintendo, stop with the limited-time crap
Limited edition digital releases for Fire Emblem and Mario games? Get out of here with that crap, Nintendo.
Elliot Page to star in a Gamergate comedy? We have concerns...
‘Pitch Perfect with esports and Gamergate’ just feels offensive to the very real and ongoing suffering of those involved.
Online pundits dispute SSC Tuatara record-breaking 533km/h speed run
Seems like North American car manufacturer SSC didn't quite tick every box with their Tuatara hypercar record-breaking speed run.
My obsession with a crime reporting beauty guru
What do you get when you mix hardcore true crime with a perfect cut crease? Your new favourite YouTube channel.
PAX Online and digital conventions: are they any good for indie developers?
Game developers tell Byteside how digital-only events changed their story in 2020, and the lessons to make physical events better in future.
How to tell if you're a digital hoarder
If your documents folder looks like digital possums nested in it, you might be a digital hoarder. And that's ok, but here's how to manage it.
iPhones just became even more accessible for blind users
Apple cleverly uses the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max's LiDAR tech to further enhance its accessibility services.
Overanalysing the Xbox box
This is the extended, over hyped, over dramatic, over detailed Xbox Series X unboxing you have been waiting for.
The last Xbox
The demand for higher resolutions and faster refresh rates and more data throughput is cresting, creating the chance for smaller and smarter hardware in future, or even the potential for future mobile devices to bear the load instead of needing big boxes under our TVs.
Vindolanda: a dead obsession
It's time to get your would-be child detective on the case. There's a historical mystery to solve and it starts with human bones!
Pokemon GO officially good for your brain – but is it still true in 2020?
Research shows how good Pokemon GO can be for mood and memory, but have pandemic lockdowns – and recent game changes – hurt the experience?
SpaceX Starlink satellite internet gets first pricing announcement
Starlink keen beans have been contacted about signing up fo the "Better Than Nothing" beta experience, with price and speed announced.
007, take the bloody streaming deal or risk losing it all
No Time To Die may have no time at all if it doesn't take a chance and go the streaming route before everyone has given up on it.
Dan Golding on his ARIA nomination for the Untitled Goose Game
We talk to Golding about converting a game soundtrack into a linear format, what the nomination means to him, and what he's working on next.
