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PlayStation 5 DualSense controller teardown: adaptive triggers explained

See inside the PS5's DualSense controller and find out how the adaptive triggers actually work.

PlayStation 5 DualSense controller teardown: adaptive triggers explained
Computers

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.

Raspberry Pi 400 is a $100 PC packed entirely into a keyboard and I need it
Games

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.

Nintendo, stop with the limited-time crap
Media

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.

Elliot Page to star in a Gamergate comedy? We have concerns...
Technology

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.

Online pundits dispute SSC Tuatara record-breaking 533km/h speed run
Art & Culture

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.

My obsession with a crime reporting beauty guru
Games

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.

PAX Online and digital conventions: are they any good for indie developers?
Computers

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.

How to tell if you're a digital hoarder
Technology

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.

iPhones just became even more accessible for blind users
Games

Overanalysing the Xbox box

This is the extended, over hyped, over dramatic, over detailed Xbox Series X unboxing you have been waiting for.

Overanalysing the Xbox box

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.

The last Xbox
Technology

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!

Vindolanda: a dead obsession
Ideas

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?

Pokemon GO officially good for your brain – but is it still true in 2020?
Networks

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.

SpaceX Starlink satellite internet gets first pricing announcement
Media

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.

007, take the bloody streaming deal or risk losing it all
Art & Culture

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.

Dan Golding on his ARIA nomination for the Untitled Goose Game
Technology

Spot the robodog visits Chernobyl, sure to gain new radioactive powers now

OK, sending robot dogs into dangerous areas is the entire point of robots. And here's some footage showing how it's done. For science.

Spot the robodog visits Chernobyl, sure to gain new radioactive powers now
Ideas

Facebook helps boost NYU research project monitoring its ads – by suing it

Facebook goes after an NYU research plugin designed to give greater transparency to political adverts.

Facebook helps boost NYU research project monitoring its ads – by suing it
Ideas

NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought

From supporting human habitation to being converted into rocket fuel, here's why that Moon water is such an exciting discovery.

NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought
New Realities

Facebook continues Oculus woes, account deletion wipes purchases

When your delightful virtual reality headset conflicts with your desire to stop being trapped in the big bad social network.

Facebook continues Oculus woes, account deletion wipes purchases