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Samsung's new displays to eliminate screen door effect in VR
OLED screens with 10,000 pixels per inch? Samsung and Stanford University are ready to push that V so much closer to the R.
UNO taking a sustainable step forward with all paper edition
A new entirely paper edition of Uno is not only more sustainable, it's prettier too! So what was it made from before? We have the answer.
Attention, distraction and Quibi
It will go down in history as one of the great failures of the digital age. Almost $2 billion spent on a Hollywood-backed, highly-polished, mobile-only, episodic streaming video service that will be long forgotten with no sense of loss whatsoever. We talked about Quibi on the Byteside podcast a lot
Australian-made hydrogen energy storage tech ready to launch
A UNSW research sping-off is ready to sell you hydrogen-based battery with larger and longer lasting energy storage than ever before.
Your excitable history lesson on Netflix's Blood of Zeus
Our resident historian goes deep on what Greek myths the new Netflix anime looks like it will be digging into.
SSC Tuatara blitzes Bugatti, sets new speed record over 500km/h
It wasn't that long ago 400km/h was the barrier, and now the SSC Tuatara has smashed through 500. Amazing.
Billie Eilish upcoming livestream gig plays with an XR experience
An interesting experiment in digital concert livestreaming also feels like a fun, accessible way to catch some live music.
These classic-but-electric roadsters are retro dreamtastic
We would very much like one of these ultra classy looking electric roadsters to be the future of all electric cars.
We found the perfect way to play Genshin Impact
If you're looking for the best way to optimise your time playing Genshin Impact, we've found it.
Uncovered: how does Valve decide what to show you on Steam's front page?
Valve has offered up a video primer on how on Earth those games get recommended to you on the Steam front door.
New Photoshop AI features make it easier than ever to pretend you know what you're doing
Neural filters, sky replacement technology and ridiculous edge detection takes how good / creepy Photoshop can be to yet another level.
The great coffee conundrum
Is there a way to enjoy convienient coffee ethically? Probably not. Am I a monster for enjoying coffee pods? It's complicated. But yes.
Aurora RGBorealis?! Localized entirely within your study!?!
In a response to last week's RGB column from Alice Clarke, Hope digs in further on her own love for the joy smart LEDs bring to her home.
NBA 2K21 squeezes unavoidable ads into loading screens
Gotta love it when a full priced videogame slides paid advertisements into its loading screens. Sorry, wait, no you don't.
BIGSOUND 2020 is the latest Aussie live music event to go online
Everything from a Tom Morello keynote to DOOM composer Mick Gordon sees this year's online spin on the event looking worth a digital visit.
The Flaming Lips take the quarantine bubble literally with unique live show
Live music has been one of 2020's greatest casualties, but The Flaming Lips may have solved the problem of how to safely perform to crowds.
Gabe Newell wants to temporarily move Valve to New Zealand and don't we all
Gabe Newell says he's eager to have a chat with Jacinda Ardern about moving game production teams to New Zealand.
Phasmophobia spooks local players by shutting down Australian server
After recent outage problems, local fans of the latest ghost hunting sensation have been disappointed by a move to remove local servers.
Google will now tell you what that song is you can't stop humming
Got a tune stuck in your head and can't remember anything about it? Now Google will let you hum for answers (try not to feel judged).
Facebook-owned Oculus Quest 2 bans users for logging into Facebook
The requirement to create a Facebook login to use Oculus hardware meets its latest layer of stupid, with new accounts banned for... reasons?
