Technology
Sonos Arc review: raising the bar for the future?
Sonos Arc resets the home theatre experience for Sonos fans, ready for the decade ahead with Dolby Atmos support alongside best in class audio streaming.
Half the problem is admitting the problem
Social media problems with no easy answers keep Nic and Seamus clawing for answers. Plus Zoom is a big winner while self-driving cars are in big trouble.
Binge the facts
Seamus + Nic think back on Presto, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Play, Foxtel Go, and where you'll go to play now. Wait... plus the usual rabbitholes and side quests.
Happy International Password Day with Alex Wilson from Yubico
Alex Wilson from Yubico talks about the issues with dealing with passwords and how little physical keys like Yubikey can save us from password hell.
Vivacious VR with HTC's Thomas Dexmier
Thomas Dexmier from HTC ANZ joins Jetpacks Are Overrated this week to talk about the state of VR hardware right now and where things are going next.
Virtual Insanity
From Miquela to the HTC Cosmos, the latest Byteside podcast is a walk through all kinds of virtual reality. Plus Tesla, remote work & Spot the robot.
Imagining the soundbar all over again with Sonos Arc
Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Sonos nut. Long time user, over a decade of digging on their various speakers and now there's one in every room of the house.
Of course Tom Cruise will make a real space movie
This week it's Tom Cruise in space with SpaceX? While Elon Musk gets louder and weirder by the minute. Plus Magic Keyboards and exercise tech.
Real-time AI event and risk detection with Dataminr
Seamus talks to Ed Pullen, Regional Marketing Director for Dataminr, to discuss how its AI helps clients learn things they didn't know they needed to know.
Oscar leaves the big screen
From Cameo to the Academy's big announcement to let streamers enter the Oscars, it's an interesting time for Hollywood. That and more on this week's show!
iPhone SE Review: a powerful new iPhone just like your old iPhone
If you want to stick to that familiar, comfortable old physical design, then the iPhone SE will be that next device to cling to for another 5 years to come.
A tracking app is just fancy contact tracing
This week's podcast features a look at Australia's contact tracing app plans, Minecraft RTX, playing digital boardgames and Fortnite's next virtual concert!
Marc Rogers on CTI League's "Hackers without borders"
A fascinating chat with Marc Rogers, head of cybersecurity at Okta and long-time SecOps lead for legendary hacker conference DEFCON.
Hacks, remakes and fancy new phones
When are Zoom hacks not actually Zoom hacks? Why do games seem to have a better handle on doing remakes than film? That and more on this week's show.
Now The Official Quibi Review Show
When this episode started we weren't sure about Quibi. By 15 minutes in we've decided that's all the show is about from now on.
It's time for 5 minute default meetings
The 30 minute default must die. Cut the defaults to 5 minutes to show the time vampires that enough is enough, especially in the coronavirus crisis.
The Unsubscribe Experiment
Seamus has been unsubscribing from all his video streaming services... but he's still using them all exactly the way he always has. Huh? How's that work?
The internet high wire act
Services are blowing up in all kinds of ways, whether becoming the new hotness or collapsing under the weight of all this new work from home traffic.
Staying together apart
As the coronavirus crisis worsens, tech has a massive role to play in keeping us together while we're physically isolating ourselves to avoid the virus.
DON'T PANIC
42 years of The Hitchhiker's Guide, The Last of Us heading to TV, Dorsey fights to stay in charge of Twitter, and plenty more on this week's show!
