Byteside Podcast
Engineering for a clean future
Rosie Barnes from the YouTube channel Engineering With Rosie drops by to share her knowledge on all things clean energy and community building.
Youtube
Politics
Most pirates just give up
Digital driver's licenses going great in NSW, while pirates get lazy in the modern era. Plus crypto, the end of Charlie on YouTube, and more.
Should parliament ban phones?
In today's bulletin, parliament considers trialling limits on phone use on the House floor, plus SpaceX, Google, YouTube and more.
Games
Playing Crysis with whole desk rumble is peak PC gaming
One curious YouTuber has powered up their PC with a desk-mounted motor to rumble everything while playing Crysis to hilarious effect.
Games
Never-released GoldenEye 007 Xbox remaster shown in gameplay video
Originally developed over a decade ago but never released, an Xbox remaster of GoldenEye 007 can be seen in all its glory on YouTube.
Technology
20 shining lights of 2020: things that made a bad year brighter
It's been 'interesting', but here's some brilliant TV, tech, games, and standout moments that delighted, inspired or helped us along the way.
Culture
AI Frank Sinatra sings Britney Spears, gets copyright takedown
When a song written by an AI riffing on two separate artists gets a copyright strike, who owns it? Or is it just another case of AI vs AI.
Byteside Podcast
Subscribing just to avoid the ads
The latest Byteside podcast features COVIDSafe spying audits, YouTube trying to win the music biz, and Shay on his Warcraft love.
Music
YouTube has big plans to win the whole digital music industry
From the usual music and videos to live online concert ticket sales, YouTube wants to win the end to end digital music industry experience.
Media
YouTube won't remove US election disinformation, thinks demonetising is enough
A video claiming Trump won the election last night violating YouTube policies has only been demonetised rather than taken down.
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.
Technology
YouTube crowdsourced captions feature to go despite 500K signature petition
YouTube is shutting down its Community Contributions captioning system, just two days after the end of the International Week of the Deaf.