Byteside: tech + digital culture

Byteside: tech + digital culture

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Byteside: tech + digital culture episodes

  • Half the problem is admitting the problem
    The social media problems with no easy answers keep Nic and Seamus clawing for answers. Plus pandemic and protest dilemmas for the games industry, Zoom the big winner in its latest financial reports while self-driving cars face big issues in a more hygiene-focused future than anyone was expecting.

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    39 min
  • Binge the facts

    Ready to Binge the latest shows and movies? Or is there still a commitment issue behind Foxtel's latest streaming service? Seamus and Nic think back on Presto, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Play, Foxtel Go, and where you'll go to play now. Wait... And then they rabbithole about all the little quirks and issues they have with what all the streaming services keep getting wrong!


    Plus Twitter adds a 'Get the facts' link to some Trump tweets. Is it enough or too little too late? How do the socials fix the misinfo problem from here?



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    29 min
  • Let the memes save us

    Seamus and Nic are loving the memes right now, and find they really do help take the edge off a tricky time. But can we please stop trying to turn everything into an industrialised meme factory? Not everything needs to be commodified!


    This leads to Joe Rogan's new Spotify deal, which leads to apps and tech we will definitely use differently after the 'rona times calm down a bit, which leads to Assassin's Creed telling us the next one is even bigger makes us both a little less excited for it (but we'll still love it).


    If that wasn't a weirdly literal rundown I don't know what is, but there's plenty more I'm sure I've forgotten along the way...


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    42 min
  • Virtual Insanity
    A synthetic Instagram star signs with the biggest talent agency in the world? Sounds like the perfect week to get extra virtual as we deep dive on our own experiences with the HTC Vive Cosmos over recent weeks. Is VR ready for prime time yet? If not yet, when and how?

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    41 min
  • Of course Tom Cruise will make a real space movie

    After a nod to Star Wars Day letting loose some first rate indie talent in the new and expanding universe, Nic and Seamus discuss Tom Cruise really actually going into space with SpaceX to make a movie. Is it actually Mission: Impossible or just eventually improbable?


    Plus an extended uncomfortable examination of Elon Musk's trajectory as a person who shouts weirdly on the internet, and then an actual examination of Apple's new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. Just how close are we to the official "iPads are laptops now" debate being settled?


    And then Nic opines for access to his beloved gym because tech just doesn't cut it for replacing what he wants from his exercise experience. Is there anything out there that can?


    Along the way we shout out Peloton, Mirror, Ring Fit, Just Dance 2020, and lots more.


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    41 min
  • Oscar leaves the big screen
    From Cameo to the Academy's big announcement to let pure streamers enter the Oscars, it's an interesting time for Hollywood stars. Plus we look at the Fortnite Travis Scott event and what we thought of it and its 27.7M audience numbers, Facebook's new Messenger Rooms and whether we need more video chat options... and, yes, COVIDSafe was unavoidable.

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    38 min
  • A tracking app is just fancy contact tracing

    On this week's show we talk coronavirus tracking apps and if we're going to do one we should make sure we do it right. But thankfully that doesn't dominate the show, and we get into fun stuff like digital boardgames, Minecraft getting pretty with RTX, Pac-Man at 40, and the next big Fortnite concert happens this weekend so get into it!


    Here's the Fortnite link to all the details - seriously, download it and experience this event:

    https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/astronomical


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    40 min
  • Hacks, remakes and fancy new phones

    We're living up to our "tech, games, digital culture" tagline this week, with stories from every corner of the Byteside domain.


    From when are Zoom hacks not actually Zoom hacks, to why games seem to have a much better handle than film on the idea of doing remakes. Plus hard drives for consoles when you're running out of room, exciting new phones from LG, and even a little more Quibi and some old school Homestar Runner.


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    39 min
  • 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. Then somehow we manage to move onto other topics anyway, including Riot's Valorant being ready to take over the FPS scene, Xbox All Access deals on Telstra plans, Skype finding its mojo, and those Zoom backgrounds everyone is using.

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    52 min

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It's the world through the lens of technology and digital culture. How tech has come to influence everything around us. How do we make sure it's all happening for the benefit of humans? The world is…