In this episode, see how Tom watched ONE flaming documentary about social media and then promptly went off grid - and why you probably should, too. Ben had a spiritual experience with Bill and Ted, and Tom's in the big leagues of pre-release reviews for the latest tech!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP And pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:40 COVID near misses and tracking and tracing 12:40 Writing hold music 16:00 What a Social Dilemma indeed 21:00 Diversity in tech companies 26:20 Tom's off Facebook 38:30 Is the Pixel 4a a good buy? Why, yes it is 46:00 How do you follow a Pixel 4a? A Pixel 5 51:00 Tom's a big spender now 59:00 Bill & Ted Face The Music is most excellent

Some things we talk about in this episode: The Social Dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0

Twitter investigates why its photo preview appears to favour white faces over black faces: https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/twitter-photo-preview-favour-white-faces-over-black-investigation-654691

Pixel 4a Review | Buy This Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4djb80L0Bxs

Bill & Ted Face The Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gPGeAYo3yU

You will never know the audio issue we overcame to eventually bring you this episode, but believe me, it was totally worth it. We talk about the idea of moving past thirty, and whether it really is such a big deal, as well as a bit of Project Power, and a bit of dangerous bird action. Oh, and potentially murderous cyber-swine!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP And pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:20 Is Tom officially old now? 09:00 Crafty beer in the hottub 11:00 Is Rampage actually good? 14:00 Tom is definitely buying a new camera 22:30 Cover app and working too hard 30:00 Oh god, the pigs got into the Neuralink 43:00 Project Power 55:30 Falcon friends

Some things we talk about in this episode: Tim Kreider's The Referendum: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/the-referendum/

Rampage Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOKvrsmQiI Cover - Noodles Timer App: https://apps.apple.com/gy/app/cover-noodles-timer/id1492424176

Why Is Elon Musk Testing His Brain Implant On Pigs?: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a33850122/neuralink-brain-implant-animal-testing-pigs/

North Devon Falconry: http://www.northdevonfalconry.co.uk/

Project Power Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1vQgVaYNQ

After the fly attack in this episode, the fly actually went on to overthrow Ben and Tom and is now the rightful owner of ITSBUP. So, say goodbye to things like talking camping trips that nearly ended in explosions, how to fail at your creative endeavours and what The Peanut Butter Falcon is like, because from next time onwards, it's all fly talk, all the time. I am the fly.

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:45 Tom's visual upgrade in an audio medium 04:30 Working from home 10:00 Cornwall capers 19:30 Google Pixel 4a and Apple keyboards 26:30 Digit is delivering your stuff 31:00 Leaving teaching for good 34:00 Failing creatively 44:50 Enter the fly 46:00 Jack Conte and creative ventures 1:00:00 The Peanut Butter Falcon

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Ford's Delivery Robot Walks On Two Legs Like A Human: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Iey_wfo0I Patreon CEO shares his most epic failures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5rKTCMNnU The Peanut Butter Falcon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACze83fG4wM

It's a big week for Tom this week, with the launch of Kiroku Clothing, a whole new iOS to get on top of, and having to worry that Ben is sending him subtle signs that he might not be ok! Also two of our favourite bits of pop culture are getting sequels soon, plus the usual rambling and unfounded opinion!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:00 Learning audio, not learning how to avoid the woes 06:00 Get a mask on 11:20 Ready Player Two is almost Ready Player 19:00 The Boys series two is on the way! 23:00 iOS 14 - you might as well be into it 32:00 Sponsored segment 33:10 I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore is a film and not a cry for help 39:00 Ponysmasher 46:50 Films vs the fans in the era of the remake 56:40 Kiroku Clothing is amazing

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Ready Player Two: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ready-player-two-book-plot-fortnite The Boys Series 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHwlqyMyhM iOS 14 Beta | 5 New Features you're going to LOVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9wWb4IxkDk I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a891D5_bGY4 The Problem Solving Of Filmmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNS4U_aE28 "It Will Be an Entirely New Thing": Zack Snyder's $20M-Plus 'Justice League' Cut Plans Revealed: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-snyder-cut-plans-revealed-it-will-be-an-new-thing-1295102 iPhone VS Android | Ask Byte Review #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdO42b7Utj4 Kiroku Clothing: http://kirokuclothing.co.uk/

Tom reflects of leaving teaching while Ben has become the fly-hunter with some new toolage. And that's only the first five minutes. The rest is better, honest - what Tom's reading and the block who wrote it, whether Quibi is going to be a lame duck, and whether The Last Of Us Part II lives up to the hype!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

04:40 Electric fly swatters and the warrior spirit 08:40 Getting banned from Twitter for aping Trump 17:00 COVID-19 settings in Android and iOS 23:30 Saving For A Custom Van, a tribute to one of the voices of our college years 29:10 Tom only went and bought a book! Is Jordan Peterson a good bloke? 40:00 Quibi and not throwing up at portrait video 55:00 The Last Of Us Part II, with no spoilers, honest

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Will They Suspend Me? on Twitter: https://twitter.com/suspendthepres COVID settings on smartphones: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/06/covid-19-tracking-tool-appears-on-smartphones-but-its-not-an-app/ Ben Folds 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znKUAMFY9A Saving For A Custom Van: https://fatherdaughterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saving-for-a-custom-van 12 Rules For Life: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0141988517 Quibi: https://quibi.com/ Just About Every Celeb Will Be In A Princess Bride Parody Remake: https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/quibi-to-stream-princess-bride-remake-on-monday.html The Last Of us Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VubwgS2Y4 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6Co-nd0lM

What's white, sleek, and full of the latest technology - at least two of the things we talk about in this episode, that's what! That're what? Grammar questions aside, buckle up for another intense ITSBUP full of movies we haven't seen, opinions we don't share, and design choices we can't understand! BLAST OFF! (I'm sorry, I'm so sorry).

There are also a lot of important things happening in the world at the moment, which neither of us want to pretend to be experts on, but these are good places to visit: Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ A good list of donation links: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

03:20 Tom's growing art collection 08:00 Black Lives Matter 16:00 Tom has legitimately never seen Bill & Ted 19:40 Facebook, first taking Giphy, then the world 36:40 Is it PS5? Is it SpaceX? It's the PS5. 49:40 SpaceX - IN SPACE! 56:20 Space Force

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Diberkato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diberkato Bill & Ted Face The Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hAL7emClFM Why Facebook just paid $400m for GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfM7tzskcwQ PS5 Hardward Reveal Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfM7tzskcwQ Little Devil Inside - Showcase Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FqsyNSYSKc Launch Recap: NASA and SpaceX fly Astronauts to the Space Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22BXPLkyocw Pilotwings (SNES) Lesson 1 - Skydiving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXiXKYMlhUU Space Force Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4mY2asIjWk

For the record, I genuinely still have fishy fingers and I don't know how to fix it. IN THIS EPISODE - catching up on updates from last time, including Elon's improvement to his kid's name, how good Schitt's Creek is, making whole movies in your home and the very idea of getting paid for what you make?!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:30 Corona catch-up 03:40 The middle-aged barbecue chat 06:00 Tom and Ben's forays into skateboarding 13:00 Is Youtube getting... better? 18:00 A very important Elon's kid update 20:10 Trump's tweets and free speech on social media 30:00 Schitt's Creek is a hit! 34:50 Making a whole movie in-the-box with Unreal 5 42:40 Making music and videos at home 49:30 Tom's Patreon decisions, and making money from what you make 01:01:00 Ben's Tesco anger

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Tom's kickass kickflip: https://twitter.com/ByteReview/status/1266096854783143939 Parasyte's fucking insane opening theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8UjBAS3cs Schitt's Creek trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uWS6CnC2o How I Made a Movie WITHOUT Actors, Sets, or Cameras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHaEJ7Qslds Cakewalk: http://www.cakewalk.com/ Audio Evolution Mobile Studio: https://www.extreamsd.com/

Look at that, it only took lockdown to up our recording schedule! Longtime fans will know about Elon Musk's status as patron saint of the podcast, but is it time for a rethink? The Unreal 5 Engine is pretty tasty, and Jojo Rabbit is a great film (some spoilers called out in the episode with a bit of warning), but you'll be glad we left out the story of Tom's epic nosebleed...

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:30 Woes of conflicting Corona advice 04:00 End of Days Bolognese 06:20 The fall of Elon Musk, patron saint of ITSBUP 16:00 New kid on the block 25:00 Unreal 5 Engine - don't look at the water 39:00 iPad gaming and how hard it is to film 45:00 Jojo Rabbit with no spoilers - it's good! 49:30 Jojo Rabbit spoilers from here - still good! 58:00 Rick Beato knows his oats 1:01:40 Cane and Rinse, podcast not slogan 1:05:00 RetroAhoy ahoy

Some things we talk about in this episode:

End of Days Bolognese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw_Ze9zIafM A Timeline of Elon Musk's Coronavirus Breakdown: Tesla Plant, Baby Name, Twitter Rant: https://observer.com/2020/05/elon-musk-breakdown-tesla-reopen-timeline/ Grimes explain's her baby's name: https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1257836061520101377 Explore how names have switched gender over the years: https://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager A first look at Unreal Engine 5: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/a-first-look-at-unreal-engine-5 Why Xbox Series X games don't look BETTER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nht_Wa3M088 The ULTIMATE iPad Pro GAMING Setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn08cHl1AB8 Jojo Rabbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4McUzXfFI Rick Beato on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJquYOG5EL82sKTfH9aMA9Q Cane and Rinse: https://caneandrinse.com/ RetroAhoy on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1jXbVAGJQEORz9nZqb5bQ

Hey hey, don't let the old 'rona get you down - it's time to think about interesting things like how to approach creative pursuits (especially when the world is falling apart around you), what's new with Apple's first cheapish phone in forever, and just how intense Tara Westover's memoir, Educated, can possibly get! And lots of other waffle. We know you come for the waffle.

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 Quarantine and the frustrations of home learning 10:00 How the hell are we going to cope with going back to real life? 12:00 Ben's gone all eastern philosophy 20:00 Finding time to be creative 29:00 A return to Austin Kleon's work 35:20 The new best cheap iPhone, the SE 43:00 The crazy intense story of Educated, by Tara Westover 52:00 Oh yeah, Green Book and Killing Eve are good!

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Wuhan students tried to boot remote learning app from the App Store by leaving bad reviews: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/9/21171495/wuhan-students-dingtalk-hooky-nyc-columbia-princeton-app-store-reviews Yoga With Adriene: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene/videos Headspace Meditation: https://www.headspace.com/meditation/guided-meditation Rebel Without A Crew, by Robert Rodriguez: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebel-Without-Crew-23-year-old-Film-maker/dp/057117891X Austin Kleon: https://austinkleon.com/ iPhone SE 2020 Review | Dated Delight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PKNe9GtRc Educated, by Tara Westover: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Educated-international-bestselling-Tara-Westover/dp/0099511029 Green Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-_Gon2p9M

Quarantine, Tiger King & Animal Crossing

Time to blow those quarantine blues away with stellar talk about - hopefully - some things other than the global crisis at some point! We've both gone back to a few musical roots, hit Netflix HARD, and remembered how good a D-pad can make you feel!

Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme! Throw messages at Ben @benjionelung, Tom @bytereview, and be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP

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IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 So how the hell are we coping in quarantine?! 17:00 Tom's dive into Andertons guitars 21:00 We think Vulfpeck are cool 23:00 We also think Pomplamoose are cool! 26:10 Oh god we need Tom's Good News (and some bollocks about some other good news attempt on Youtube?) 31:00 Tiger King 43:20 Money Heist and Castlevania, two things on Netflix that aren't Tiger King 48:00 Animal Crossing New Horizons, and other ways video games have saved us in the lockdown

Some things we talk about in this episode: Elaine Doyle's Twitter thread on Ireland vs UK: https://twitter.com/laineydoyle/status/1249127908876128259 Audio Audit - Rob Chapman EXPOSED!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGxXgSVZlxY Vulfpeck: https://www.youtube.com/user/DJparadiddle Pomplamoose: https://www.youtube.com/user/PomplamooseMusic Dear Casey Neistat -- From the CEO of Patreon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBOPPoiRRY A drone delivered an organ to a transplant patient for the first time : https://www.engadget.com/2019-05-01-drone-delivers-organ-for-first-time.html SomeGoodNews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness | Official Trailer | Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acTdxsoa428 Money Heist - Part 1 | Official Trailer | Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvCdLmxnkj0 Castlevania Official Trailer #1 (2017) Animated Netflix TV Series HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kaYs8SbMs Animal Crossing: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/ Jackbox Games: https://www.jackboxgames.com/