After a traditionally lengthy tech issue in getting everything set up, we absolutely crushed it, as always. 100% of the time. I don't think the noise of quiet facepalming while talking about the questions posed to Mark Zuckerberg came out on the recording, but apologies if it did. Speaking of noises, we both (SPOILER) liked (END OF SPOILERS) A Quiet Place, and it was almost as fun talking about as watching. Wait, no that doesn't sound great. It was good. Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what did you think of A Quiet Place? Was it... 'quiet' good? WAS IT?

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IN THIS EPISODE: 02:10 The Minack Theatre: is it better than a Gameboy Advance? 06:10 Good News! Featuring BLood Drones! 10:40 Zuckerberg explaining the internet (AKA The First Android Goes on Trial) 17:30 Using tech to help maintain relationships 22:10 Billy Mitchell's fall from grace 29:40 A Quiet Place NON-SPOILER BIT 34:10 A Quiet Place ALL THE SPOILERS BIT 45:30: Question From The Box is back again, featuring Tom's Walking Dead gripes

Some things we talk about in this episode: The Minack Theatre: https://www.minack.com/ Zipline, blood deliveries by drone: http://www.flyzipline.com/ Zuckerberg explains the internet to Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbb5B85sd0 Stay In Touch app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.matthewwardrop.stayintouch The King of Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zhMlFOyZvQ Donkey Kong champ Billy Mitchell's high scores wiped after cheating evidence emerges: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-04-12-donkey-kong-champ-billy-mitchells-high-scores-wiped-after-cheating-evidence-emerges A Quiet Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEnM25BsNQ The Kraken Wakes: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Kraken-Wakes-John-Wyndham/dp/0141032995

It was way too early in the morning when we recorded this episode. Like, TEN AM EARLY. Still, we managed to soldier on with arguably the most important news and opinions you'll hear today. Chromebooks - why we quite like them, and how we're totally not sponsored to talk about them. What IS the deal with the iPhone X's notch, anyway? Is data mining THAT big a deal? Was Ready Player One cool or do we already hold it in a weird kind of meta-nostalgia? Who knows. Does it sound like we do? Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - what did you think of Ready Player One, obviously pretty decent, right?

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IN THIS EPISODE: 01:50 Good news! 3D printing sanitary products in Mumbai 04:10 Not a sponsored discussion about Chromebooks 13:00 Ben deliberately says 'iPhone ex' to bug Tom, talk about updating old tech, and then most importantly - this notch, then, eh? 22:00 Data mining - Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and a rambling discussion into what really is privacy anyway? 28:00 Interlude: Ben has a hissy fit about lies concerning Easter Eggs 42:10 Ready Player One - we saw it, we think things about it

Some things we talk about in this episode: Making a Difference: Mumbai Students Design, Develop, and 3D Print a Sanitary Pad Dispenser for School Project: https://3dprint.com/177949/3d-printed-sanitary-pad-dispenser/ Nearly a Billion People Still Defecate Outdoors. Here's Why: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/08/toilet-defecate-outdoors-stunting-sanitation/ Jennifer Golbeck: Your social media "likes" say more than you might think https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixWL1BWi44U

AI Harry Potter, Stranger Things 2 and The Last Jedi

HEY, Christmas may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean we can't have a podcast episode from before it even started! Ah, how young we were back then, how naive! We had a load to say about The Last Jedi, our freshest take on Stranger Things series two, and the hardest I think we've laughed about a passage of computer-generated Harry Potter, EVER. Enjoy!

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - please tell us, is there someone else out there who remembers Santa Claus: The Movie?!

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IN THIS EPISODE: 01:40 Christmas plans, TV and parties 07:30 Black Mirror series 2 08:40 Santa Claus: The Movie, Christmas films and Will Ferrell 16:50 Computer-generated Harry Potter 22:00 AI learning 24:30 Ready Player One 28:30 Stranger Things series 2 (including spoilers) 39:10 The Last Jedi (a bit of non-spoliers, and then plenty of spoilers)

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Black Mirror series 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ELQ6u_5YYM Santa Claus: The Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tSOE9PNTIQ AI-generated Harry Potter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42348846/harry-potter-gets-a-weird-new-chapter-from-a-computer Replacing Gal Gadot's face: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gydydm/gal-gadot-fake-ai-porn Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiK2fhOY0nE Stranger Things 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4 The Last Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CbN8sfihY How George Lucas Almost Accidentally Made A Masterpiece: http://www.cracked.com/video_20196_how-george-lucas-almost-accidentally-made-masterpiece.html

This episode contains more anger about flying machines and the flat earth they circumnavigate than is probably ever necessary. Interesting things about Tesla's new trucks, Google XPRIZE, some things we've been watching and one big long rant about Tom Delonge. Enjoy! DO IT!

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us, would you give Tom DeLonge money?

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IN THIS EPISODE: 03:10 Tesla trucks. Give us a Semi. 10:30 Google X-Prize 13:00 Hacking Super Mario World 17:00 Make Good News Great Again 18:50 Uber's flying car! 23:00 Tom Delonge and To The Stars Academy 41:40 Stranger Things 2 45:30 Thor Ragnarok 53:00 Question From The Box!

Some things we talk about in this episode:

The Tesla Semi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n9xafjynJA Google's XPRIZE: https://lunar.xprize.org/ Hacking Super Mario World to play Flappy Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB6eY73sLV0 Uber's mother-flying car!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGaeBsdu180 So what is a TR3B?: http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/military-aircraft/tr-3b-aurora-anti-gravity-spacecrafts/2860314511001 Tom Delonge on To The Stars Academy with Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_3mnJfHzY

We've been champing at the bit to talk about all of the cool things that entrepreneur, genius, possible-alien, Elon Musk is working on. It's a science-heavy episode, covered by two people who are effectively chimps in the headlights (who also aren't very good at metaphors). Take a trip into the weird and wonderful future (as seen by one guy, at least) through space travel, earth travel, mind-reading, and simulating an entire universe.

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us, which planet do you think Elon Musk is from? Oh yeah, and do you have any Good News?

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IN THIS EPISODE: 02:40 Where the eff is Good News?! 04:50 iPhone X and the very first 'totally called it' ITSBUP moment 12:30 Can tech outsiders do the job better? 15:00 So, this Elon Musk dude... 16:30 SpaceX 19:10 Tesla and whatever happened to solar roadways 26:20 That name again? Hyperloop! 29:30 The Boring Company 34:00 Neuralink 45:30 Simulation theory 51:20 Question From The Box (the absolutely regular segment)

Some things we talk about in this episode: Why is The iPhone X So Expensive?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UD9m1Ap5tg SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/ SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully returns from 12th ISS resupply mission: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/17/spacexs-dragon-capsule-successfully-returns-from-12th-iss-resupply-mission Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/ Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU Hyperloop: https://hyperloop-one.com/ The Boring Company: https://www.boringcompany.com/ Elon Musk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elonmusk/ Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future: https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTKTTt47WE

We're back, with all the excuses in the world for missing a few weeks (not to play the 'wedding' card or anything). Time for Tom and Ben to catch up on air, talking why Ben can't take a shot in lycra, why Tom won't be buying a Galaxy Note 8 any time soon and why we're still thinking about Spider-man: Homecoming!

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - tell us why we're totally wrong about basically everything in this episode, or just lay down your praise at our glorious return. Or something in between.

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IN THIS EPISODE: 3:00 Getting shot in lycra and the benefits of Chinese takeaway 7:15 Chile, eh? What's the like? 12:00 Testing a marriage through kayaking 17:00 The reality of geothermal springs 18:30 Pisco and the single best recorded noise, ever. 20:30 New and first(?) Byte Review Vlog - putting yourself on camera 25:00 What the eff is up with the price of the Galaxy Note 8? 34:20 Remeber Spider-Man: Homecoming? We do! 49:00 Totally accurate predictions about the future of the MCU 52:30 We remembered to do Question From The Box!

Some things we talk about in this episode: The Founder trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2uz2XYkbo Termas Geométricas: http://www.termasgeometricas.cl/ Canon G7X ii Review - Still The Best Vlogging Camera?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9D-Dxah-U Spider-man Homecoming: trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0D3AOldjMU Spiderman Homecoming is basically Hey Arnold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC_AqezinXM Jack Johnson - Better Together (Rhythms del Mundo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p38WuXcfVnA

We done gone went to see Guardians 2 together in order to talk about it on our little podcast, like a proper date. It turned out great, as did one man's quest to build an iPhone and the prospect of alien life being out there, somewhere. Plus, as ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS, Tom's Good News is... good.

I don't know if we need to say this, but we recorded the episode before Zack Snyder decided to move away from Justice League under pretty brave and tough circumstances, with Joss Whedon stepping in, so when we're talking about DC just taking Marvel filmmakers, we're not being intentionally insensitive.

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - have you ever built an iPhone? Did you like Guardians of The Galaxy 2? Do you work for Apple and want to actually sponsor Tom's reviews? He's open to it!

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IN THIS EPISODE: 2:00 Where is Tom off to? And where the hell is Chile? 6:00 The woes of people who don't care about cars buying cars 7:50 Tom's Good News! Houses! 13:40 Tammy's Star and how cool alien megastructures are 17:20 Building an iPhone (is it worth it? Is it interesting?) 26:10 Tom's Samsung S8 (aka it's not the bloody Byte Review Podcast, mate) 32:20 Guardians of The Galaxy VOLUME 2. It's pretty great 45:50 Colours in film - a deviation 59:00 BRAND NEW ENTIRELY REGULAR SEGMENT - Questions From The Box

Some things we talk about in this episode: Dead, spooky-ass forests in Chile: http://www.chepu.cl/chepu.html 3D printed houses: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/03/03/incredibly-cheap-house-3d-printed-just-24-hours/ The Tiny House Movement: http://thetinylife.com/what-is-the-tiny-house-movement/ Tammy's Star: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/star-spurred-alien-theories-dims-again How I Made My Own iPhone - in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFuF-zoVzA Try To Dissect Apple's New Airpods And You'll Shed Blood: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/recycle-apple-airpods/ Galaxy S8 Camera VS iPhone 7 Plus - Showdown!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2U15mnmi_U 6 Annoying Movie Trends (And The Secret Reasons They Happen): http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-insanely-annoying-movie-trends-explained/ 10 Best Uses of Color of All Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tILIeNjbH1E Cinema Palettes on Twitter: https:twitter.com/ColorsEffect The Nerdwriter: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1

It's JUDE LAW that was in Existenz! Not Brendan Fraser at all. What a dummy. Anyway, episode 7's here already! Two guys, once again, talking about stuff that we've found interesting in the last few weeks. Our failed WeChat experiment, new film trailers, Logan and Tom's Hong Kong adventure... and mixing up actors in old films! It's all good!

Thanks for listening!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @bytereview - do you use WeChat? Are we wrong about it? Are we still talking about Logan? Where should we send roving reporter Tom next?

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IN THIS EPISODE: 01:30 The horrific story of Ben's very tragic sunburn 03:40 The Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer hints at maybe a good film! 07:30 The Thor: Ragnarok trailer is great too, especially compared to the new Spider-Man trailer 09:30 Good News! APSARA disposable drones and unexpectedly remembering Existenz 14:50 WeChat? More like WeCrap, amiright? 19:50 Logan was a film and we thought some things about how to make it better. This is full of spoilers. 34:40 The Winter Soldier's mask and Sebastian Stan for Luke Skywalker 37:40 A brief Twitter interlude into Joker tweets and President Supervillain 40:00 Tom's Hong Kong travels - plugs, toilets, malls, street food, fidget cubes, curious kids, Disneyland... the lot 1:01:30 Oh yeah and Beauty and The Beast is fine.

SOME THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ Luke is right: The Jedi SHOULD be abolished: http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/15/15303952/star-wars-last-jedi-luke-end-of-jedi Thor: Ragnarok trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MGUNV8MxU Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39udgGPyYMg ASPARA, the disposable drone: https://www.wired.com/video/2017/02/this-paper-drone-is-designed-to-save-lives-and-disappear/ Existenz: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ Wouldn't This Be Great - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqlRMPAvKY This is what Sebastian Stan looks like. A young Mark Hamill: https://goo.gl/aU5RCw Mark Hamill's Joker Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wBqrx25JHc President Supervillain: https://twitter.com/presvillain Fidget Cubes: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy Tom's triangle doohicky: https://twitter.com/TeddyHitch/status/849992295218892803 Tom's Hong Kong video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tksAtWeV-D8

That's it! Six episodes! We've actually gone and hit what we set out to do! Will we do more? Ok, probably, but in the meantime we decided to celebrate the six-episode milestone with a special guest! Join us and musical legend Andrew Vanstone while we talk about AI, working a steady job, the evolution of the music industry, and how The Running Man is closer to becoming a reality!

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @teddyhitch, or you can pester Randy at @andrewvmusic - let us know whether you liked him being a guest on the show, or whether it was a dark mistake that we should never, ever repeat.

This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/9IODRYoFpF0

IN THIS EPISODE: 03:40 Valentine's Day and looking forward to 14th March 05:30 Andy's trip to Longleat 08:10 Amazon Echo, AI and how it feels to grow old around tech 23:00 We could probably do with one chat platform 32:00 Why being tied to your phone bites 35:10 Andy's family business and why a steady job is becoming underrated 43:00 Staying where you enjoy living 50:00 CHILD and being in bands 59:00 Faint, the new single by CHILD 1:04:00 The state of the music industry, tech in music and the future of making music 1:14:00 What happened to physical entertainment media? 1:16:00 The earliest music piracy and how the music scene adapts with time 1:23:00 The differences between big and small artists, Ed Sheeran and the juggernauts 1:27:00 Stopping stealing Photoshop 1:29:50 VoCo and how Adobe can shape your words 1:34:00 Insulting Randy: Live Edition

Some things we talk about in this episode: Celebrate 14th March Longleat and Lord Bath Amazon Echo The Technological Forces That Are Shaping Our Future, with Kevin Kelly The YouTube Collection Screw Texting. It's Time To Pick A Universal Messaging App, on Wired WeChat Viber WUPHF! CHILD Download 'Faint' by CHILD How Spotify Screws Over your Favorite Artists - Cracked Explains Sleepify, by Vulfpeck Patreon VoCo

We've hit episode 5 already?! This is starting to get weird. Listen to more of us talking about interesting things - this time we're into a smidgen of politics, crazy Russian image-combining, the Apple Watch and the Nintendo Switch... and poo vaults.

You can find us on other sites at @benjionelung and @teddyhitch, so send us whatever thoughts come popping into your head. Leave us some comments here, too - what do you think of the Apple Watch? Or the Nintendo Switch? Or saving your own poo?

This episode is on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/Jl9wysZLeFA

IN THIS EPISODE: 00:50 Tom's bandiness 02:40 Where the hell is Tom's good news? 05:20 A little bit of Trump to cheer us up 10:35 Ben struggling valiantly with Japanese names 12:20 The art of Knolling 14:35 Ostagram.ru and crazy image-mixing 17:20 Google's 20% projects and using massive-scale online collaboration 21:40 Ben still doesn't have a Pixel and Tom betrays his Apple overlords 25:10 Tom's Apple Watch review 32:00 The future of smart watches and Ben's dad's tech news 39:40 Health checks of the future and poo talk 44:30 What do you think of the Nintendo Switch? 58:00 Plans for super-special ITSBUP #6

Some things we talk about in this episode: C H I L D The work of Tatsuya Tanaka ...and on Instagram Things Organized Neatly Ostagram Google's Artifical Brain Is Pumping Out Trippy - And Pricey - Art Nat & Lo Google games in Chrome Teaching Google to recognise images Byte Review of Apple Watch Series 1 A Bitter Pill Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch Ain't For Mom And Pop - It's For Die-Hard Fans