Business
Anyone notice Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys using facial recognition in stores?
Consumer champions CHOICE have spotted big retailers doing a very poor job of letting customers know they're running biometric surveillance.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Technology
Seeing humanity in all the bot places
The LaMBDA situation is a reminder we're just too good at personification.
Art & Design
Diablo is coming to tattoo shops around the world
Hellish ink is coming to Sydney and Melbourne in September as part of a Diablo anniversary world tour. Want some?
Music
Six videogame soundtracks make Classic Top 100 in latest radio poll
In a vote on the all-time greatest 'Music for the Screen', which videogame soundtracks break the glass ceiling?
Media
The power to know
Things 'everyone knows' usually need to be shared and shared again more often.
Politics
A platform of certainty
Knowing there's firm footing ahead makes big ideas easier to pursue.
Media
The quality of our questions
Back to basics for the media industry - or is it too late?
Media
How to hack your Netflix profile recommendations
If your profiles are just people's names, you're doing it wrong.
The cost of losing everything
We need to get more emotional to convince people to protect their data
Games
Playstation sells 19 millionth PS5, might finally make consoles faster soon
With all the chip shortages, Playstation has sold millions less than the PS4 at the same stage in its lifecycle.
Games
Fortnite finally free on iPhone? Thank Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft has opened up free access to its Xbox Cloud Gaming in a partnership with Epic to stream Fortnite to your iPhone or iPad.
Culture
The kids are bopping again... this week
Slang at the speed of meme culture.