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Seamus Byrne

Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.

Big Ideas

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics

The company is investing $400M into sustainability projects, including turning recycled PET plastics into LEGO. And research is going well.

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics
Business

Sotheby's will accept Bitcoin and Ether for a 101-carat diamond auction

For the lucky billionaires who are afraid to turn their crypto back into fiat currency, Sotheby's is ready to take your coin. HODL or buy?

Sotheby's will accept Bitcoin and Ether for a 101-carat diamond auction
Networks

Telstra and TPG just defragged the airwaves to make your 4G faster

Without being forced to, Telstra and TPG just restacked their wireless spectrum allocations to make things smoother for users in many cities.

Telstra and TPG just defragged the airwaves to make your 4G faster
Games

Fortress Melbourne's House Cup gaming event kicks off this weekend

Cash and prizes both in the Melbourne bar and online, across a bunch of games including FGC and FPS titles, with famous faces joining the fun.

Fortress Melbourne's House Cup gaming event kicks off this weekend
Byteside Podcast

Do esports need beer? Are we actually enjoying Loki?

This week's show debates the Gravitas Glory esports beer, the hunt for the white whale PS5, and the big TV shows coming soon.

Do esports need beer? Are we actually enjoying Loki?
Culture

The '80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon is on Twitch this weekend!

The official D&D Twitch channel is screening the whole 1980s cartoon as a promo for a special Secret Lair Magic set based on the show.

The '80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon is on Twitch this weekend!
Home

The Nintendo Switch OLED is not the Switch Pro you were dreaming of

OLED is great, but a nicer screen and speakers, more storage plus a better kickstand and Ethernet? This is not what anyone was waiting for.

The Nintendo Switch OLED is not the Switch Pro you were dreaming of
Security

Google kicks app with 5.8M downloads for stealing Facebook logins

Photo editors, horoscopes, and fitness apps amongst the genres found to be intercepting Facebook login data across nine apps.

Google kicks app with 5.8M downloads for stealing Facebook logins
Culture

Even Katy Perry is getting in on NFTs. Can anything stop this?

Peer-to-peer video streaming slash blockchain company Theta is set to host Katy Perry NFTs as part of a new wave of "OMG who has an NFT now?"

Even Katy Perry is getting in on NFTs. Can anything stop this?
Business

Red Bull is turning minigames into an esport for your office

Get your work crew together to top the leaderboards at Task Master, Outbox Your Inbox or 100 Meeting Hurdles to win serious prizes.

Red Bull is turning minigames into an esport for your office
Games

27+ truly great tips on gaming for teenagers, by teenagers

We've just found the clearest tips yet for setting up healthy, positive gaming habits in any household. No scare tactics. Just great advice.

27+ truly great tips on gaming for teenagers, by teenagers
Media

Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...

How do you make an Alien show that has nothing to do with Ripley but everything to do with what made the first films great? Noah Hawley knows.

Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...
Games

Hearthstone heads East for the United in Stormwind expansion

Who ever thought shopping and crafting could fit into Hearthstone? Its designers did, and it's all happening in Stormwind.

Hearthstone heads East for the United in Stormwind expansion
Culture

Disney owning everything finally delivers us a Simpsons MCU crossover

Friends, are you ready for The Good, The Bart and The Loki? Now that Disney owns Marvel AND Fox it was only a matter of time.

Disney owning everything finally delivers us a Simpsons MCU crossover
Big Ideas

Scientists discover Triassic era beetle perfectly preserved in dino-dung

It's 100 million years older than any insect we've seen before, all thanks to a scan on some fossilised Triassic era dinosaur droppings.

Scientists discover Triassic era beetle perfectly preserved in dino-dung
Business

Slack just launched the best audio room concept yet with Slack Huddles

Putting simple, instant audio chat into Slack channels feels actually and deeply useful to getting things done in the virtual office.

Slack just launched the best audio room concept yet with Slack Huddles
Media

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???

Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Big Ideas

We have never seen atomic imagery in this kind of detail before

Using advanced ptychography, Cornell University researchers have captured a picoscale image 3x better than the best electron microscopy.

We have never seen atomic imagery in this kind of detail before
Games

The Elder Scrolls VI is still in 'design phase', says Todd Howard

It's been two years since we got a very basic tease of the existence of The Elder Scrolls 6, but don't hold your breath for a release date.

The Elder Scrolls VI is still in 'design phase', says Todd Howard
Culture

Good Omens will bless us with a surprise second season!

BBC and Amazon will deliver more Crowley and Aziraphale, with the Gaiman-led sequel built on a brainstorm he and Pratchett had planned.

Good Omens will bless us with a surprise second season!