Technology
Diving in the world's deepest pool looks like my kind of dystopia
Sit in a waterlogged Bentley 60 metres deep in a mega pool in Dubai? Is this a theme park or social commentary?
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Technology
A movie just launched 91,000 NFTs to pro– nope, I'm not doing this...
Digital artists getting paid thanks to NFTs is great. Movies and companies creating NFTs to score some free promotional value suck.
Computers
Dell takes DSLR inspiration for its 4K UltraSharp Webcam
There's a few 4K webcams under $400 already, but this UltraSharp Webcam puts a big lens on a long barrel for to chase great performance.
Big Ideas
Branson, Bezos, and the Kármán line: how everybody wins this month's space race
Billionaires posturing over commercial spaceflight is the ultimate cockfight, but with Virgin below 100km up everyone gets to say 'First!'
Culture
Two new Lego sets let you chill with buds like Thor and Seinfeld
New Lego sets are coming with the apartment set from Seinfeld as well as Thor's bachelor pad in New Asgard. The cleverness is in the details.
Games
A Sega R360 dead in an Irish field is one of the saddest things I've ever seen
One of the classic circa 1990 free moving flight sim arcade cabinet, only 200 ever made, was found in lying in a field in Northern Ireland.
Technology
Study shows free divers can drop heart rates as low as 11 beats per minute
New research shows elite free divers incredible control puts them in the same oxygen management league as dolphins, seals and whales.
Esports
Valve confirms Bucharest will host Dota 2's The International 10 in October
After Sweden failed to affirm competitors could receive elite athlete visas, Valve had to move fast to find an alternate host for TI10.
Games
D&D arrives in Magic Arena today as the Forgotten Realms set goes live
Drizzt, Tiamat, Mordenkainen and more D&D friends are now live in Magic The Gathering Arena, with the new Mastery season also now underway.
Big Ideas
NASA's Martian helicopter just keeps crushing its targets
Now nine flights deep into its extended mission, Ingenuity keeps pushing its limits – and keeps proving it has what it takes.
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.
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?