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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.

Games

Playstation 5 details drop: November 12, $749.95/$599.95

After making us wait 43 mins we got the details we've been waiting for. The PS5 lands in Australia November 12 and the big lad is $749.95.

Playstation 5 details drop: November 12, $749.95/$599.95
Security

Phreaking brilliant

Last week was Xbox, this week it's Playstation 5. But not quite yet. So we make bold predictions sure to be wildly inaccurate within 24 hours.

Phreaking brilliant
Culture

Hugo Weaving 'befuddled' by alt-right readings of The Matrix

"These films are profoundly thought through, but it’s too easy to look cool, have a cool haircut, and have a gun, and you think that’s all you need to do in life."

Hugo Weaving 'befuddled' by alt-right readings of The Matrix
Business

Apple One is Apple's new bundled services subscription deal

Apple reveals its Apple One bundled subscription service, covering Music, TV, News, Fitness, Arcade and iCloud storage services.

Apple One is Apple's new bundled services subscription deal
Technology

Apple iPad Air redesign is a sassy minx

The Apple iPad got two new updates today, with the iPad Air getting a particularly stylish iPad Pro vibe with cooler options.

Apple iPad Air redesign is a sassy minx
Health

New Apple Watch gets blood oxygen and Fitness+ workouts

Apple today announced the Apple Watch Series 6 and the Watch SE, with blood oxygen tracking the big draw for the latest release.

New Apple Watch gets blood oxygen and Fitness+ workouts

Xbox Series N(adella)

The focus on cloud services in the new generation Xbox Series X speaks to the focus of the whole of Microsoft in the Nadella era.

Xbox Series N(adella)
Games

Victor Kislyi, Founder & CEO, Wargaming.net

High Resolution talks to Victor Kislyi, founder and CEO of Wargaming.net, about the 10 year journey of World of Tanks.

Victor Kislyi, Founder & CEO, Wargaming.net
Jetpacks Are Overrated

The dark value of uninformed consent

The Australian news media bargaining code is trying to solve the wrong problem. It's a Band-aid on an ulcer.

The dark value of uninformed consent

Dark and full of terrors

Too many parents react swiftly to a few scary headlines but don’t actually do much to educate their kids or have conversations about being a savvy digital citizen.

Dark and full of terrors
Media

That TikTok video

How do we deal with viral videos that can put "things you can never unseen" into the social media feeds of every user of a platform?

That TikTok video
Media

Twitch just became the best Watch Party tool around

Even if you don't care about trying to build an audience, this is a great tool for just sharing a show and hanging out with friends.

Twitch just became the best Watch Party tool around
Byteside Podcast

Australia vs Facebook & Google

This week, Nic and Seamus talk about the battle over digital ad revenues and the effort to demand Facebook and Google give money to the media industry.

Australia vs Facebook & Google

The value of uninformed consent

Everyone thought they were getting free services in exchange for ads. But if the depth of the tracking involved was truly known to make the ads so good, would we really have agreed at the start?

The value of uninformed consent

Digital culture is culture

The impacts of the digital world upon every day culture have never been greater. It's time to treat them that way.

Digital culture is culture
Games

D&D's latest rules expansion gives the race overhaul fans have been waiting for

D&D announced its latest rulebook release, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. The biggest expansion of options for the game in three years.

D&D's latest rules expansion gives the race overhaul fans have been waiting for
Byteside Podcast

Apple vs Epic vs Batman's eye makeup

Apple and the company that makes the Unreal Engine and Fortnite (yes, Epic) at war, plus DC Fundome and the future of digital events!

Apple vs Epic vs Batman's eye makeup
Games

Inside ESO Stonethorn with Mike Finnigan

With the latest dungeon DLC, Stonethorn, added to the game, Bethesda offered us a chat with Mike Finnigan, the Lead Encounter Designer.

Inside ESO Stonethorn with Mike Finnigan

The End Of Infinite

Like the infinite scroll, every media form keeps chasing the ability to keep us in neverending flow of content.

The End Of Infinite
Byteside Podcast

Who really wins in the search war?

This week we touch on Google's Aussie fight, old school gaming, Lovecraft Country, Microsoft Flight Simulator and plenty more. Hit it!

Who really wins in the search war?