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E3 2021 hype preview: what's looking worthy?
What's looking good already and what's still in store? From Xbox to PlayStation, the indies and more, we get on the virtual E3 hype train.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
The cowboy will be a real bop
Bitcoin goes legit: El Salvador has voted to make Bitcoin a legal tender currency in the country, the first country to do so. It sounds wild on its surface, but the legislation says it aims to add regulation to Bitcoin’s use in the country. The country’s other legal
An eternity on the Internet
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Quite the bit of police work that: In one of the most remarkable digital policing operations ever seen, the Australian Federal Police in conjunction with America’s FBI managed to essentially run an encrypted messaging app for criminals, collecting masses of information and evidence over years
Byteside Podcast
It's about time (the podcast is back)
It's been too long but the Byteside podcast is back for a catch up on what we've been watching and playing, plus WWDC and the Fastly mess.
Games
Playdate handheld console unveils Pulp, a free tool for making games
Along with news the cranky handheld console will open for pre-orders in July, Pulp will help anyone make games for it – no code required.
Networks
NBN wants to make 'fair use' rules better than some vague handwaving
Maybe you're not actively trying to download the entire internet but you'd like to know what counts as "excessive"? NBN is working on it.
Politics
AFP, FBI encryption operation was some truly amazing digital police work
Operation Ironside (aka Trojan Shield) was a crazy idea to begin with, and even crazier that it actually worked.
Networks
Fastly just showed us how CDNs keep the Internet alive – until they don't
Just saw a bunch of 503 errors on your favourite websites, like Amazon, Twitch, Reddit and major news outlets? Here's what went wrong.
What's another word for 'brave'?
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 NBN has a plan to end CVC – pay it different money! The National Broadband Network has suggested the first major overhaul to how its pricing is structured for resellers, with the existing price structure an eternal point of argument due to the Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC)
Games
D&D reveals its next campaign adventure has a Feywild flavour
A circus with a secret? A trip to the Feywild? The next campaign adventure from D&D looks set to be a lighter affair than recent years.
Technology
Jeff Bezos is strapping in for a crazy dangerous ride to space
A billionaire CEO joining in on the untested first ever crewed flight to space for his Blue Origin New Shepard mission is... a 'brave' choice.
Technology
Apple WWDC keynote shows off all the new hotness for iOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS Monterey
Here's our first very quick look at the features that jumped out during the opening keynote of Apple WWDC 2021.