Big Ideas
Take sleep more seriously with a Withings Sleep Analyzer
Withings Sleep Analyzer is impressive because it tracks so much without needing to actively remember it's a thing you added to your life.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Technology
Taking the fun out of fungible
Let’s cut to the chase: a lot of people who think they’ve recently bought digitally verified unique artworks will soon discover these artworks are not as permanent or as verified as they’d hoped. The whole non-fungible token craze is a mess. The technical concept? Very sound. Entirely
Jetpacks Are Overrated
Ruslan Kogan on the 15th anniversary of his online retail empire
From failing to launch one of the first Android phones to battles with Gerry Harvey, we talk to Kogan himself about all things Kogan.
Technology
Steel Series Arctis 9 Wireless gaming headset is a heavenly union of sources
Comfort, great battery life and a seamless union of simultaneous Bluetooth and 2.4GHz sources makes this the headset I'd been hoping for.
Technology
Byteside supporter giveaway for March: EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid
Byteside supporters get the chance to win cool prizes. This time our giveaway is for the excellent EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid wireless earbuds.
Media
There and back again
We skipped last week in order to move back to the Revue newsletter platform. I hope it’s a lesson in not being afraid to explore opportunities and to feel comfortable saying ‘Nope!’ and resetting things if it just doesn’t feel right. I think it’s also a lesson
Technology
After daily tech news fast? Get Byteside's new podcast: Bits
Byteside kicks off a new daily bulletin that will get you the most interesting tech news in under five minutes. And you can sub it now.
Byteside Podcast
The WandaVision post-mortem episode
The first Marvel series at Disney+ became the most watched show ever on streaming (so far), so how do we feel about it all now it's done?
Games
The future of the Australian games industry in 2021
We talk to Ron Curry, CEO of IGEA, about the Australian video game development survey for 2020, covering the good, the bad and the politics.
Health
Peloton is coming to Australia
US fitness cycling service Peloton has announced it will be coming to Australia in 2021. Is this the gym replacement you've been looking for?
Byteside Podcast
States of play: what's next from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft's XR lab?
This week on the show we're examining Nintendo Direct and Sony's State of Play to see what's exciting us in 2021's videogame line up.
Games
Interview: Dean Ayala and Chadd Nervig on the new Hearthstone era
Byteside chats with key designers on the Hearthstone team during BlizzConline about the big changes coming to the Year of the Gryphon.