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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.

Technology

An NVIDIA AI can turn your crappiest doodles into gorgeous lifelike landscapes

The latest AI fakery is thankfully something more peaceful and calming than most. Doodle some colours on a screen and NVIDIA's GauGAN (get it?) will turn them

An NVIDIA AI can turn your crappiest doodles into gorgeous lifelike landscapes
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Nicola Piggott, Co-founder of The Story Mob (Esports Communications Consultancy)

This week we're bringing you one of the best voices in the business for selling what esports has to offer to big business. Nicola Piggott is the co-founder of

Nicola Piggott, Co-founder of The Story Mob (Esports Communications Consultancy)
Games

Star Trek Catan gives you something more exciting to fight over than sheep and wool

I've enjoyed the odd game of Catan, but I'm also a sucker for a good theme. Sheep, wool and wood just aren't all that exciting. But what about collecting

Star Trek Catan gives you something more exciting to fight over than sheep and wool
Culture

Open Bionics delivers an awesome BB-8 decorated bionic arm that delivers superheroic vibes all day long

Sometimes a kid needs a bionic arm. But when that arm is given some cool styling like a BB-8 theme – and excellent functionality too – you might just make

Open Bionics delivers an awesome BB-8 decorated bionic arm that delivers superheroic vibes all day long
Culture

Meet London's new optical illusion zebra crossing designed to make drivers take notice

The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London – very close to one of the world's most famous zebra crossings – in an

Meet London's new optical illusion zebra crossing designed to make drivers take notice
Games

Blizzard says positive play systems have reduced toxicity in Overwatch by 40%

Online games and toxicity. Like flies on the proverbial, it's just something that has been deemed an inescapable part of playing online. But it really

Blizzard says positive play systems have reduced toxicity in Overwatch by 40%
Culture

The great Danny Trejo will bring some hardcore energy to the role of Boots in the ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie

Don't mess with Boots. I mean, why does a monkey wear those boots anyway? He's got some attitude. And those boots are made for walking. All over you...

The great Danny Trejo will bring some hardcore energy to the role of Boots in the ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie
Games

Year of the Dragon deep dive with Cam Shea from IGN

This week I popped into the IGN studio to get face to face with Cam Shea and geek out about all the latest news around Hearthstone. We dive into the Year of

Year of the Dragon deep dive with Cam Shea from IGN
Culture

Bill & Ted 3 will face the music in August 2020

Wyld Stallions needs to save us ASAP. But if we can hold it together until second half of 2020 they'll finally bring about World Peace.

Bill & Ted 3  will face the music in August 2020
Esports

Overwatch League is sending teams to their home cities in 2020

The OWL grand concept of city-based teams playing regularly out of their home cities is set to become real in 2020. A lot doubted if the idea could truly

Overwatch League is sending teams to their home cities in 2020
Games

Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice

Over at IEM I caught up with two of the Aussie casters covering all the action from the Starcraft stage. Usually we only ever get one of these great

Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice
Technology

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow

All those videos of engineers abusing robots to show how stable or agile they are really might bite us in the butt in the future, according to one ethicist.

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow
Big Ideas

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful

"Hey, let's make a new coin for Stephen Hawking that honours his life by portraying the beauty of a black hole that can be carried around in someone's

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful
Games

Steam Link Anywhere links your Steam PC gaming anywhere (obviously)

I've been a Steam Link user for a good while, especially for displaying what's happening in a HTC Vive headset on the living room TV. But I've also played

Steam Link Anywhere links your Steam PC gaming anywhere (obviously)
Big Ideas

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids

It can be so much easier to get kids excited about making and coding and playing with cool ideas when they can bounce off characters and ideas they know and

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids
Games

The original Diablo is running on modern PCs thanks to Blizzard and GOG

Good Old Games (GOG) has partnered with Blizzard to bring classic Diablo back to life. While we've had the recent anniversary events in January to give us the

The original Diablo is running on modern PCs thanks to Blizzard and GOG
Games

Fnatic's Rainbow Six Siege captain and coach

This week I’ve got two of the members of the Fnatic Rainbow Six team - team captain Etienne ‘Magnet’ Rousseau, and coach/manager Jayden ‘Dizzle’ Saunders.

Fnatic's Rainbow Six Siege captain and coach
Culture

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development

I loved it. You should love it. It was Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers in the best way possible. Emily Blunt rocked as a battle-hardened bug destroyer

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development
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Behind Siege esports with Alexandre Remy and François-Xavier Dénièle

I sit down with two of the key brains behind Rainbow Six Siege and its smart and steady rise toward the top tier of global esports. Esports Director

Behind Siege esports with Alexandre Remy and François-Xavier Dénièle
Games

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)

It has been a very nervous wait for Hearthstone esports fans, with a slow road to finding out how they were changing things up for the 2019 season and beyond.

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)