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LG CX OLED 4K TV review: So good I'm buying one
When you can't live without the TV you just tested, and hate having to let it go back after the review? That's something very special.
Seamus Byrne
Founder and Head of Content at Byteside. Brings two decades of experience covering tech, digital culture, and their impacts on society.
Technology
EPOS GSP 600 series headset sends you to a world of your own
It's chunky and demands some desk real estate, but for solid passive sound isolation in a versatile gaming headset, EPOS has some great kit.
Byteside Podcast
New Apple iPhone day 2020
iPhone 12, why MagSafe rules', plus we still find time on iPhone day to talk about videogames as well as electric vehicles in regional Oz.
Technology
Apple iPhone 12 got 5G: so what else is new?
We've picked out seven features that are faster, shinier, stronger and smarter than before in the latest iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro.
Industry bit rot
More Australian media job losses in tech and gaming show a fading of local nuance as global dominance grows.
Games
JB Hi-Fi changes course on gift cards for console pre-orders (but it's still messy)
JB Hi-Fi has seen sense and created a new system for pre-order customers to pay for a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X with gift cards.
Games
Riot Games is shutting down the OPL in another blow to ANZ esports
Riot has pulled up stumps on the Oceanic Pro League and its Sydney office. It's a gut punch to local fans, and the entire ANZ esports scene.
Games
JB Hi-Fi at "real risk" of breach over gift card refusal on console pre-orders
We got consumer advocacy group CHOICE to weigh in on the JB Hi-Fi pre-order situation, and it's got advice for buyers – and for JB.
Culture
All your next favourite movies are being delayed so stop worrying
Dune. The Batman. 007. All the upcoming blockbusters are being delayed and reshuffled so just get used to disappointment.
Games
WoW Shadowlands delay gives us more time to embrace the squish
Any delay is disappointing, but this one is an opportunity to properly explore the big changes we're getting in the pre-patch.
Games
Minecraft Steve joins Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Tick Steve, Alex, Enderman and Zombie off your Super Smash Bros Ultimate dance card, friends, because they're all coming on 14 October.
Culture
Blur's Song 2 but Mario does all the 'woohoo' work? Yes!
Ours is not to ask why this exists. Ours is to ask why it took so long for this to happen at all? Glorious stuff.