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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.

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Blocking spoilers from your Facebook feed is officially in the works

Facebook recently announced a new addition to its line up of news feed filters to help you deal with the bane of our modern digital existence - having sports,

Blocking spoilers from your Facebook feed is officially in the works
Esports

How are the Aussies finding life in the Overwatch League?

“They’re ready. You’ve got about eight minutes, sorry.”

How are the Aussies finding life in the Overwatch League?
Culture

Cheating cricketers: only one way to restore our reputation fast

Sack the team. The whole team.

Cheating cricketers: only one way to restore our reputation fast
Culture

Vale Stephen Hawking

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."

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What a February without social media feeds did to my brain

'Feed free February'. It alliterates, so it must be worth doing, right? My wife and I both decided we'd skip the random scrolling down our social feeds for

What a February without social media feeds did to my brain
Games

Order's early exit at IEM Katowice leaves the team with a mixed bag of feels

Order is the new esports org on the block in the Australian scene, but they bring a very different pedigree - and team financing concept - with them. After

Order's early exit at IEM Katowice leaves the team with a mixed bag of feels
Technology

Audiowood x Uncrate Barky turntable is design genius

Echoing the grooves of a vinyl record alongside the ebonised ash wood base structure, this high-end turntable design is a stunner.

Audiowood x Uncrate Barky turntable is design genius
Culture

David Byrne leads a flash choir in an amazing rendition of Bowie's "Heroes"

Simply transcendent.

David Byrne leads a flash choir in an amazing rendition of Bowie's "Heroes"
Technology

Gen2 Formula E cars look incredible

And looks really do matter when it comes to showing off electric cars at the peak of their powers.

Gen2 Formula E cars look incredible
Games

Hearthstone Ranked Ladder gets a March update!

If you've been tired of the long, slow road to the middle of the table, there's good news afoot. In a blog post - complete with Ben Brode video update -

Hearthstone Ranked Ladder gets a March update!
Games

Matt Wyble on how to train smarter to chase Hearthstone glory

Matt Wyble is one of the leaders behind the scenes of Hearthstone esports. A man who has pursued serious sport himself at the highest levels (trialling for

Matt Wyble on how to train smarter to chase Hearthstone glory
Games

Hearthstone's Dean Ayala on his game design journey and the critical value of QA work

Dean Ayala. Restaurant Consultant. In that other, darker timeline, we don't have the Dean Ayala we know from the Hearthstone Game Design team. Thankfully, Ayala found his way into Blizzard, and we thought we'd explore a little of his heroic journey into game design and what

Hearthstone's Dean Ayala on his game design journey and the critical value of QA work
Games

Gfinity building a path toward making grassroots esports get real

How do you build an esports empire that builds a good business AND creates the chance for everyone to have a shot at a pro contract?

Gfinity building a path toward making grassroots esports get real
Games

Interview: Gfinity Australia CEO Dom Redmond and COO Sam Harris

With Gfinity Challenger Series underway, we spoke to the leaders of this new esports operation. Hit the link for our full conversation with the leadership

Interview: Gfinity Australia CEO Dom Redmond and COO Sam Harris
Esports

Interview: Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner, Nate Nanzer

I recently interviewed Nate Nanzer, Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner for all things Overwatch League, for this story in the Australian Financial Review.

Interview: Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner, Nate Nanzer
Media

Brevity is the soul of Twitter... but doesn't move the needle

Skim Reading as a Service is never going to pay the bills.

Brevity is the soul of Twitter... but doesn't move the needle
Technology

LuMee's clever iPhone case for better photo lighting

Carrying better lighting to use with your phone is mostly a non-event. It's just too hard to bother for most people.

LuMee's clever iPhone case for better photo lighting
Technology

The '$2000 iPhone' problem isn't the problem you think

The ‘$2000 phone’ thing annoys me. There's a lot of it about after today's Apple launch. It’s a classic judgment on ‘things I value’ vs ‘things you value’.

The '$2000 iPhone' problem isn't the problem you think
Technology

A critical work skill that won't be automated by robots (anytime soon)

Social drives are a critical part of the human experience. Being able to comprehend these subtle cues and work with them, work around them and embrace them,

A critical work skill that won't be automated by robots (anytime soon)
Culture

StarCraft is astronaut Daniel Barry's favourite game. So he took it to the ISS with him.

Boy loves space. Boy loves space game. Boy becomes astronaut and flies to space, taking copy of space game with him.

StarCraft is astronaut Daniel Barry's favourite game. So he took it to the ISS with him.