Bits: The Byteside Blog
Streaming megastar Pokimane asks fans to support more emerging creators
Popular streamer Pokimane says she earns enough and has created an industry first to put a cap on what fans can give her.
Reading Trump's tweets in crayon scrawl is very appropriate right now
Reading the rantings and ravings of an unhinged world leader's tweets in children's handwriting at least adds some entertainment.
YouTube won't remove US election disinformation, thinks demonetising is enough
A video claiming Trump won the election last night violating YouTube policies has only been demonetised rather than taken down.
Watch this robotic race car not pass Go and not collect $200
It's just a glitch and they know exactly what went wrong, but it's always funny to watch expensive cars crash themselves into walls.
Lesson for AI #548: A linesman's bald head is not a football
Fans were treated to an interesting display when the AI sports camera kept mistaking a bald linesman's head for the ball.
How a joint delayed Wasteland 3 in Australia
It was refused classification in Australia at first, and we now know it was all thanks to a positive portrayal of the use of cannabis in game.
Paradise Killer and Vaporwave: more than just an aesthetic
Talking to Oli Clarke Smith, Creative Director of Paradise Killer, we look at how the vaporwave genre and aesthetic have evolved.
Deepfaking Trump with Harry Shearer
We speak to virtual production studio Mod's Michela Ledwidge about the tech that brought Harry Shearer's Donald Trump satire to freakish life.
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller teardown: adaptive triggers explained
See inside the PS5's DualSense controller and find out how the adaptive triggers actually work.
Raspberry Pi 400 is a $100 PC packed entirely into a keyboard and I need it
Long the domain of enthusiasts and championing computer science education, now the Raspberry Pi 400 is an entire PC in a keyboard.
Nintendo, stop with the limited-time crap
Limited edition digital releases for Fire Emblem and Mario games? Get out of here with that crap, Nintendo.
Elliot Page to star in a Gamergate comedy? We have concerns...
‘Pitch Perfect with esports and Gamergate’ just feels offensive to the very real and ongoing suffering of those involved.
Online pundits dispute SSC Tuatara record-breaking 533km/h speed run
Seems like North American car manufacturer SSC didn't quite tick every box with their Tuatara hypercar record-breaking speed run.
My obsession with a crime reporting beauty guru
What do you get when you mix hardcore true crime with a perfect cut crease? Your new favourite YouTube channel.
PAX Online and digital conventions: are they any good for indie developers?
Game developers tell Byteside how digital-only events changed their story in 2020, and the lessons to make physical events better in future.
How to tell if you're a digital hoarder
If your documents folder looks like digital possums nested in it, you might be a digital hoarder. And that's ok, but here's how to manage it.
iPhones just became even more accessible for blind users
Apple cleverly uses the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max's LiDAR tech to further enhance its accessibility services.
Overanalysing the Xbox box
This is the extended, over hyped, over dramatic, over detailed Xbox Series X unboxing you have been waiting for.
The last Xbox
The demand for higher resolutions and faster refresh rates and more data throughput is cresting, creating the chance for smaller and smarter hardware in future, or even the potential for future mobile devices to bear the load instead of needing big boxes under our TVs.
Vindolanda: a dead obsession
It's time to get your would-be child detective on the case. There's a historical mystery to solve and it starts with human bones!
