Bits: The Byteside Blog
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.
Twitter denounces hoping a powerful white man dies
Hoping for someone to die isn't scary in the way that the social platforms have failed to do anything about real death threats.
Sony swaps X / O inputs for PlayStation 5 in Japan
X is confirm. O is cancel. Right? Not if you're in Japan. But after 26 years they're having to relearn how their PlayStation 5 inputs work.
Clean, limitless power from graphene? Researchers find a way
Graphene once again shows how ridiculously clever it can be as scientists discover a way to generate current from Brownian motion.
League of Legends own K/DA releasing debut album this November
After a two year break, the virtual K-pop group will drop its first album at the end of the World Championships.
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.
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.
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.
Bird-sim Feather shows games don't need 'challenge' to be worthwhile
The liberating, serene simplicity of Samurai Punk's Feather is a joy to explore, with pleasant surprises waiting within.
Arhythmia
Routines, rhythms and the systems we use to keep things moving at the right pace.
Legacy Esports' dream run comes to an end
Facing China's LGD Gaming in their knockout series to make the World Championships group stage, the OPL champs lose but with heads held high.
Great digital paths to learn new skills for free
It's fine to not feel highly motivated to learn new things. But if you are feeling it, here's some free ways to skill up for fun or profit.
Xbox Game Streaming coming to iOS soon
It's out there as a preview right now on Android and it's looking great, but Microsoft has confirmed it will be heading to iOS soon as well.
Studio Ghibli releases a gorgeous free image archive
Take the edge off anytime you need to with some gorgeous images from a new free access archive of Studio Ghibli stills.
Pokemon Sword & Shield's final expansion has been revealed
Overnight, The Pokémon Company premiered a video releasing all sorts of juicy details about Pokémon Sword and Shield's expansion pass, including a confirmed
Cyberpunk 2077 developers push team into mandatory crunch
Developers are being told they must work six days a week and long hours in order to meet deadlines for one of the biggest games of the year.
Asking people to read the bloody article is working, says Twitter
Twitter has been testing out encouraging users to read articles before they retweet them, and it's working so well it's going to go global.
Legacy Esports go where no OCE team has gone before at Worlds 2020
The Aussie champs secured passage out of the first phase of qualifiers, delivering the best ever performance from an Aussie team at Worlds.
Los Angeles Comic Con will go ahead in December and dear God do you really want to do this?
LA Comic Con thinks it's got the right plan in place to protect attendees so they can still enjoy a real life event in 2020. Really???
YouTube crowdsourced captions feature to go despite 500K signature petition
YouTube is shutting down its Community Contributions captioning system, just two days after the end of the International Week of the Deaf.
