Technology
Spot the robodog visits Chernobyl, sure to gain new radioactive powers now
OK, sending robot dogs into dangerous areas is the entire point of robots. And here's some footage showing how it's done. For science.
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Big Ideas
Facebook helps boost NYU research project monitoring its ads – by suing it
Facebook goes after an NYU research plugin designed to give greater transparency to political adverts.
Big Ideas
NASA confirms the Moon has more water than than we thought
From supporting human habitation to being converted into rocket fuel, here's why that Moon water is such an exciting discovery.
New Realities
Facebook continues Oculus woes, account deletion wipes purchases
When your delightful virtual reality headset conflicts with your desire to stop being trapped in the big bad social network.
New Realities
Samsung's new displays to eliminate screen door effect in VR
OLED screens with 10,000 pixels per inch? Samsung and Stanford University are ready to push that V so much closer to the R.
Games
UNO taking a sustainable step forward with all paper edition
A new entirely paper edition of Uno is not only more sustainable, it's prettier too! So what was it made from before? We have the answer.
Attention, distraction and Quibi
It will go down in history as one of the great failures of the digital age. Almost $2 billion spent on a Hollywood-backed, highly-polished, mobile-only, episodic streaming video service that will be long forgotten with no sense of loss whatsoever. We talked about Quibi on the Byteside podcast a lot
Big Ideas
Australian-made hydrogen energy storage tech ready to launch
A UNSW research sping-off is ready to sell you hydrogen-based battery with larger and longer lasting energy storage than ever before.
Culture
Your excitable history lesson on Netflix's Blood of Zeus
Our resident historian goes deep on what Greek myths the new Netflix anime looks like it will be digging into.
Technology
SSC Tuatara blitzes Bugatti, sets new speed record over 500km/h
It wasn't that long ago 400km/h was the barrier, and now the SSC Tuatara has smashed through 500. Amazing.
Culture
Billie Eilish upcoming livestream gig plays with an XR experience
An interesting experiment in digital concert livestreaming also feels like a fun, accessible way to catch some live music.
Technology
These classic-but-electric roadsters are retro dreamtastic
We would very much like one of these ultra classy looking electric roadsters to be the future of all electric cars.