Technology
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!
Culture
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Media
007, take the bloody streaming deal or risk losing it all
No Time To Die may have no time at all if it doesn't take a chance and go the streaming route before everyone has given up on it.
Culture
Dan Golding on his ARIA nomination for the Untitled Goose Game
We talk to Golding about converting a game soundtrack into a linear format, what the nomination means to him, and what he's working on next.
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.
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.
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.
Culture
New Photoshop AI features make it easier than ever to pretend you know what you're doing
Neural filters, sky replacement technology and ridiculous edge detection takes how good / creepy Photoshop can be to yet another level.
Culture
The great coffee conundrum
Is there a way to enjoy convienient coffee ethically? Probably not. Am I a monster for enjoying coffee pods? It's complicated. But yes.
Home
Aurora RGBorealis?! Localized entirely within your study!?!
In a response to last week's RGB column from Alice Clarke, Hope digs in further on her own love for the joy smart LEDs bring to her home.
Culture
BIGSOUND 2020 is the latest Aussie live music event to go online
Everything from a Tom Morello keynote to DOOM composer Mick Gordon sees this year's online spin on the event looking worth a digital visit.
Culture
The Flaming Lips take the quarantine bubble literally with unique live show
Live music has been one of 2020's greatest casualties, but The Flaming Lips may have solved the problem of how to safely perform to crowds.
Games
Gabe Newell wants to temporarily move Valve to New Zealand and don't we all
Gabe Newell says he's eager to have a chat with Jacinda Ardern about moving game production teams to New Zealand.