Media
New media platforms constantly transformed
Want a $4,999 music player? Sony's got you sorted
Sony's newest Walkman music players look fancy, play high-quality audio, and can stream from your fave services. At a price.
At last, Netflix lets us clear our 'Continue Watching' purgatory of trashy shows
We can finally clear out half-watched TV shows and movies from our Netflix lists thanks to a new feature from the streaming company.
LG TVs get the GeForce Now cloud gaming treatment
Leave your PC in the office, because Nvidia's cloud gaming GeForce Now service now has a native LG TV app.
Free-to-air networks lobby for better placement on smart TVs
Australian commercial TV networks want more help to compete against Netflix and Disney+, despite more people streaming Aussie TV than ever.
Data and how you slice it
There's always a reason to present data in very specific ways.
10 comforting, bingeworthy docuseries to nourish your brain
From fashion to food, sport to sound, we've gathered some great docuseries to dive into for a binge that educates while it entertains.
Programmatic identity
The programmed public square has been a terrible place to live our lockdown lives, showing each of us exactly and only what it thinks we want the world to look like.
How 'The Million Dollar Homepage' has aged, and what it means for digital history
Researchers look back on the seminal marketing website and check the active links – and debate how to improve digital archives in future.
D&D Live 2021! All the schedule details and how to watch online
This weekend watch comedy greats like Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith, and Jack Black, wrestlers, actors and more play D&D live online!
Do esports need beer? Are we actually enjoying Loki?
This week's show debates the Gravitas Glory esports beer, the hunt for the white whale PS5, and the big TV shows coming soon.
Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...
How do you make an Alien show that has nothing to do with Ripley but everything to do with what made the first films great? Noah Hawley knows.
Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...
Xbox Cloud Gaming: here's the list of countries in today's wider launch
A big update for xCloud gaming today, with Xbox announcing availability across 22 countries for Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets.
Instagram is ready to make your timeline an even messier hot mess
With a fresh test of Suggested Posts that will appear ahead of actual people you follow, welcome to more algorithm than ever before.
Is your phone really listening to you? It's so smart it doesn't have to.
Your phone is reading your mind, but it's because it's getting all the data it needs without access to your microphone.
Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop
All the better to upload that pristinely edited photo (or meme, or ad), Instagram has quietly opened the door to posts from your PC.
Strange Planet coming to Apple TV+ with Dan Harmon's helping hands
Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon will executive produce an animated series based on Pyle's wonderful Strange Planet comic strips.
Microsoft wants you to know you might never buy another Xbox again
In a pre-E3, pre-main Xbox press conference video, Nadella and Spencer delved into the future of Xbox not needing an Xbox at all.
One set of rules to rule them all
Twitter gives Australia the Blues, COVIDSafe doesn't give anything, plus Facebook, hot sauce, Hearthstone, Valorant and more.
Facebook might finally stop treating politicians as 'more equal than others'
After recent Oversight Board questions, Facebook might be about to stop letting politicans say whatever they like.
