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Category: Entertainment
Remote Collaboration – Rick Springfield Discusses His Latest Album
Piers talks with Australian-American musician and actor Rick Springfield about his latest…
The Race That Could Start A Nation
Piers talks with Bruce Keebaugh, founder of catering and events company The…
Remote Collaboration – Russell Morris Discusses His Latest Album
A chat with Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Russell Morris about his project…
Media Shake Up As HD Music Streaming Comes Of Age
A chat with veteran broadcaster Brendon Telfer of RPPfm about the introduction…
Understanding Risk – Gambling And Insurance
Dr. Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems and Guy West,…
Shooting At The International Space Station
Action adventure star Tom Cruise is set to make a movie in…
Review – Jabra Elite 75T Earbuds
Resident techie John Young recently took possession of a pair of Jabra…
How To Podcast From Home
Piers and John explain how to podcast remotely on a budget. While…
The Time That Is Given Us
Musings on a planet changed with blinding speed and our shared futures.…
Is The Clock TikTok’ing For Spotify?
A new music streaming service from TikTok’s parent company Bytedance could challenge…
AI Drones Monitoring Music Festivals
The Eye in the Sky program, a drone surveillance system developed in…
Australian Government Moves To Block Offshore Gambling Sites
The Australian Communications and Media Authority will block illegal offshore gambling websites.…
China Limits Time Young People Spend Gaming
Concerned about adverse social effects, the government is introducing strict limits on…
Embracing Music Made By Artificial Intelligence
We discuss whether algorithm-generated music is any good. Is it creative or…
Deep-faking The Silver Screen
Hollywood is embracing the latest VFX techniques to accurately depict what actors…
Developers Earning Passive Income From “The Worst Users”
Two developers offered a warning to others at this year’s Game Developers…
Cracking Down On Loot Boxes
US Senator Josh Hawley wants to ban the sale of loot boxes…
Google To Launch Stadia Game Streaming Service
The new video game streaming service will start in late 2019. It’ll…
Spotify Takes On Apple As Music Streaming War Heats Up
Spotify has complained to the European Commission that Apple’s AppStore rules “purposely…
Do Video Games Make Kids Violent?
A study of 14 and 15 year old teenagers by the UK’s…
Bandersnatch – Breaking The 4th Wall
An interactive dark fantasy show on Netflix allows viewers to make their…
The Internet Of Smells
Is it possible to simulate a smell through the nasal cavity by…
The Resurgence Of Internet Piracy
Fragmentation of quality programming among different streaming services is causing more people…
All New Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Phone
With a 6 inch display, the latest Snapdragon 845 SoC, 8GB of…
Predictions For AR/VR
Despite their current humble beginnings, the future looks bright for AR/VR developers.…
Anyone Can Become A Citizen Scientist
QuestaGame and Nature’s Notebook in the US encourage everyday people to photograph,…
What To Look Out For At CES 2018
From January 9-12, the annual Las Vegas show will serve up a…
The Mighty – A Dedicated Spotify Player @MightyUnplugged
John is the proud owner of this compact music player and gives…
Samsung’s Amazing New 360 Round VR Camera
This 17-lens 360-degree camera can live stream in 4K, which should make…
4K TV Buyers Guide
John’s been sniffing around for a TV upgrade. Here he tries to…
Third Party Google Assistant Speakers Hit The Market
In a range of sizes, colours, shapes and prices, heaps of smart…
Spotify Set To Control Music Streaming
Explosive growth of paid subscriptions augurs well for an eventual public float…
VR Breathing Life Back Into The Ancient World
A Melbourne VR start up is pioneering archaeologically accurate virtual experiences of…
Uluru On Street View
The Australian sandstone monolith near Alice Springs is revealed in stunning interactive…
Apple Announces HomePod And Much More At WWDC’17
The tech giant proclaims its first new hardware since the Apple Watch…
How Digitisation Changes Everything For Musicians
A research team studying the cultural and economic value of the Australian…
Federal Court Order Blocks Bittorrent Sites
As with earlier attempts, are the latest Australian efforts to curtail online…
Cheap VPNs For Life
How to circumvent geoblocking with a very affordable virtual private network. Purchase…
Nintendo Switch On Sale In March 2017
Will this versatile, console-portable hybrid save Nintendo’s bacon? Early impressions from John…
Learning To Love Pokemon Go
John road tests the new augmented reality gaming sensation. He finds there…
Pokemon Go Is Go
Niantic’s augmented reality game is taking the world by storm. The biggest…
Australians Paying Too Much For IP
Federal Government’s Productivity Commission recommends a broad rebalance of the country’s IP…
The Coming VR Revolution
The Rift finally goes on sale but competitors are lining up to…
Netflix Stymies Geohopping
Responding to pressure from free-to-air rights holders, Netflix prevents geohopping using VPNs.
Dallas Buyers Back Off
ISPs abandon 3 strikes rule for internet pirates, as the producers of…
Netflix Moves To Enforce Geoblocking
The media streaming giant is cracking down on those using virtual private…
Telstra’s Tech Roll-out On The Peninsula
Beyond Infinity catches up with Telstra. We discuss 4GX mobile, Telstra TV,…
High Tech Man Caves
A Kiwi engineer named Jono Williams has built himself the ultimate man…
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Compared
Android phones and iPhones can integrate with your car’s infotainment system and…