Cam Wilson
Next week, Maserati is launching the MC20, a direct descendent of the $2 million MC12 (in good ways and bad), and Maserati’s first new car in over four years. It’s very likely the most interesting thing Maserati’s done in a bit longer than that.
Anyone who was around in the 80s will be pretty surprised that Bill Gates and Microsoft are turning out to be the good guys of 2020, but here we are. MS has created a new tool called Video Authenticator to identify deepfakes (those spooky videos that all-too-realistically change the face…
Video games have the ability to take us to the furthest reaches of our imagination, telling award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories (or just turning us into giant blobs that fight each other). Given how terrible the real world has been lately, you’d think the best escape would be…
Illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini was famously capable of holding his breath for over three minutes. But today, competitive breath-hold divers can squeeze ten, fifteen, even twenty minutes out of a single lungful of air. How do these divers do it — and how can you train to hold…
When the world emerges from the pain and suffering of covid-19, there’s so much to look forward to, especially at the movies. For example, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be kicking up once again with the cosmic adventure Eternals from director Chloé Zhao. The film is currently scheduled for release…
The New Mutants is a curious quagmire of a film that’s been defined by “what ifs” from the moment it was announced five years ago. What if it followed Apocalypse’s example and dragged the X-Men cinematic franchise further into the gutter? What if it somehow managed to be good? What…
I will be the first to say that not everything has to be a smartwatch. In fact, I am relieved that as smartwatches become more affordable, wearables makers haven’t completely forgotten about cheaper options for those of us who want a gadget to track steps without breaking the bank. What…
Ander Christensen went viral on Wednesday after his speech about the absurdity of boneless chicken wings gained traction onmultiple social media platforms. Christensen believes the phrase “boneless chicken wings” doesn’t make any sense and asked his local city council in Lincoln, Nebraska to officially rename the dish to something more…
You’ve probably already perused other reviews of Weber’s SmokeFire pellet grill, which hit stores early this year. And you probably left those reviews thinking the SmokeFire sorta sucks. Fair enough. It’s got a temperature range that no other fancy grill and smoker on the market possesses, but a variety of…
For the past decade, Blumhouse has built up a reputation for quality in the horror genre. If you see that Blumhouse logo, most of the time, you know you’re in for a good scare. Now, the company is taking that hard-earned cache and using it in a whole new way.
When Ella’s monthly supply of modafinil didn’t arrive in the mail in late August, she wasn’t sure what to do. They’re not like the pills she takes for her allergies or her blood pressure. “Without it, I might not be able to get up for three days,” she said. A…
When Jon Favreau said that The Mandalorian’s second season wouldn’t be stopped by the covid-19 pandemic that’s effectively brought Hollywood to its knees, he meant it.
JBL’s new speaker line wants to make you feel like the DJ of your own living room — or the great outdoors. There’s something for everyone here.
Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay for news becomes law. The announcement follows the release of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s draft news media bargaining…
In the past, alternative medicine practitioners have promoted honey products for treating cancer despite proof it works. But a recent discovery by an Australian scientist about honey bee venom’s effect on breast cancer cells may change all that. Dr Ciara Duffy from University of Western Australia’s Harry Perkins Institute has…
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“I’m sorry Tegan, I missed sending this to you,” read a recent text I received. It was followed by a random link. Within a few minutes I received a duplicate text from different number. As far as scam texts go, this is certainly one of the freakier ones I’ve seen….
Call of Duty updates are notoriously huge. They’ve become so problematic to Australian networks that NBN Co called CoD out specifically when it announced its new Gigabit speed tier earlier this year. Patching may become a little easier in the future, with Aussie Broadband partnering with Activision-Blizzard to provide a…
It’s pretty normal to feel full of energy for exercise some days, and as though you can’t be bothered on other days. For women, there’s a physiological explanation behind this. While men’s hormone levels do change over a lifetime, day-to-day they remain quite stable. Women, however, experience fluctuating levels of…
Tesla may be taking its relationship with video games to the next level.
Often times, a classic movie can help us time travel. It brings us right back to the instant we first saw it. Maybe you were with a special person. Maybe you were a certain age. But few things tap into nostalgia like a fan’s relationship to a movie.
A few weeks back Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 20 at Unpacked. It closed off the show by teasing its new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 ‘soon’. Well now soon has come. This is everything we know about the new foldable and how much it costs in Australia. If you…
Right now, just 17 per cent of the world’s energy comes from renewable sources. The lion’s share still comes from planet-warming fossil fuels. It’s clear that we have to change that ratio quickly in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow the climate crisis.
Jeff Bezos obviously doesn’t want a union in his company. Amazon’s increasingly flippant statements about protest activity have made that clear, as have years of leaks in the press that detail the sort of anti-labour re-education workers are subjected to, how company brass discuss labour leaders, and the sheer resources…
E-readers not only survived the arrival of the iPad and other tablet devices, they’re thriving, and innovating, with 2020 marking the arrival of the first full-colour E Ink displays in products like the PocketBook Colour and Hisense A5C. Like most first-generation products they’re far from perfect, but they promise to…
Facebook has threatened to ban all news content for users in Australia if a law proposed by the Australian government moves forward, according to a press release published by the social media company late Monday. Facebook’s ban on news would apply to both news organisations and individual users in Australia…
One day in the perhaps not-so-distant future, you’ll be able to interact with your tablet, phone, or computer using a regular ole sheet of notebook paper.
This is far from the first collaboration between the two powerhouses of Wizards of the Coast’s tabletop games — but it’s the first time D&D has really come to Magic in a major way.
Nvidia has consistently maintained its status as the lead creator of graphics cards, pioneering the transition to fancy lighting effects like ray tracing in games. Now that Nvidia’s officially announced its next-gen GPUs and the rumour mill is put to rest, we know just how much fancier its GPUs are…
If you were wondering whether you should save yourself a couple hundred dollars and opt for an Apple Watch Series 3: Don’t. A Bloomberg report says alongside the forthcoming Series 6, Apple is planning to introduce a new, more affordable Apple Watch to replace the Series 3.
Australian scientists have cracked the code, developing an electronic skin that can feel pain, heat and pressure. The researchers from Melbourne’s RMIT University have developed the prototype to mimic real human skin in the hope it could work as a viable alternative to invasive skin grafts and prosthetics. The findings,…
The concept of a COVID-19 “germ bubble” refers to close contacts with whom we don’t practise mask use or keep physical distancing. In strict lockdown, this generally means just the members of your own household. But several countries, such as New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have experimented with bubbles…
I downloaded a Mac OS 8 emulator a few weeks ago — not just because it looked cool, but because I had a serious hankering for some classic Oregon Trail. The app itself is pretty neat. It’s made by the same Slack developer, Felix Rieseberg, who also made a Windows…
