New South Wales has just rolled out it digital driver’s licences, allowing people to use their smartphone as an official form of identification. You probably don’t want to use it, though. Having a digital driver’s licence on your smartphone, as opposed to the plastic card the majority of adults carry around in their wallet or […]
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Why Does Twitter Want You to Eat Tide Pods?
Yes, this is absolutely a piece about getting banned from Twitter, which is very 2014 of me. But here we are. It started, as you might expect, with notable abject failure-cum-racist Mark Latham. A person who’s list of achievements started and ended at once wearing a dirty polo shirt and oversized shorts to the Prime […]
RIP In Piece Galaxy Fold – You Won’t Be Missed
When Samsung revealed the Galaxy Fold all the way back in February, some speculated that this would be the big game changer. This would move the world forward similar to what the iPhone did in 2007. I was skeptical, to say the least, when I first cast eyes over the dual-screen-but-not-quite folding monstrosity. My immediate […]
What Even Are Power Dynamics?
Two things recently caught my attention that are different, but descendent from the same basic principle. The first was occurred a couple of mornings ago, as I was watching the ABC’S News Breakfast program before I left for work. They were interviewing former Managing Director Mark Scott about his forthcoming book. The book seemed to […]
CES is full of dumb shit for cars
CES should be full of cool new tech that enhances our lives and brings the future closer. Except it’s not. It’s full of shit.