You stayed up too late scrolling through your phone, answering emails or watching just one more episode. The next morning, you feel groggy and irritable. That sugary pastry or greasy breakfast sandwich suddenly looks more appealing than your usual yogurt and berries. By the afternoon, chips or candy from the break room call your name.… Read more »
A quick look at a weekend stuffed full of game trailers, with some reflections on what was missing. Blink and you may have missed Summer Game Fest over the weekend — especially if you were busy playing the new Switch 2. The event consisted of 16 major showcases this year, featuring everything from new major… Read more »
Sydney startup Vow will finally get to serve its cultured quail meat products in Australia following approval from regulatory authorities that it’s safe to eat. The food safety authority, FSANZ, spent two years picking at Forged, Vow’s cell-based meat created from Japanese quail, including a second round of public consultation late last year. Meanwhile, the… Read more »
I had a conspiracy theory back when Pokémon Violet and Scarlet launched on the Switch in 2022. Given the games were so buggy, lagging and pushing the Switch’s ageing architecture to its limits, I genuinely thought they were meant for the next Nintendo console. They must have been brought forward to fill a release calendar… Read more »
Consumer group CHOICE has tested 20 popular SPF 50 or 50+ sunscreens and found 16 of 20 products didn’t meet their SPF claims. The shocking results including prominent and trusted brands, including sunscreens from the Cancer Council, Coles, Woolworths and Aldi. One SPF 50+ brand’s result was so unbelievably poor that it was retested in… Read more »
New research reveals the alarming state of founder mental health across all stages of business and why we must act now. If you’re reading this at 11pm while checking your emails, wrestling with cashflow projections, mulling over that staff issue, or losing sleep over your next quarter’s performance, you’re not alone. But according to new… Read more »
Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal. Far from being benign tools, smartphones parasitise our time, our attention and… Read more »
Mistakes happen – at work and everywhere else. Everybody makes them. While it’s easy to spiral into self-loathing when you slip up, a mistake isn’t a sign that you’re unskilled. It simply means you’re human. Here’s the even better news: Your mistake doesn’t have to define you, especially if you find the right way to… Read more »
This week’s Startup 360 sees Simon Thomsen return with a new cohost – Fishburners CEO Majella Campbell. And to celebrate episode 15’s new team, their guests this week are two “Fishies” founders – Barb Woodruff Swanson from Done Life, and Mossy Taheri from proptech Rising Returns. There’s a bit of a travel theme to this… Read more »
A meaningful, fully realised game about grief. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Grief is a dicey topic to tackle in a video game. Unlike many other mediums, you have the space, visuals and performances to tease out ideas and explore to a rich and meaningful conclusion. Yet, many role-playing games (RPG) that… Read more »
The founders of social enterprise Good & Fugly have departed the business suddenly after five years, with OzHarvest Ventures and chef Matt Moran looking to give the “ugly” fruit and vegetables subscription service a second life. Cofounders Richard Tourino and Jonathan Englert announced that the Sydney startup had “ceased trading under our leadership, effective immediately”… Read more »
When enhanced graphics just aren’t enough. And why that’s now an issue for Sony. Let it be known: I’m a sucker for a tech upgrade. I’m one of those weirdos who tries to update their phone every two years. I swapped out my PlayStation 4 for a PlayStation 4 Pro. My original Switch for the… Read more »
How many chargers do you own? We’re surrounded by rechargeable electronic devices – mobile phones, laptops, smart watches, headphones, e-bikes and more. You might have a phone charger plugged in next to your bed without ever bothering to switch it off at the wall or unplugging it when not in use. The same might go… Read more »
Sales of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the first quarter of 2025 have fallen to 2023 levels, while demand for hybrid cars as nearly doubled over the past two years. New figures from the peak motoring body Australia Automobile Association’s (AAA) quarterly EV Index reveal 17,914 BEVs were sold in the three months to… Read more »
As hype for the new console leads to sellouts around the world, there’s still a rare few places where its readily available. Australia is curiously one of them. Australia has a long history of fumbling its tourism marketing campaigns; the only message that seems to resonate is that we’re a country full of poisonous and… Read more »
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