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Who's going to pay $300 a year for Facebook or Instagram? How are Aussie devs making gaming more accessible for the deaf? Vertical Hold Ep 417

Feb 23, 2023

Who's raring to pay Meta $300 per year to get a blue tick on Instagram or Facebook -- and why are they charging for features that should be free?

How is one Aussie game dev doing their part to make FPS games more accessible to deaf gamers?

Special guests Angus Kidman (@gusworldau) and Kotaku Australia's David Smith!...

Do Aussies need a right to be forgotten online? Can we trust Google's new Privacy Sandbox? Vertical Hold Ep 416

Feb 16, 2023

What would an Australian "right to be forgotten" law look like? Google's promising to track you less on Android phones... but can it be trusted? Special guest Consumer Policy Research Centre's digital policy director Chandni Gupta (@__chandnigupta)

Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and...

Will AI make Google and Bing search better -- or considerably worse? Can an AI write a good (or even mediocre) sitcom? Vertical Hold Ep 415

Feb 9, 2023

Microsoft and Google are going all in on AI-assisted search with Bard and Prometheus, but what effect on our online searches will this have? And can an AI write sitcoms and make them funny, or are they funny because an AI is writing them?

Special Guest The Register's Simon Sharwood (@ssharwood)!

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Aussie gov invests in video games, does the Galaxy S23 Ultra live up to the hype? Vertical Hold Ep 414

Feb 2, 2023

Does the Australian government's independent games fund go far enough? Samsung's bringing the hype, but can the Galaxy S23 Ultra live up to it -- and who needs a pricey premium flagship phone in 2023 anyway? Special guests Digitally Downloaded's Matt Sainsbury (@MattSainsb), Telsyte's Foad Fadaghi (@foadfadaghi) and...