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According to new study, Tesla has highest rate of driver fatalities in the US

This is despite the study also assuring readers that Tesla vehicles aren’t specifically unsafe and the company isn’t shipping “design flaws”. The higher statistic could be as simple as a Tesla feature, like the controversial “Full Self Driving”, giving drivers a false sense of security. The US National

My guilty pleasure is old TV idents from other countries

Twitter user @IdentsEveryHour is really one of the only reasons I still use Twitter. I love watching TV station identification graphics from other countries: Pakapaka - 2020 - Argentina pic.twitter.com/fbWkPHswhA — Idents Posted Randomly (@IdentEveryHour) November 10, 2024 Adult Swim - 2022 - USA pic.twitter.com/bZkwFGWR0r

Gaming

Limited edition white Steam Deck launching next week in Australia

0:00 /0:20 1× Australia really is finally part of Valve's hardware plan. The company's not only launching a normal lineup of Steam Deck models on November 19, but also a Limited Edition White model with 1TB of storage. Via Valve: Steam Deck OLED: Limited

PS5 Pro

Some PS5 Pro's are louder than others - ours has pulsating coil whine

Shipping hardware is hard! And sometimes it's hard to guage the scale of an issue. Just look at early shipments of Amazon's new Kindle Colorsoft, many of which had a "yellow band of discoloration" at the bottom of their screens. Amazon announced it was

Steam Deck orders begin in Australia on November 19

Valve has announced exactly when the Steam Deck will be made available in Australia. The company will start selling the handheld console-like PC on November 19 at 10am AEDT (Sydney time). Pricing starts at AU$649 for the 256GB LCD model, with the 512GB OLED model priced at AU$899.

Keep an eye open for election-buried tech news, including this from Mozilla

As reported by TechCrunch, the Mozilla Foundation has sacked 30% of staff, including the closure of its open-web advocacy division. It's interesting timing for the news, which will likely be overshadowed by a big news event happening in the US at the moment. Mozilla Foundation lays off 30%

The only way to endure the US election from Australia

If you don't have every single US news channel open, are you really watching the US election? This site is a real punish: election.omg.lol Bonus points if you turn the volume for every channel all the way up.

ABC

A look behind triple j's rebrand at the ABC

0:00 /0:09 1× A little over a month ago, ABC youth brand triple j relaunched at its One Night Stand music festival. And it was a pretty big rebrand, touching the logo, typeface and general audio style of the station. A pretty big change is the new "

Can someone sell me a white Sony Discman like this?

We need to bring back truly beautiful, mechanical electronics. Case in point: the Sony Discman D150: at the risk of being reductive, I think Xbox and Sony would fix the console sales problem overnight if they simply released consumer-technology that looked fucking cool again. https://t.co/97msh8Aso3 — dannyodwyer (@dannyodwyer)

Kindle

Colour Kindle skips Australia for now

Amazon has announced new Kindle e-readers, though the most interesting one won't arrive in Australia until 2025. The Kindle Colorsoft features "a new light-guide with nitride LEDs that, when combined with our custom algorithms, enhances colour and increases brightness, all without washing details". The colour e-ink

Australia

New Zealand launch of Max may be a preview of Australian Foxtel partnership

Warner Bros. Discovery, which operates Max (formerly HBO Max), has been hinting at an Australian launch for months now. And while there was some talk of the company independently launching the service and possibly taking shows away from Foxtel and Foxtel-owned streaming service Binge, WBD may instead be giving Foxtel

Steam Deck finally comes to Australia this November

Valve has officially announced the Steam Deck for Australia, after a very, very long wait. The handheld gaming PC will be available starting November, though no specific date was mentioned. You can wishlist the device on Steam, with the device set to ship as soon as orders open. Pricing is

Media

The Verge considers paywall

Vox Media looks to find new forms of revenue

PlayStation Network has been down for hours now

Via Press Start: The PlayStation Network appears to have been down for most of today, with users reporting an issue starting at 10am, and it still being down at 1:30pm AEST. The PSN Is Currently Down For All UsersThe PSN Is Currently Down For All UsersPress Start AustraliaShannon Grixti