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May 2, 2025 • 44 mins
Could Ireland manage a massive blackout like Spain and Portugal endured this week? We also see how Big Tech has been getting on with the Trump administration after 100 days in office, and Amazon's plan to offer satellite broadband.
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April 30, 2025 • 64 mins
2025 is International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Joining TechCentral.ie editor Niall Kitson to discuss the state of the art are Marc O’Regan, EMEA CTO, Dell Technologies Ireland; Deirdre Kilbane, Director of Research, The Walton Institute; Donal Óg McCarthy, EMEA cloud and application security lead, Accenture; John Woods, CTO, The Algorand Foundation; John O'Donoghue, Equinix senior global solutions architect, and Prof...
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April 25, 2025 • 53 mins
This week, we have the inside scoop on how Intel Ireland may be affected by their global restructuring plan. We look at how bad things have got at Tesla and X, and wrap up with the surprising results from a human v robot half-marathon challenge.
Plus we discover how tech is helping our physical and mental health with guest Stephen Costello, CEO and co-founder of Spectrum.Life.
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April 18, 2025 • 51 mins
Are all astronauts created equal? This week Niall and Dusty go to the outer reaches of logic to make sense of this week's Blue Origin 'mission'. Elsewhere we have more tarriff news, why services are the next frontier in the trade wars and we mourn the loss of 4chan. In our interview we talk to Dr Brendan Darby, Marama Labs co-founder and CEO, about his company's journey from wine making to pharmaceuticals.
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April 11, 2025 • 49 mins
This week Niall and Dusty warn of dark times ahead for Apple customers as tarriffs against China take hold. We also keep you up-to-speed on AI's Irish Invasion, how Minority Report has become reality in the UK, and share some brilliant innovation at Ireland's two main airports.Plus we find out how companies can use blockchain to fend off the security challenges posed by quantum computing, with John Woods, chief technology officer o...
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April 3, 2025 • 52 mins
It’s high-stakes drama this week as Trump's tariff policies collide with Ireland's tech giants.
In other news, we find out how online catfishing could land a five-year prison sentence, Manna takes flight in Cork, and we expose Microsoft's push to replace your permanent software with never-ending subscriptions.
Plus, our guest David McIntyre shares his story of Cubbie. A multisensory space that could be coming to a school, librar...
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April 3, 2025 • 54 mins
This week, what tech has learned from the leaked Trump chat group which spilled sensitive operational details on Signal. We learn about flying cars and digital radio coming to Ireland. Plus we wonder how Samsung will change after the death of a top exec.
In our guest slot, we find out what data smart devices gather and share when they call home with our guest Dr Alan McGibney from the Nimbus Research Centre at Munster Technologica...
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March 20, 2025 • 33 mins
This week we delve into Amazon's substantial Irish footprint and ask why the new local website is good for techies. We also look at how AI systems like Perplexity have 'unlocked' the conspiracy behind the assassination of JFK, Plus we find out more about Alphabet's record-breaking €32 billion acquisition of security provider Wiz.
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March 13, 2025 • 43 mins
This week Niall and Dusty talk about Sarah Wynn-Williams' new book, Careless People: The story of where I used to work, an explosive account of life at Facebook. The guys look at the claims of sexual harrassment, whistleblower retaliation, and an official response aggressive enough to make you think there is something that Meta doesn't want you to know.
Elsewhere, there is a big departure at Netflix, security headaches in business...
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March 6, 2025 • 48 mins
This week Apple foregoes a big show in favour of big reveals in the form or a new Mac Studio, iPads and a MacBook Air with an M4 processor, just in time for the release of Apple Intelligence in the EU.
We also discuss how agentic AI can change the online learning experience with Knowely CEO Oleksandr Bartosiuk.
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February 27, 2025 • 48 mins
This week we have a bad run for crypto as the Trump Administration fails to put together a bitcoin reserve, Tesla sales crash in Europe and Amazon gives Alexa a much-needed upgrade.
We also talk with Prof David Hassan, lead investigator for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile's (FIA) United Against Online Abuse campaign, about how athletes are managing abuse on social media and what can be done to protect them.
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February 25, 2025 • 53 mins
On this week’s show Apple comes up with a more wallet-friendly iPhone, Ireland is on the way to joining CERN and Grok impresses and Netflix warns of yet another price increase.
Later, Mark Lane from Zero Days talks about how capture the flag competitions are fostering cyber security talent in industry and education.
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February 20, 2025 • 53 mins
This week we talk with Dr Fiona Boyle, Head of Department- STEM – and director of REEdI at Munster Technological University about how to get more young people interested in a career in engineering. Elsewhere Google follows the pack in giving up on DEI, Tesla sales figures tank across Europe, and Apple gets red-faced over a third party app.
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February 13, 2025 • 50 mins
This week we have Irish involvement in a new Irish moon mission, the AI Action Summit in Paris fails to reach an agreement and Camara founder Cormac Lynch will share more about the social enterprise’s mission to increase computer literacy across Africa.
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January 30, 2025 • 50 mins
This week Chinese AI DeepSeek takes ChatGPT's job and the Data Protection Commission goes back to the drawing board on an investigation tat's already six years old.
We also chat with Michelle McDaid from The Leading Place about what next for diversity, equity and inclusion as the Trump Administration takes aim at programmes designed to encourage more people to work in the tech sector.
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January 26, 2025 • 51 mins
This week US president Donald Trump unleashes a wave of executive orders, decides regulation and artificial intelligence don't mix, and makes a quick buck off another crypto token. Elsewhere, Samsung unveils the Galaxy S25 and Elon Musk is busted for not being quite the "Gaming God" he would have you believe.
Finally, Palo Alto Networks' chief security officer Scott MacKinnon talks about how AI is powering a new wave of cyber crim...
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January 16, 2025 • 54 mins
The new Irish government has big plans for tech. We look at a range of changes coming in the programme for government.
We also unpack Jeff Bezos's ‘New Glenn’ rocket that towers over Ireland's tallest buildings, explore the new app taking over from TikTok and look deeper into Mark Zuckerberg's mass firing which he announced while wearing a $900,000 watch.
Finally, Ivor Buckley from Dell Technologies chats about why what AI does ...
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January 13, 2025 • 36 mins
On this week's show Niall braves the cold to visit the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. He also takes a detour to the Executive Leaders Forum to talk talent with IDA Ireland senior vice president, enterprise technology Anne-Marie Tierney-Le Roux.
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January 13, 2025 • 60 mins
From the dramatic fall of crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried to the challenges facing electric vehicle adoption in Ireland, get ready for a no-holds-barred analysis of the year's most compelling tech stories. We unpack everything from the impact of brand new AI regulation to streaming economics, the shifting landscapes of digital innovation and much more.
Plus, in a year where DORA, the AI Act and the NIS2 directive were huge talkin...
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January 13, 2025 • 37 mins
This week Niall and Dusty shake their fists at Black Friday, share the MacQuarie word of the year, and compare online election strategies between Ireland the US.
Later Dr Kleber Andrade Oliveira from MTU shares his theory on how things got so toxic so quickly on Twitter/X.
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