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Accenture’s Austin Boyle on agentic AI and beyond

August 15, 2025 • 54 mins
In this episode we look at the many shapes of artificial intelligence, from companies that don’t love us back, to optiistic valuations, and Accenture head of technology in Ireland Austin Boyle shares his thoughts on how AI agents have yet to fulfill their promise. Finally, as Pac-Man turns 45 Niall and Dusty revisit the golden age of arcade games.
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Kateryna Portmann and Nazrin Aliyeva on new directions in robotics

August 15, 2025 • 25 mins
We often talk about the work people won’t have to do thanks to technologies like automation and AI. However, there are plenty of jobs out there that people shouldn’t be doing in the first place. This week Niall Kitson is joined by Anybotics' senior product manager and Swiss chapter co-lead of Women in Robotics Kateryna Portmann, and technical project manager for Verity Nazrin Aliyeva to talk about the state of the art.
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Microsoft’s Sharepoint patchwork and Keith Nolan from TU Dublin on EdTips

July 25, 2025 • 31 mins
This week, Microsoft dropped an emergency patch for a vulnerability in Sharepoint that Chinese hackers have been exploiting since 7 July. Plus, now age verification is here how are social media platforms making sure users are of age? Lastly, we learn about EdTips, a push to bring science, technology and engineering into primary schools with Keith Nolan from TU Dublin.
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Rant show: Passing the buck

July 18, 2025 • 39 mins
This week Jason and Dusty find out more about the dark side of WeTransfer; the EU’s digital passport you may need to access the Internet; and the dark reality of AI replacing workers, starting with the people who built it.
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Samsung knows what time it is and Kyran O'Mahoney from Nexus Inclusion

July 11, 2025 • 52 mins
On this week's show Samsung shows off the latest in Flip and Fold smartphones and a new Watch; we enter nightmare territory courtesy of OpenAI and Grok; and Kyran O'Mahoney from Nexus Inclusion talks about how companies can become more accomodating for people with disabilities.
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Jeff Bezos presents the social event of the year

June 27, 2025 • 50 mins
This week Niall and Dusty chat about the wedding of the year courtesy of Jeff Bezos. Trump Mobile’s ‘American’ phone fails to meet expectations and with Tesla’s robotaxi has a mixed start in Austin. Also up for discussion are two cases tackling AI, copyright and fair use. We also find out more about early-stage Irish startups, who are driving transformative solutions for a greener future with BnM’s Accelerate Green Grow Programme. ...
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How long could you go without the Internet?

June 20, 2025 • 53 mins
This week we have an expensive race for talent in AI; the Trump Organisation gets into mobile; and ask how long Irish people are willing to go without Internet connectivity.Plus, we talk with three more start-up founders from BnM's Accelerate Green programme.
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Was WWDC 25 about keeping up appearances?

June 13, 2025 • 53 mins
This week we have the highs and lows of WWDC 2025, find out Ireland’s favourite AI and Nasa’s goes all quiet on social media. Plus, we talk with three start-up founders about how their companies are exploring the boundaries of sustainability.
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Rebecca Barford-Ryan on Women in Data Science

June 6, 2025 • 35 mins
This week we have the beginning of the end of the Trump/Musk alliance, Nintendo drops the Switch 2 console, and we have two copyright cases that could define the future of AI. We also meet Rebecca Barford-Ryan to talk about the upcoming Women in Data Science Regional Conference.
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IAPP's Ashley Casovan on how best to manage data

May 30, 2025 • 62 mins
This week Niall and Dusty talk about how the Irish Council for Civil Liberties is taking on Microsoft; the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets a new title sponsor; we learn what a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' is; and ask what's next for Elon Musk as he departs the White House. Later, Ashley Casovan, managing director of the AI Governance Centre at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, talks about mak...
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I/O, I/O, it’s off to work we go

May 23, 2025 • 58 mins
This week we have new AI announcements from Google I/O and Microsoft Build, Bitcoin hits a new high and Elon Musk says goodbye to the world of politics. Plus, Barry Scannell from William Fry explains how to stay on the right side of the EU AI Act.
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Meet Samsung's S25 Edge: the slimmest smartphone ever

May 16, 2025 • 62 mins
This week, Niall and Dusty talk about Samsung's thinnest-ever smartphone which delivers the same powerhouse camera as the Ultra but in a dramatically slimmer package. Is extreme thinness the future, or just a gimmick? We continue to monitor Big Tech's stealth layoff strategy where Microsoft's performance improvement plans are actually targeting 6,000 jobs and what this means for your career. Plus the EU could be causing an online ...
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Sandyford Business District's Ger Corbett on building better spaces

May 9, 2025 • 45 mins
This week we’re looking at which professions are considered 'AI-proof', the potential benefits and concerns around Google's new Gemini Kids AI homework helper, plus the fascinating story behind SpaceX's Starbase City and the strategic reasons for its unusual development. We also get an insider's look at how a digital twin has revolutionised the Sandyford Business District with CEO Ger Corbett.
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Rant show: Going dark

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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TechCentral.ie Webinar: The quantum computing challenge

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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Uncertainty at Intel and Spectrum.Life CEO Stephen Costello

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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Marama Labs co-founder Dr Brendan Darby on wine and drug discovery

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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John Woods, chief technology officer of the Algorand Foundation, on post quantum computing

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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Tar-iff or not tar-iff? That is the question

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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Sending the wrong Signal

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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