SHOWS – Tech Radio Podcast: Recent Episodes
We look at the measures the government are putting in place with a digital strategy to bring Gigabit and 5G access to all, install remote working hubs and how many public services will be available online by 2030. We gag at the obscene profits at Facebook and give our tuppence on the Spotify/Joe Rogan story.
After that, we chat with Micheal McGrath, Director of Technology at amtce.ie about new tech and re-skilling in the manufacturing.
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It’s been a busy week with Spotify’s spat with singer Neil Young and former royals Harry & Megan, Facebooks fail with cyrpto and news on an S22 from Samsung. We also have a completely fascinating chat about computers ability to dream with artist Robin Price. Press play now for all this weeks tech talk !
What kind of tech goes into the bank app on your smartphone? We hear from the CTO at Wellington IT about how they deliver ‘big bank services’ for credit unions and other smaller institutions.
We also look at the real reasons why the American rollout of 5G has rattled airlines, why Microsofts huge games company purchase this week is not such good news and discover how many views and Irish YouTuber needs to make the average wage.
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We look at the two biggest shows kicking off 2022. Ireland’s own Young Scientists Expo and CES in the States which threw up some big tech surprises!
We also chat with Ian Nolan from Brightflag about the use of AI in the legal world.
We start the new year with a landmark show number 900! We look back at the incredible amount of change in tech since 2005, some of our most notable guests over the years and what we might be talking about on show number 1,000 in two years time!
We look back on the stories and trends which made the biggest impression on us and wonder what lies ahead in 2022.
There is a little controversy between Niall and Dusty over the tech titan just named as Time magazines Person of the Year!
We also find out more about Red Hat’s Irish operation and how their open source ethos goes way beyond software.
We look at Irelands biggest Google searches for 2021, how quantum computing tracked Storm Barra, what lesson the AWS outage taught us and chat with Sam Mayne from Vipre about Working From Home and the effect its had on their company.
Resources Mentioned
EU Met Sat Tracker – view.eumetsat.int
Vipre – www.vipre.com
This is our favourite show of the year. The ‘real’ toy show where we go through the best tech toys for Christmas.
28 minutes packed with something for everyone from €10 to €10,000. Get tucked in right now!
Are the Black Friday deals a scam? You’ll be surprised at what we have uncovered with scams and real deals.
We also get an overview of quantum computing from one of the best, Venkatesh Kannan at the Irish Centre for High-End Computing.
The Top 200 Worst Passwords in Ireland list is out. You probably know #1 and have used #86 but would never admit it! We also chat with Karl Heery at Aon and discover how a tech project from here in Ireland went global.
Just how bad is the world of communication overload that we live in? How many friends or contacts can your brain officially have? We have the answers!
We also chat with Winston Heery at Logicalis about resilience in cyber-security and how you can use lessons learned this year to protect yourself in 2022.
If you would like to find out more, email ibm@ie.logicalis.com
We chat briefly about the Facebook name change to Meta, find out exactly what a metaverse is and discover Microsoft are looking to create one also.
We also have a fascinating chat with Redmond O’Leary from Intersystems about mass data and changes in the Irish tech industry over the last few years.
Find out more about Redmond and Intersystems at intersystems.com
Forget Zoom – Star Trek-like holograms have arrived! We also chat about super secure VPN and how to protect your Office 365 and cloud storage accounts with Gareth Lockwood from CyberHive.com
Niall and Dusty have given Apple’s newly announced MacBook Pro their highest rating ever. Get the lowdown on why this machine impressed them so much.
Also, after a record year for cyber-attacks, Niall Kitson chats with Pat O’Callaghan, Managing Director of Kontex, and went through some of the more high-profile incidents of the past 12 months.
We hear from William Shatner about his trip into actual space this week as well as hints on what Apple will announce next week.
We also chat to Intact Software CEO Justin Lawless about the brave new world of hybrid workplaces and how tech is helping run businesses from home and the office.
Facebook are having a bad week with their services failing and a key whistleblower revealing all their dirty secrets in the USA.
We also look at Windows 11 which is now officially available (kind of) and chat to the guys behind MoveAhead-Project.com about their plans for screen addicted kids.
Space has been an incredibly hot topic this year, not just with Space X, Blue Origin and Virgin Atlantic all going into orbit, but also with some really good high quality sci-fi shows coming to streaming services also. We cover it all and bring you up-to-speed.
Do note the show was recorded about three weeks ago but with so much going on in September we were unable to bring it to you until now.
Niall and Dusty are very excited after this weeks event where Microsoft premiered their new hardware. This is unusual.
Consistently good across the range with two things in particular which stunned them. In fact they one. One each!
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Today is all about the iPhone 13, what’s new and how it compares with it’s competitors. We give you all the other announcements from Apple this week including the new iPad Mini and Watch 7.
Find out who wants your smartphone to work for seven years guaranteed. We also chat about the iPhone 13 to be announced next week, the latest Bitcoin launch and how the pandemic has affected how we learn using digital platforms.
We hear about the Irishman instrumental in the story of AI Artificial Intelligence and all about the John Mc Carthy Summer School in Kilorgan Kerry.
Also, like kids have to suffer ‘back to school’, us adults are dealing with ‘back to office’ !! We chat about our own return, how Zoom dysmorphia is a thing, and the different ways Google and Apple are treating their employees coming back to work.
This week we’re chatting about a new low for delivery drones, why Elon Musk makes a terrible boss and the future of hybrid working models with the Head of Technology from Fidelity Investments, Lorna Martyn
We look at how social media is reacting to this weeks events in Afghanistan, why Tesla are in trouble and how data is putting Ireland at the centre of the climate crisis.
We also chat with Andreas von Estorff from ModelManagement.com about how they use technology, not only to find talent, but to make their careers easier to handle as well.
Excellent new phones announced by Samsung this week but not flawless. We give you the ups, the downs and Irish pricing. We also open a can of worms with Googles announcement of 25% wage reduction for home workers and discover (possibly) the most unusual listing ever on Tinder!
We have the latest on new phones coming from Samsung and Google, find out how to get rid of pesky ads on YouTube and chat with Brian Gough from NCAD about how the principals of web design could be applied to a company’s staff.
We see stories about new applications for artificial intelligence every day but, while it works as an aid for decision making, it often falls flat when left to deal with human problems like helping companies find the best staff, or how to accurately recognise faces in a crowd.
So how do we figure out which questions to ask to get the best results and why should some subjects be off-limits for the level of technology we currently have?
Ray Eitel-Porter is Global Responsible AI Lead with Accenture and he took some time out to talk Niall Kitson through the problems of adopting an ethical approach to artificial intelligence.
Ex-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is making all the headlines this week with this trip to space aboard his own rocket. So we thought we’d take a look at other tech CEO’s for a quick look at what happened next for them after leaving Apple or Microsoft of McAfee among others.
We look at moves in the USA and the EU to strengthen your ‘right to repair’ tech gadgets you own and extend their lifespan if you wish.
We also chat about the new EU Digital COVID Cert and travel, plus why open source freeware Audacity has been scandal of the week online.
Flying cars are taking off, Issac Asimov’s Foundation is about to land on TV and the web’s Source Code has just sold for $5m. Lots of news and banter this week so smash that play button now!
Niall and Dusty are straight out of the Microsoft Windows 11 presentation with all the details of this massive re-launch of the worlds most used OS.
Thanks to online leaks, we can tell you what Windows 11 will look like before Microsoft announce it next week. We also discover how the energy market is changing due to homeworking and the challenge this ‘new normal’ brings to infrastructure and hardware.
Further Information
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We go over the plethora of announcements by Apple this week and especially the two most important ones around interoperability and huge privacy changes. We also chat with Charlie Gleeson the founder Zipp Mobility who pulls back the curtain to reveal some very surprising tech tricks with eScooters.
We look at some of the positive effects of the pandemic on our day-to-day tech lives including new developments from the EU who are launching an official app you can use as a driving license or public services card.
We also chat with Alistair McKinstry, a climate scientist at the Irish Centre for High End Computing. He has been working on climate models to find out what kind of world we will be living in, if we pick up some lessons about sustainability, or go back to our old ways.
We chat about how online working will morph back IRL with expert Ger McMahon from Fidelity Investments.
We also deliver the latest news on SSD shortages due to crypto, online tv services and how Irish people are suffering digital fatigue.
We look behind the health service cyber attack and discover how a decision not to upgrade Windows could have led to disaster. We also hear from Rubrick a world leader in protecting high profile high value corporate data about what may have happened and how to protect the future. www.rubrick.com
We reveal how many Irish homes have fibre and how quickly it is being rolled out. We also have the latest on ransom scams, MWC in Barcelona, new Whatsapp T&C and the incredible price of new HTC VR headsets.
We also hear how you can’t replace the human factor in I.T. with Sam Mayne from Vipre Security.
We explain why Apple could lose billions in their battle with Epic Games and get all the pros and cons on working from home as Niall and Dusty disagree on new working policies with tech giants.
We also reveal a flight thats even hotter than a Ryanair jet to Spain and we discover Confirms new state-of-the-art test bed at UL with their director Conor McCarthy.
Samsungs Unpacked event this week unveiled new laptops that are as powerful as a pc but as slim as a smartphone. We give you the very impressive details.
We also mourn the loss of Dublins Digital Hub, give you something cool to try with Zoom and warn why ‘buying’ a video on iTunes doesn’t mean you actually own it.
Finally, enjoy a great chat with Alison Campbell fro Knowledge Transfer Ireland about strategies and tools which are helping boost the commercial uptake of research and results that benefit us all.
Our show is sponsored this month by Fidelity Investments, a global leader in fintech innovation who are hiring for tech roles in Ireland. If you are an online worker, or looking to have that kind of freedom, you can find out more about how to virtually join the Fidelity Investments team at fidelityinvestments.ie
A bunch of exciting new tech from Apple this week. We go through the new iMac, iPhone, iPad Pro and Air Tags with Irish availability and pricing. We also find out how you can sue Facebook, how many humans it will take to colonise Mars and all about Amazon Palm Reading.
We end our specially extended edition chatting to Dr Justin Tonra from NUI Galway about how to use big data to auto read books and understand their stories.
Join us for Tech Radio with Fidelity Investments who specialise in fintech innovation and are hiring for tech roles in Ireland right now. Find out how to virtually join their team at fidelityinvestments.ie
Does your smartphone suck up information about you, even when you are not connected to the internet. Fascinating findings with Prof Doug Leith from SFI Connect this week.
We also have the latest announcements from Apple and Samsung and come up with a novel new fine for Facebook data breaches.
Join us for Tech Radio with Fidelity Investments who specialize in fintech innovation and are hiring for tech roles in Ireland right now. Find out how to virtually join their team at fidelityinvestments.ie
Three bilion social media profile photos have been scraped, put into a Facial Recognition database, and sold to the police. We have the story.
We say a fond farewell to LG and hear about a great new scheme were Techies Go Green.
Thanks to our sponsor this month, Fidelity Investments who are hiring for tech roles in Ireland. Apply now to virtually join a global leader in fintech innovation from the safety of your home.
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The law is beginning to catch up with our rapidly changing tech lives where working from home does not mean you need be available 24/7. We bring you up to speed on a right to disconnect and a right to remote working (even from pubs).
Also, as Electric Ireland roll out smart meters which use AI to track your energy usage, Niall chats with the Chief Business Officer from its developer Bidgley, Gautam Aggarwal, to find out more.
Intel are making massive investments in Ireland to bring the world their fastest chips ever. We discover more about this and how you can get your brand new mobile phones delivered by drone.
All the news of the week including Samsungs new A52 launched on St Patricks Day, why people share fake news and serious jail time for a Twitter hacker.
We check out NFT’s to see what they are and why they are so hot right now. We also chat with Orla Veale about a new smart initiative in South Dublin called Smart D8.
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Despite SpaceX blowing up their rockets, RTE blowing up DAB and Google blowing up VR, it’s actually all very positive. We tell you why. Plus Niall chats with Science Foundation Ireland about fast science and plans for 2025.
We’re used to dealing with virtual reality and artificial intelligence in the areas of gaming and manufacturing but what about the Arts? We have a fascinating chat with Elaine Hoey, artist in residence at the Digital Hub. We also look at some shocking Facebook headlines from Australia and find out who had the best view of the Mars landling last week.
Bitcoin v Wall Street and Facebook v Australia making the news on Earth this week. Perserverance Rover is making the news on Mars. We have it all on this weeks podcast! Plus a fascinating chat about using augmented reality to build hyper-scale data centres.
Niall gives us the hands on experience with Samsungs latest S21. Is it enough to convince him to ditch his iPhone and crossover to the dark side?
We also give you the latest news on TikTok v Trump, Facebook virus and Google launching its News Showcase app.