This week, Apple's planning a budget MacBook targeting the space Chromebooks have dominated for years. We also break down the eye-watering $38 billion OpenAI-Amazon deal and why it’s like Netflix paying your Netflix subscription.

Plus we find out more about Science Week with Ruth Freeman from Research Ireland. For more on Science Week, 09 - 16 Nov, see scienceweek.ie

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This week, Amazon's mass redundancy tells us a lot about the world's AI transformation. We also look at the less than stellar way they explained it in an internal email to employees. Microsoft's had a proper wobble with Azure taking out Microsoft 365 services, yet their valuation still hit a record high. And the continuing row over the appointment of an Irish Data Protection Commissioner steps up a gear. 

Plus, with Beta Festival starting next weekend the 7th of November, we find out more about the ton of tech events lined up with festival founder and director Aisling Murray.  You can find our more about the festival at BetaFestival.ie

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We cover the really mundane reason Monday's massive AWS outage shut down the internet, exposing an uncomfortable truth about how we've essentially put all our eggs in just three baskets: AWS, Google, and Microsoft.

Closer to home, an AI-generated deepfake video showed an Irish election candidate withdrawing from the race, complete with a convincing fake Sharon Ní Bheoláin presenting it on RTÉ News. The question everyone's asking: who made it, and how do we stop this becoming the new normal? Plus, we'll look at why your driving licence is going digital by 2030.

Plus, we’ll be chatting with Grace Dinan of JunieXR about how live Augmented and Virtual Reality works on all our TV sports coverage.  You can also meet her when she exhibits at Prism next week, on October 29th, at Dundalk Institute of Technology.  See Eirmersive for more;

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Windows 10 is finally being killed off by Microsoft. We look at what you can do and what Microsoft's strategy is going forward.  We also check out the all new MacBook Pro M5, and dig into a surprise move from Google with Europe's DMA.

Plus, we have a fascinating chat about AI in the workplace with Lisa Hunt, Microsoft Practice Director at Viatel Technology Group.

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We unpack Budget 2025's AI spending commitments and ask whether the money will actually make a difference to Irish businesses trying to navigate digital transformation. We're also looking at the uncomfortable question everyone in tech is thinking but not saying out loud: are we in an AI bubble and what happens when it bursts? Finally, we explore why billionaires think hosting your data in orbit might be a brilliant idea 

Plus, our guest Kieran McCorry, Microsoft’s National Technology, fills us in on why AI is being used less by women and Gen Z and how more people than ever are looking to move jobs.

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This week Apple continues its war with the EU over the Digital Markets Act, the entertainment industry continues its war with AI, and Asahi goes to war after a cyber attack brings its business to a halt. Plus HP Ireland country manager Neil Dover talks about technology and culture in the workplace.

Don't forget Niall's sci-fi movie recommedation on Netflix "Lost in Starlight"

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This week Amazon steps away from groceries in the UK, Apple complains about the digital markets act and why Gen Z is so unpopular at work. We also get a glimpse of understanding risk and in the age of AI with Aon’s Jonathan McKenna and Martin McGovern.

A reminder that TechCentral’s webinar on ransomware attacks is on this Oct 03rd. More details and free registration at webinar.techcentral.ie

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This week Meta once again tries to make AR glasses happenm there’s a new face at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and TikTok has a buyer in the US, with strings attached. 

We also talk with IBM’s Elaine Hanley about the state of cybersecurity in 2025.

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Apple launched the iPhone Air this week which has some very strong (and not so good) points.  We look at all the angles including the new ‘regular’ iPhones, smartwatch and a gaping hole with Air Pods. There is also news on the government snooping on your encrypted chats and a Revolut challenger is coming to Ireland.

Plus, we get some fascinating insights into the global FemTech industry with our guest Tanya Mulcahy, director of the Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI). Check out their website at https://www.hih.ie

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Ireland just made space history with its first satellite successfully completing its mission and de-orbiting as we speak. We find out more about some of the serious science it pulled off including gamma-ray burst detection and advanced satellite control systems that would make NASA jealous. 

Elsewhere, we discover why Google's latest multi million dollar privacy slap actually matters to you and we dig as far as we can into a spyware story involving the Garda Siochana and an Israeli spy firm. 

Plus, researchers from Dublin City University, Dawood University in Pakistan, and Munster Technological University are working on an AI content moderation tool designed to protect minors from grooming online. We get the lowdown on Project EdgeAIGuard and the three new agentic LLMs it uses with DCU Project Lead Dr Sunder Ali Khowaja.

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