This week, Apple and Google have been falling over themselves making changes to avoid EU fines … but Apple may be too late! We’re also talking about International Womens Day and women in tech. Plus, our guest will be talking about passport queues and the pros and cons of using AI to make them move faster!

We explore the shattered dreams of the Apple Car project, share breaking news on cybersecurity breaches at the Department of Foreign Affairs, and dig into a new survey of how 50% of Irish businesses are using AI.

We also cover the fallout of the Odysseus moon landing, why we’re surprised at TikTok pulling Universal music from its platform and even get a glimpse of some Star Trek type tech from MWC. 

Afterwards, we chat about e-sports and how similar they are to real sports with Prof Mark Campbell, a senior lecturer and Director of the Esport Science Research Lab in Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software Research at the University of Limerick. 

We’re talking about OpenAI's groundbreaking text-to-video image generator which may not be as great as they say. In fact, AI has been doing some very strange things lately, with some people calling for a ‘kill switch’ to be baked in. 

We chat about that, plus a look at what’s just landed on the moon and TikToks restructuring in Ireland.

Our guest this week is Ann-Marie Clyne from Mastercard who shares the surprising amount of tech they have based in Ireland. She also tells us how they are using the Fasttrack to IT apprenticeship programme to recruit new tech staff here.

For more information about Fasttrack to IT, see fit.ie

This week Bitcoin is going to the moon, Dr Who’s Tardis is going to the moon and even ride-share firm Lyft are going to the moon, albeit by accident!  We give you all the news.

Plus we’re chatting with Gillian Whelan from Emagine about when bank apps go bad!

Find out more at https://www.emagine.org/

This week we’re talking about the Apple Vision Pro, some crazy AI stories with the American election and an incredible deep fake scam that netted a quarter of a billion!!

Plus our guest, distinguished engineer with Fujitsu Caragh O’Carroll will be filling us in on tech that just can’t seem to get going!

This week we’re looking at a huge row over music online, AI in web browsers, how Apple are sticking it to the EU & Taylor Swift is sticking it to the US. We also ask will a combo of Spotify and social can carry Ireland’s Eurovision entry to the finals?!

Plus, get a great look at the most productive tool you can use on the internet .. as we chat with Colin Baker from Laptop Lab.

This week we’re looking at how Microsoft and Apple are battling it out to see who is the richest, Amazon fights the law but will the law win and we have a big birthday to celebrate.

We’ll also be taking a look at 15 years worth of cyber security disasters with Brian Honan, cyber security expert and CEO of BH Consulting.

Samsung have just released their new phone and there is only one word for it … WOW. We give you the full lowdown plus news on Ireland’s new tech revenue stream worth billions and how Apple are making the most of a near plane crash to promote their products.

We’re also chatting about the melting together of AI and social media with Maryrose Lyons from the InstituteOfAIStudies.com

This is one of our most popular shows of the entire year where we visit the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin. 

Every year, we are just stunned by the ideas, the ways of thinking and often the pure genius of teenagers who will become the architects of our tomorrow. Remember, this is where the Collison brothers got their big break before going on to set up STRIPE one of the worlds biggest payment processors.

So press play and check out what the future has in store, as Niall Kitson takes us to the RDS to discovered loads about AI, social media, dangerous gasses and a whole lot more!

A bumper show to celebrate 1,000 episodes covering Irish and international tech hosted by Dusty Rhodes and Niall Kitson!

Jump into our special retrospective with old friends including Martha Rotter and Jason Walsh reflecting on how technology has transformed Ireland over the past 18 years. There are also feature interviews with industry luminaries Brian Honan, Maryrose Lyons and Caragh O'Carroll covering cybersecurity, social media, gadgets and hardware, and the fickle world of tech.  

SOME OF THE MANY THINGS WE COVER

• How social media has changed definitions of friendship
• The rise of crowdfunding, mobile payment apps and crypto
• Cybersecurity from hacktivists to nation states  
• Ireland's role in space exploration
• Challenges facing virtual and augmented reality adoption
• Apple, Spotify and others transformed music consumption
• Ireland's growing tech scene and startup culture
• The evolution of entertainment from piracy to streaming

Don't miss this celebration of 1,000 episodes for a taste of Tech Radio's rich history and how the digital world has developed in Ireland.

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Caragh O’Carroll @caragh1 && fujitsu.com/ie/
Colin Baker @thegadgetguyam && backfromthefuture.ie
 
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