On this week's show Niall and Dusty have 10 Christmas gifts under €50 or for the techie in your life. Or at least they try to.

This week Niall talks to Brian Trench, DCU lecturer and president of the public communication of science & technology network about the short history of sci com in Ireland.

In other news, the government finally seals the deal on the National Broadband Plan and Apple releases a new MacBook that it's sure no normal person will buy.

This week we hear how advances in natural language processing, cloud computing and artificial intelligence mean are driving innovation in analytics with Edward McDonnell, director of CeADAR, the centre for applied research into analytics and artificial intelligence.

How are smart speakers handling regional accents and languages to become more mainstream? Niall chats with Smartling co-founder Jack Welde at their Dublin office to discover how they are making content on the Web easier to access by mixing automation with human editors.

If you know open source software then you know all about GitHub. This week Niall Kitson talks to vice president of engineering Dana Lawson to talk about her personal journey in tech and what it means to manage a globally distributed workforce.

Is it possible to work faster smarter and happier? Wendy Van Tol from PwC so it certainly is. Hear all on the show. We also look at the continuing fall of Facebook with this weeks latest developments.

This week Niall and Dusty ask if this is the end for Facebook's Libra stablecoin and look at what's missing from Google's latest Pixel releases. Niall also takes a trip to the Learnovate conference to talk with Adaptas Training CEO Dr Celine Mullins about the psychology of learning.

This week Niall Kitson meets award-winning architect Dr Yvonne Farrell to discuss sustainability at street level. Back in the studio, conversation turns to Facebook's embattled digital currency Libra and why Twitter users could be in for a deluge of spam.

As Microsoft reveals its slate of products for the final quarter of 2019 Niall and Dusty ask which tech giants are likely to finish the year on a high.

This week we look at the fallout from Huawei's Mate 30 launch, and we talk with KeepAppy co-founder Aime-Louise Carton about how to track your wellness from the palm of your hand.