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On this week's show: the National Broadband Plan lies in tatters, Facebook goes on the defensive (again), and the rest of the week's headlines.

The European Space Agency is on the lookout for new ideas, here's how you can get involved

This week Niall and Dusty bring five examples of 'failed tech' to the table and row over which have had their day and which we're stuck with.

On 22 July teams from all over the world will descend on Hawthorne California for the third Hyperloop Challenge. NIall Kitson sat down with lead software architect Nina Kanti to find out more.

On this week's show we talk to WP Engine CTO and co-founder Jason Cohen. We also look at the possibilities of the new space economy.

Two men, five novels apiece. This week Niall and Dusty bring their favourite novels of all time to the table. Hard sci-fi, cyberpunk, speculative fiction, visions of dystopia - we've got them all.

MoneyConf brought leading experts from the world of cryptocurrency, fintech and blockchain to Dublin. This week Niall Kitson sits down with Noelle Acheson of Coindesk; Aid:tech's Niall Dennehy; Nicolas Gilot of Ultra; and Grammy-winning founder of Mycelia Imogen Heap to talk about blockchain and what's in it for charities and creatives.

Mario is a robot being used to help patients with dementia maintain a healthy standard of living while taking pressure off healthcare professionals and family. This week Niall Kitson talks to project lead Prof Dympna Casey to find out more.

Has anything changed now that strong data protection measure are in place for EU citizens? We find out.

Academics are desperate to claim data science as their own territory, but is it a fight worth having? This week Niall Kitson visits NCI to get two sides of the argument.

In one corner we have Professor Michael J. Franklin, Liew Family Chair of Computer Science and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago arguing in favour of data science as a new field.

In the other, Prof Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Engineering (Emeritus) in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University and CEO of Gradiance Corporation says there's not much new to get excited about.

Draw your own conclusions.