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Smart NI founder and Tech Connect speaker takes us on a trip to the dark side of 24/7 connectivity.

We know AI is changing the world of work but how will it change the way we interact with each other? This week author, entrepreneur and lecturer Nell Watson lays out her vision of the future.

Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin but it has plenty of uses beyond cryptocurrency. This week Oracle’s group VP of product development Rajan Krishna takes us through the possibilities.

In other news, we look at all the developments from this year's Google I/O conference including duplex, AR and predictive e-mail.

The Tech Summit took place in Cork earlier this week and on this episode we talk with keynote speaker Dr Patrick Kramer of VivoKey about his three goals: do away with your keys, your wallet, and a device to connect to the Internet.

This week we have two interviews from the floor of this year's Dublin Tech Summit. First up we meet with quantum computing pioneer and D-Wave president Bo Ewald. Then we talk team building and a new mission to Mars with engineering development & operations manager for the Mars Science Laboratory Jordan P. Evans.

This week Niall Kitson sits down with HP Ireland managing director Gary Tierney to look at market trends in the consumer technology space, why the company considers itself a start-up and what big vendors can learn from the mobile phone sales model.

E-commerce websites are getting better at coming up with personal recommendations. On this week's show we ask Zalando delivery lead Adam Bermingham how data is driving the brains behind online shopping

So now we know what data Facebook is hoovering up about us what do we do next? Kevin Koidl from BigFoot Digital has been studying such 'digital footprints' and has some ideas on what we can do to be aware of our online presence and what the future of social networks might look like.

Facebook has admitted breaching users' trust by letting political consultants Cambridge Analytica use its data to construct psychological profiles of US voters. So what does this mean for the rest of us? With a referendum on the 8th amendment coming up, could the same techniques be applied to swing the vote here?

This week Niall meets TCD Associate Professor of Law Eoin O'Dell to look at the local and legal implications.

For St Patrick's weekend/Seachtain na Gaeilge Niall meets one researcher looking to prove Irish is far from a dead language. Dr Teresa Lynn has worked on the use of Irish through social media and how machine translation keeps up with the pace of change.