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This weekend sees Ireland largest tech meetup 404 take place at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Niall Kitson talked with featured speaker Katharine Jarmul to talk about put the 'art' in 'artificial intelligence'.

This week we have a less-than-excited response to the iPhone 8, Siro pulls out of the National Broadband Plan, Twitter doubles up, and we interview CIT's Niall Smith about Ireland's contribution to space exploration.

Do you have a licence for that hydraulic hand? Can your employer decide how you shouild be rebuilt after an accident on the job? We explore these ideas and more with legal researcher Shane P. McNamee.

This week Niall and Dusty pick through Apple's new iPhones, Apple TV, Watch and ask why you should care about any of them.

How do we know what our energy needs will be in the future? Is it possible to predict how our actions will put pressure on the national grid? Can energy be treated as a commodity? This week Niall meets Eirgrid head of scenario planning Marie Hayden to find out.

On this week's show Dusty compiles a list of must have tech and their predecessors to see which version has had a greater impact on our lives. Does wired networking still win out over Wi-Fi? Should we be more excited about cryptocurrency than cash? Is Tinder better for us than regular dating? We tot up the scores to see if newer is always better.

This week Niall Kitson talks about this year's Leaving Cert STEM results with BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition co-founder Dr Tony Scott. In other news, Dusty helps pick apart the debate surrounding an anti-diversity manifesto that got Google engineer James Damore fired.

This week Niall Kitson sits down with Dell EMC VP and general manager for Ireland Aisling Keegan to discuss a new report on how we'll be interacting with machines in 2030.

On this Bank Holiday Weekend's show Niall and Dusty give their must haves, nice to haves, and don't needs for the summer break.

The sad story of a French success that became an Irish flop