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This week we delve into Amazon's substantial Irish footprint and ask why the new local website is good for techies. We also look at how AI systems like Perplexity have 'unlocked' the conspiracy behind the assassination of JFK, Plus we find out more about Alphabet's record-breaking €32 billion acquisition of security provider Wiz.

This week Niall and Dusty talk about Sarah Wynn-Williams' new book, Careless People: The story of where I used to work, an explosive account of life at Facebook. The guys look at the claims of sexual harrassment, whistleblower retaliation, and an official response aggressive enough to make you think there is something that Meta doesn't want you to know.

Elsewhere, there is a big departure at Netflix, security headaches in businesses large and small, and a report revealing what it takes to make a living off Spotify.

This week Apple foregoes a big show in favour of big reveals in the form or a new Mac Studio, iPads and a MacBook Air with an M4 processor, just in time for the release of Apple Intelligence in the EU.

We also discuss how agentic AI can change the online learning experience with Knowely CEO Oleksandr Bartosiuk.

This week we have a bad run for crypto as the Trump Administration fails to put together a bitcoin reserve, Tesla sales crash in Europe and Amazon gives Alexa a much-needed upgrade.

We also talk with Prof David Hassan, lead investigator for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile's (FIA) United Against Online Abuse campaign, about how athletes are managing abuse on social media and what can be done to protect them.

On this week’s show Apple comes up with a more wallet-friendly iPhone, Ireland is on the way to joining CERN and Grok impresses and Netflix warns of yet another price increase.

Later, Mark Lane from Zero Days talks about how capture the flag competitions are fostering cyber security talent in industry and education.

This week we talk with Dr Fiona Boyle, Head of Department- STEM – and director of REEdI at Munster Technological University about how to get more young people interested in a career in engineering. Elsewhere Google follows the pack in giving up on DEI, Tesla sales figures tank across Europe, and Apple gets red-faced over a third party app.

This week we have Irish involvement in a new Irish moon mission, the AI Action Summit in Paris fails to reach an agreement and Camara founder Cormac Lynch will share more about the social enterprise’s mission to increase computer literacy across Africa.

This week Chinese AI DeepSeek takes ChatGPT's job and the Data Protection Commission goes back to the drawing board on an investigation tat's already six years old.

We also chat with Michelle McDaid from The Leading Place about what next for diversity, equity and inclusion as the Trump Administration takes aim at programmes designed to encourage more people to work in the tech sector.

This week US president Donald Trump unleashes a wave of executive orders, decides regulation and artificial intelligence don't mix, and makes a quick buck off another crypto token. Elsewhere, Samsung unveils the Galaxy S25 and Elon Musk is busted for not being quite the "Gaming God" he would have you believe.

Finally, Palo Alto Networks' chief security officer Scott MacKinnon talks about how AI is powering a new wave of cyber crime.

The new Irish government has big plans for tech. We look at a range of changes coming in the programme for government.

We also unpack Jeff Bezos's ‘New Glenn’ rocket that towers over Ireland's tallest buildings, explore the new app taking over from TikTok and look deeper into Mark Zuckerberg's mass firing which he announced while wearing a $900,000 watch.

Finally, Ivor Buckley from Dell Technologies chats about why what AI does and does not need to be trained on.