The Big Tech Show

How should we feel about garda body cams and facial recognition technology? Are we barreling towards a police state? And do we really want to be under surveillance all the time? Practising barrister, Senator Barry Ward joined Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show to discuss the technology.

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How does OpenAI’s new text-to-video system Sora work? Where does it get its content from? And how will we protect ourselves from a whole new level of disinformation?

On The Big Tech Show today, Adrian discusses the new technology and how lifelike its creations appear.

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Would you know disinformation if you saw or heard it? And might you be seeing it now in the U. S. on topics such as immigration around the Texas border? If you are seeing this, might any of it be influenced by actors such as Putin's Russia? On this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show, Adrian talks to David Gilbert, a reporter for Wired.com who specialises in investigating disinformation

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Gone are the days of a €10 streaming subscription with most platforms warning of increased fees and less to watch. Which service will you cut? How much are they going up by? And will live sport become the next big thing for streaming giants? On this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show, Adrian discusses streaming services upping their prices.

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After ten years, as Data Protection Commissioner what are Helen Dixon’s highs and lows? Why is she moving on? And are fines effective in bringing big tech in line? Adrian speaks to Helen Dixon on this week’s episode in her last media appearance as Data Protection Commissioner. 

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has implanted its first brain chip into a human but what is Neuralink? How does it work? And when will it be widely available? On this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show, Adrian discusses Neuralink with technology editor of the London Independent, Andrew Griffin.

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Who is Mr Beast? How did he become the most followed person on YouTube? And why has he started putting videos up on X? In this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show, Adrian is joined by reporter with the Irish Independent, Darragh Nolan, to look at the life and times of James Stephen Donaldson. 

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Samsung’s top phone sees improvements in cameras, power, screen quality and design. But it is the new AI features that make it really interesting and also where it sometimes struggles. On the Big Tech Show this week, Adrian introduces us to the Samsung Galaxy’s new flagship phone.

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Do you still use Facebook? Or is your elderly uncle the only person still on it? As Facebook turns twenty, what will its legacy be? One of disrupted elections, scandals, or of bringing people together? On The Big Tech Show this week, Adrian debates whether Facebook has had a positive or negative impact since its inception twenty years ago.

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Why have early reviews criticised the Apple Vision Pro? Could this be Apple’s first failure? And are tech enthusiasts yet to be convinced? The Apple headset has gone on presale in the US, but the reviews haven’t been great. On the Big Tech Show this week Adrian looks at the reasons behind this lukewarm reception.

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