Tech Radio Ireland

We look at the two biggest shows kicking off 2022. Ireland’s own Young Scientists Expo and CES in the States which threw up some big tech surprises! We also chat with Ian Nolan from Brightflag about the use of AI in the legal world.

We start the new year with a landmark show number 900! We look back at the incredible amount of change in tech since 2005, some of our most notable guests over the years and what we might be talking about on show number 1,000 in two years time!

We look back on the stories and trends which made the biggest impression on us and wonder what lies ahead in 2022.

There is a little controversy between Niall and Dusty over the tech titan just named as Time magazines Person of the Year! We also find out more about Red Hat’s Irish operation and how their open source ethos goes way beyond software.

We look at Irelands biggest Google searches for 2021, how quantum computing tracked Storm Barra, what lesson the AWS outage taught us and chat with Sam Mayne from Vipre about Working From Home and the effect its had on their company. Resources Mentioned EU Met Sat Tracker – view.eumetsat.int Vipre – www.vipre.com

This is our favourite show of the year. The ‘real’ toy show where we go through the best tech toys for Christmas. 28 minutes packed with something for everyone from €10 to €10,000. Get tucked in right now!

Are the Black Friday deals a scam? You’ll be surprised at what we have uncovered with scams and real deals. We also get an overview of quantum computing from one of the best, Venkatesh Kannan at the Irish Centre for High-End Computing.

The Top 200 Worst Passwords in Ireland list is out. You probably know #1 and have used #86 but would never admit it!  We also chat with Karl Heery at Aon and discover how a tech project from here in Ireland went global.

Just how bad is the world of communication overload that we live in? How many friends or contacts can your brain officially have? We have the answers! We also chat with Winston Heery at Logicalis about resilience in cyber-security and how you can use lessons learned this year to protect yourself in 2022. If you would like to find out more, email  ibm@ie.logicalis.com  

We chat briefly about the Facebook name change to Meta, find out exactly what a metaverse is and discover Microsoft are looking to create one also. We also have a fascinating chat with Redmond O’Leary from Intersystems about mass data and changes in the Irish tech industry over the last few years. Find out more about Redmond and Intersystems at intersystems.com

Forget Zoom – Star Trek-like holograms have arrived! We also chat about super secure VPN and how to protect your Office 365 and cloud storage accounts with Gareth Lockwood from CyberHive.com

Niall and Dusty have given Apple’s newly announced MacBook Pro their highest rating ever. Get the lowdown on why this machine impressed them so much. Also, after a record year for cyber-attacks, Niall Kitson chats with Pat O’Callaghan, Managing Director of Kontex , and went through some of the more high-profile incidents of the past 12 months.

We hear from William Shatner about his trip into actual space this week as well as hints on what Apple will announce next week. We also chat to Intact Software CEO Justin Lawless about the brave new world of hybrid workplaces and how tech is helping run businesses from home and the office.

Facebook are having a bad week with their services failing and a key whistleblower revealing all their dirty secrets in the USA. We also look at Windows 11 which is now officially available (kind of) and chat to the guys behind MoveAhead-Project.com about their plans for screen addicted kids.

Space has been an incredibly hot topic this year, not just with Space X, Blue Origin and Virgin Atlantic all going into orbit, but also with some really good high quality sci-fi shows coming to streaming services also.  We cover it all and bring you up-to-speed. Do note the show was recorded about three weeks ago but with so much going on in September we were unable to bring it to you until now.  

Niall and Dusty are very excited after this weeks event where Microsoft premiered their new hardware.  This is unusual. Consistently good across the range with two things in particular which stunned them. In fact they one. One each! Listen to hear the excitement right now with Tech Radio.

Today is all about the iPhone 13, what’s new and how it compares with it’s competitors. We give you all the other announcements from Apple this week including the new iPad Mini and Watch 7.

Find out who wants your smartphone to work for seven years guaranteed. We also chat about the iPhone 13 to be announced next week, the latest Bitcoin launch and how the pandemic has affected how we learn using digital platforms.

We hear about the Irishman instrumental in the story of AI Artificial Intelligence and all about the John Mc Carthy Summer School in Kilorgan Kerry. Also, like kids have to suffer ‘back to school’, us adults are dealing with ‘back to office’ !!  We chat about our own return, how Zoom dysmorphia is a thing, and the different ways Google and Apple are treating their employees coming back to work.

This week we’re chatting about a new low for delivery drones, why Elon Musk makes a terrible boss and the future of hybrid working models with the Head of Technology from Fidelity Investments , Lorna Martyn

We look at how social media is reacting to this weeks events in Afghanistan, why Tesla are in trouble and how data is putting Ireland at the centre of the climate crisis. We also chat with Andreas von Estorff from ModelManagement.com about how they use technology, not only to find talent, but to make their careers easier to handle as well.    

Excellent new phones announced by Samsung this week but not flawless.  We give you the ups, the downs and Irish pricing. We also open a can of worms with Googles announcement of 25% wage reduction for home workers and discover (possibly) the most unusual listing ever on Tinder!

We have the latest on new phones coming from Samsung and Google, find out how to get rid of pesky ads on YouTube and chat with Brian Gough from NCAD about how the principals of web design could be applied to a company’s staff.

We see stories about new applications for artificial intelligence every day but, while it works as an aid for decision making, it often falls flat when left to deal with human problems like helping companies find the best staff, or how to accurately recognise faces in a crowd. So how do we figure out which questions to ask to get the best results and why should some subjects be off-limits for the...

Ex-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is making all the headlines this week with this trip to space aboard his own rocket. So we thought we’d take a look at other tech CEO’s for a quick look at what happened next for them after leaving Apple or Microsoft of McAfee among others.