Tech Radio Ireland

  We ran over time last week, so this Part 2 of our top tech stories of the year, with the three biggest still to come. And as we know, AI is not top of the list!  Who is ??   Press play now for the top three of ‘23. ---- Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow their tech teams, build some greater diversity in the workplace, which in turn sparks fresh thinki...

Time to look back at how our world has changed in the last twelve months. It’s been a busy year with AI, Ireland in space and Elon Musk dominating the headlines.  Amazingly, in our Top 10 Tech stories of the year, AI is NOT at No.1 !  Turn on, tune in and find out who is as look at the Top 10 Tech Stories of ‘23. --- Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow t...

Big week for tech news despite it being close to Christmas.  Threads has finally arrived in Europe. Could it be the X/Twitter killer? In other news, we find out the most popular searches of the year and delve deeper into what the EU is about to do with AI. Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow their tech teams, build some greater diversity in the workplace...

This year, we’ve so much swag to talk about, we’ve packing it all into two toy shows!  In this second episode, we’re checking out everything from the best new computers to the loudest Bluetooth speakers and everything in between! Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow their tech teams, build some greater diversity in the workplace, which in turn sparks fres...

It’s our annual toy show !!  This year, we’ve so much swag to talk about .. we have to have two toy shows this year!  In this first episode, we’re checking out everything from the best new computers to the loudest Bluetooth speakers and everything in between! Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow their tech teams, build some greater diversity in the workpl...

This week, we unravel the dramatic firing and rehiring of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and what it could mean for the future. We find out how AI assistant Copilot is now available on Windows 10 and how to get around the EU restriction. Plus we chat with Cora Barnes about how her recruitment company is using AI to automate tasks and generate customized content for different platforms. Its a fascinating in...

This week we’re looking at two very different phones, one has a great screen and camera, the other is smarter but has no screen at all! We also look at routes other than college for finding your place in the tech sector as we chat with Peter Davitt, CEO of FIT . Our show this week is brought to you by FIT.ie.  Irish companies use it to grow their tech teams, build some greater diversity in the wor...

We’re joined by noted futurologist, entrepreneur and ethicist Nell Watson to look at the next level of AI and some of the most exciting and challenging developments in artificial intelligence today.  We talk about how large language models like GPT-3 have evolved far beyond just analyzing data, and can now take on complex tasks and even act as entire virtual corporations. We also explore how advan...

This week, good and bad news from Apple, two X rated call stories and the crisis at Web Summit. Also, a brand new event which combines tech and art is taking place in Dublin next weekend, Thurs 2nd to Sunday 5th November.  It’s called Beta and we’ll be chatting with their Festival Director Aisling Murray who’ll fill us in on everything from Prompt Battles to ALT.CTRL. GameCraft! Get full details a...

This week, why Windows 11 is lagging, the latest stupid move from X and we discover what ‘social loafing’ is! Also, our guest today Dr Esther Murphy from Trinity College Dublin, will be chatting about Ireland’s digital divide problem and a co-created digital skills programme to bridge the gap. Find out more at digi-academy.org

This week, X and the war in Israel, why the new ‘Delete Act’ is a good thing and we discover ‘Monk Mode’ in social media. Also in our feature interview, we hear a stunning story about a giant satellite dish rotting away in Cork that could be used as a radio telescope. Rory Fitzpatrick from the National Space Centre tells us all. For more information see www.bigdish.ie This week’s show is brought t...

This week, the new toys from Google come with quite amazing AI features … we check out the phones and all the new things they can do.  We also look at the positive side of Social Media and ask UCD’s Taha Yasseri if wisdom of crowds is a good thing?  

This week, Facebook has gone all ‘back to the future’ as it tries to make the metaverse happen … again. We also chat about them buying a bank in Dublin! In other news, we welcome back the longest-serving astronaut to Earth, Spotify says it’s ok with AI and X gets into more trouble. Plus, Space Week Ireland takes place next week from Oct 4 - 10. We find out all about it from Rob O’Sullivan , Space...

We find out more about Amazons huge new centre in Dublin, say congrats to some young Irish scientists taking over Europe and ask would you pay for X ?   Also, as deep fakes are getting more common, our guest Conor Lenihan delves into a study from software research centre Lero which asks can deep fakes be strong enough to make us question our own memories? 

We have all the headlines you expect from the iPhone 15 launch plus some you may have missed. We’ll be chatting with Robin Russell from IP Telecom about out how AI could work with call centres or improve those chatbots they have on websites.

We talk to the people at Ireland’s brand new Irish Space Association and discover loads about the Irish in orbit. Also, we hear why Ireland is central to TikTok’s future, we have a huge tech birthday to acknowledge and AI is going for a Grammy! 

This week, we find out more about Ireland’s best inventors with Jeffrey Roe & Ted Burke from Dublin Maker which is happening this weekend. Plus we’ll discover more about Google newly released AI and some really interesting concerns the UK government have about future tech.

Usually we fawn over tech we love which has become part of our daily lives.  Today, we flip that, and look at tech in our daily lives which drives us mad.  Some of them, most surprising!

This week, we investigate Ireland from outer space. Rumia Basu shares some of her discoveries on how we are using satellites in orbit to monitor Irish soil. Her chat originally appeared on the VistaMilk podcast from the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre.

For the middle of summer, there is lots of tech news to take in!  On the podcast  we wonder are WeWork on the way  out, we share some more brilliant internet deep fakes, and Zoom give us the most ironic story of the week!

We’re talking about the humble bicycle, which might have a key role to play in Ireland’s transport system in the future. But what are the challenges to implementing new transport systems? And what can be done to get more people on their bikes?  We find out all with Evan Boyle a researcher with MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland research centre for Energy, Climate and the Marine, who explores wh...

Loads for your this week from the self-destruction of Twitter, to the crazy prices we pay tech companies and the latest toys from Samsung.

Since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream late last year, we’ve been constantly covering how AI will shape our futures.  Recently, one of our sister science podcasts Adapt Radio had an amazing chat with two world experts in the area, who brilliantly explained AI and large language models from the ground up. They are Professor Vincent Wade , who works with Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence...

France celebrates Bastille Day with sweeping new powers letting police enable your smartphone mic and camera without your knowledge. We also share which tech bargains we got for Prime Day and how AI is being sued! 00:45 In our feature interview from the SFI Insight podcast, Dr Ankit Verma shares why Ireland is a great place to do research about conditions in outer space. 19:57

We’re all over the big story of the week which is Mark Zuckerbergs rival app to Twitter and why we won't see it soon.  00:40 We’ve also been to London to cover the Salesforce world tour, where they announced plans for a raft of AI products to add to the SalesForce CRM. Niall Kitson caught up with Ireland’s country leader Carolan Lennon to talk about its plans. 18:05