Tech Radio Ireland

Is Bitcoin dead? Despite huge falls in value, cryptocurrencies are still tipped to be the ‘next Apple’. We find out more about what has been happening and what is coming next with crypto expert Rachel Pether. As host of ‘Salt Talks’ her conversations with the world’s foremost investors, creators and thinkers deliver some surprising insights. Visit Rachel online at: RachelPether.com

Making news this week is roaming data while you’re on holiday, how Instagram plan to use AI to verify your age and how you can try an electric car for cheap. We also delve into how the Irish Covid app was developed at speed, and the hurdles overcome by Gary Drennan at Avanade, who was involved in the development and rollout of the app millions of us needed and fast last summer. For more on Avanade...

Our special guest is Danese Cooper, a keynote speaker at this year's Code for Ethics event on July 1st. Win your way into this sold-out event at Trinity College by emailing info@mediateam.ie with the subject line 'Code for Ethics'. Simple! As well as chatting with Danese about inner-sourcing, her role in the Irish Covid app and how she became known as the open-source ‘diva’, we mourn the demise of...

Could Googles AI be so advanced it is as human as future computers we see in sci-fi movies? Interesting comments from an Google insider who is blowing the whistle.   We also hear how companies are using the cloud now and in the future with Robert Byrne fro PwC.

Apple announced so many things at WWDC this week, we look at the biggest and best which made an impression and some surprising things that didn’t! We also chat with Rozenn Dahyot from the Adapt Centre about digital versions of the towns we live in now.  For more on their work in this area see www.adaptcentre.ie

In the news this week, Sheryl Sandberg resigns after destroying democracy with Facebook, Elon Musk is in trouble after telling employees to get in the house or get up the yard and we ask are virtual kids such a bad idea? We also focus on Irish data-centres, their huge power requirements and what do to about it with Marc Garner, VP Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric. Schneider Electric www...

Three shocking stories this week on how authorities and companies use data on you without your knowledge or consent. For instance, ever give Twitter or a similar company your phone number? You might regret it when you hear who they have shared your data with. Also, the Gardai are trying some new tech which even the Americans are trying to stamp out. Finally, we enjoy a fascinating chat about how n...

Find out about brilliant simple ways to give old hardware a brand new 2022 lease of life.  We also hear about two Irish brothers behind one of the world’s most popular OS which replicates Windows/Mac OS and we catch a glimpse of what’s coming for Zoom direct from the advisor to their CIO Magnus Falk Links Mentioned:  https://zorin.com/os/ https://zoom.us

Some brilliant innovations announced by Google at I/O this week include a huge improvement to Google Pay, new smartphones and a way to drop the OK Google wake word which you will either love or hate. Plus a serious look into the future where your photo ID could be replaced with your DNA. We chat with DNAverse about mixing ID with blockchain and the art of medical imaging. Find out more at: https:/...

We chat about how an exodus from Twitter could affect Musk, Apple faces a $36bn fine and a warning that your boss could be monitoring your work laptop.  Also, in healthcare, there are oceans of data but only puddles of clinical meaning. John Kelly from Intersystems talks through the problem and solution.

We find out more about the cyberwar being raged in Ukraine, how what is illegal offline will soon be illegal online and get an amazing insight into disaster prediction with Aon’s Head of Catastrophe Insight, Steve Bowen. Find out more about Aon at www.aon.com

Next time you are in an operating theatre, the surgeon could be using AI to operate on you. How will it go? We delve in with expert Dr Ozanan Meireles. We also look at the demise of Netflix, good news for smartphone charging and how to stop people spying on you with Whatsapp Related Link : Cloudwards:  https://www.cloudwards.net/internet-censorship/#map

News on the latest big tech pull out from Russia, how Elon Musk's Twitter deal is causing trouble and Meta plan to fleece anyone investing in the metaverse. Also, after a record year for investments in technology companies with €1.6 billion being put into Irish tech across the year, we found out who the winners are with John O'Dea the  Chief Executive of Tech Ireland

How does a computer retail business, known for dealing with consumers face-to-face,  embrace a new culture of remote working and supply chain instability? Colin Baker is co-founder of Laptop Lab and he talked to Niall Kitson about how his business has adapted to these changing times including his response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. For more on the Ukrainian appeal spoken about in the podcast,...

All the stories this week are true even though they may not appear to be. Fact is stranger than fiction!  We also chat with Kyran O'Mahoney about some amazing tech employed at NCBI.ie

This week we talk about Windows 11 highly annoying new hardware watermark even on registered devices. We're surprised at what people say about Apples new Studio hardware and discover that vampire devices are all over your home sucking your energy.

Ireland’s most famous tech family receive a special St Patricks Day award from SFI which was presented by An Taoiseach. We hear surprising news about Irish influencers, look at physical v digital music sales and discuss the future of robots in factories with Mark Gray from Universal Robots.

We chat about the one clear highlight at this weeks Apple Event along with all the other new product announcements. We also hear from Brendan Kavanagh at OliveGroup.io about using artificial intelligence to create high-quality learning material.

While politicians worldwide respond to the war in Ukraine, the response across the tech industry is phenomenal. We cover how the tech giants have been reacting. We are also very much in an era of cyber-war and we have a most revealing conversation with Brian Honan who is very much an expert in the area.  Find out more about their services at BHConsulting.ie

How your consumer rights now cover digital products, more about the governments' open data plan and trouble with Trumps' Truth app. All that and more on this week's Tech Radio right now.

Find out about Googles new Chrome OS FLEX, why no news is good news for Facebook and when we can see the new Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Trek Picard series on TV. We also chat about the kind of resources we need to stay connected and productive for work with Kevin Brown from Schneider Electric - www.se.com/ie/

Samsung Unpacked their latest phones and tablets this week or could you describe them as phones? Niall and Dusty check it out.   Also, after last weeks release of the government's new national digital strategy, we have some reaction from the research sector with Prof Noel O'Connor, the CEO of Insight at the SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics    

We look at the measures the government are putting in place with a digital strategy to bring Gigabit and 5G access to all, install remote working hubs and how many public services will be available online by 2030. We gag at the obscene profits at Facebook and give our tuppence on the Spotify/Joe Rogan story. After that, we chat with Micheal McGrath, Director of Technology at amtce.ie about new tec...

It’s been a busy week with Spotify’s spat with singer Neil Young and former royals Harry & Megan, Facebooks fail with cyrpto and news on an S22 from Samsung. We also have a completely fascinating chat about computers ability to dream with artist Robin Price. Press play now for all this weeks tech talk !

What kind of tech goes into the bank app on your smartphone? We hear from the CTO at Wellington IT about how they deliver ‘big bank services’ for credit unions and other smaller institutions. We also look at the real reasons why the American rollout of 5G has rattled airlines, why Microsofts huge games company purchase this week is not such good news and discover how many views and Irish YouTuber...