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We dive into this week's Made by Google with reaction to the new Pixel phones, the foldable phone, and the updated buds. A lot of impressive features and advancements in technology included. We can’t forget about Elon Musk and his latest ‘adventures’. From Monday's Trump disaster, to losing €500,000 in an Irish court, and a controversial AI image generator, we cover it all.

This week Niall and Dusty go through the biggest stories of the last seven days including a stock market crash, X declares war on advertisers and Taoiseach Simon Harris says we’re about to get tough on social media. Plus Google has a new product and a big problem.

This week CrowdStrike gets ready for a slew of legal actions, Microsoft gets hit with an embarrrassing DDoS attack, the counties getting the most out of our fine weather and Bankseq co-founder and DCU professor Michael Dowling explains how generative AI can bring back a personal touch back to banking.

Cyberpsychologist Ruth Guest hits home with some great points on limiting kids exposure to the internet, FOMO, smartphone bans and more. We cover the EU's potential €40bn action against Apple and deliver some good news for accessing their self-repair diagnostic tool in Ireland. Plus, with the release of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, we also take a quick look at the impact of his work and s...

This week we look at why Intel is selling a share in it’s Leixlip plant, the cancelled moon trip and Humane looks for a buyer. Plus a fascinating conversation on generative AI with Accenture head of technology Austin Boyle.

Niall and Dusty happen to be in the market for a new smartphone so they’re going to take a look at three phones each, from high-end to budget busters, and decide which one they’re going to buy with their own cash!

In this edition we have big announcements to do with artificial intelligence from OpenAI and Google. We ask who won the week. Later, Dell Technologies field chief technology officer Ivor Buckley talks about how generative AI is changing the game in cyber security.

This week Apple presents a new line of iPads in record time; Amazon promises a website for Ireland but you might be waiting a while; and we look at what lessons learned from the collapse of non-fungible tokens with Tyler Adams from Item Systems.

This week we look at bad news for Binance, great news for Amazon and the EU takes on Meta over election interference. Later, Niall Kitson talks with Dr Ge róid Ó Súilleabháin is Head of the Department of Technology Enhanced Learning at Munster Technological University about how open source software and open data can help open minds.

On this week's show we see why Tesla, Meta and TikTok are in trouble, what the Bitcoin halving means, and TalentHub co-founder Ellie Doyle explains what companies can do better in supporting employees with disabilities.

This week we have job cuts at Tesla, Humane’s AI pin fails to live up to the hype and social media comes under pressure for failing to protect children … again. Later, Dimitra Incorporated CEO and founder Jon Trask talks about how farmers can use blockchain to become more profitable.

We look back on the seven biggest stories of the week including the eclipse, Paddy Cosgrave returns as Web Summit CEO, and can AI teach you Irish? Plus, with lots in the news of city planning with housing and transport (particularly in Dublin), we ask if AI is going to dictate how and where we live with Dr Federico Cugurullo from Trinity College Dublin.

This week we look at how AI is being used to identify targets in Palestine, the commercial effect of regulation on Big Tech and Prof Marco Ruffini looks at the next generation of cellular networks.

For the weekend that’s in it, we’re looking at some of the best tech Easter Eggs and April Fools pranks over the years. We also have the latest news including China taking it to the rest of the world in chips and more, new AI guidelines, and martyrdom at Facebook.

On this week's show Neuralink goes public with another breakthrough, Microsoft has big plans for AI in Ireland and Apple gets in more trouble over payment processing. Later, Oculus co-founder and Innovator in Residence at UC Berkeley Jack McCauley shares his opinions on where VR and the company in general is going.

This week Ygraine Bright from What A Scream joins Niall Kitson for a top 10 of evil robots and AIs in film.

This week Dusty celebrates the end of Apple's walled garden approach to apps and music, Niall takes us through some surveys about women in tech ahead of International Women's Day, and Delaram Golpayegani from Adapt talks about some applications for AI that will only cost you some privacy.

This week Apple car puts the brakes on its Project Titan car project, share, the fallout of the Odysseus moon landing, and look at some Star Trek-level tech from MWC. Afterwards, we chat about e-sports and cognition with Prof Mark Campbell, a senior lecturer and Director of the Esport Science Research Lab in Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software Research at the University of Lim...

Should we have the ability to turn AI off? All of it? This week Niall and Dusty look at the benefits. Later Mastercard's Ann-Marie Clyne looks at the benefits her company has seen using the Fasttrack to IT apprecticeship (FIT) programme.

This week we have big news for the space economy, the Adapt research centre appoints a new head and Bitcion continues its upward trajectory. Later, Gillian Whelan, MD of IT consultancy emagine in Ireland, explains the impact of the Digital Operational Resilience Act on EU consumers.

Try as they might some companies can't either get their products to connect with consumers. Whether it's tech that's too far ahead of its time or that simply don't work there are plenty of reasons why not everything that gets released becomes a must-have. This week Fujitsu distinguished engineer Caragh O'Carroll gives us some reasons why.

This week we take a look at some good news and bad for Elon Musk; Taylor Swift forces US lawmakers to get tough on deepfakes, why TikTok is at loggerheads with Universal Music Group, and Apple makes concessions with the EU over third party app stores. Also, what does your PC say about you? Colin Baker from the Laptop Lab shares some funny observations.

This week we have bad news from eBay and Tesla while Apple and Microsoft trade places on the list of most valuable tech companies. BH Consulting CEO Brian Honan will also be along to discuss 15 years of milestones in cyber securty.

This week Niall and Dusty go under the hood of the Galaxy S24, Samsung's 'smartest' smartphone to date. We also have more from Maryrose Lyons of the Institute for Ai Studies.

On this week's show Niall Kitson visits the 60th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. We've got applications for AI, a warning about social media, a new use for drones and a whole lot more. Finally, we get a word in with RTE 'science guy' Mark Langtry about why the competition is more relevant than ever.