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Tech Radio Ireland
The No.1 Irish tech news podcast since 2006. A new podcast every Friday keeps you up-to-date-on all things tech or get hourly updates and daily newsletters from our website at TechCentral.ie
Episodes
Tech Radio Ireland1018: New Apple iPads
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 for it and we look at what…
Tech Radio Ireland1017: Broadband from Space
This week, bad news for Binance, great news for Amazon and the EU vs Meta in election interference. We also see if a spacecraft can get fast enough broadband…
Tech Radio Ireland1016: It's Been a Bad Money Week
This week Tesla, Meta and TikTok are in the bad books and Talent Hub’s Ellie Doyle explains what companies can do better in supporting employees with…
Tech Radio Ireland1015: Ireland's TikTok Investigation
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 ……
Tech Radio Ireland1014: AI Dictates How and Where We Live
We look back on the seven biggest stories of the week including the eclipse, Web Summit's surprising new CEO and can AI teach you Irish? Plus, with lots in the…
Tech Radio Ireland1013: AI Used in War?
We look back on the seven biggest stories of the week including AI being used in Gaza, a new digital driving licence for Ireland plus how private is incognito…
Tech Radio Ireland1012: Easter Eggs and April Fools
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…
Tech Radio Ireland1011: Inside Oculus VR with co-founder Jack McCauley
This week we have a super-star guest interview with Jack McCauley, the co-founder of the Oculus VR Headset. We talk about his role in getting the company off…
Tech Radio Ireland1010: What a Scream
For an alternative Bank Holiday treat, Niall sits down to talk sci-fi and horror movies with expert and fan Ygraine Bright. They serve up some sublime…
Tech Radio Ireland1009: Apple & International Womens Day
This week, Apple and Google have been falling over themselves making changes to avoid EU fines … but Apple may be too late! We’re also talking about…
Tech Radio Ireland1008: Apple's Car Wreck
We explore the shattered dreams of the Apple Car project, share breaking news on cybersecurity breaches at the Department of Foreign Affairs, and dig into a…
Tech Radio Ireland1007: AI Out of Control. Do We Need a Kill Switch?
We’re talking about OpenAI's groundbreaking text-to-video image generator which may not be as great as they say. In fact, AI has been doing some very strange…
Tech Radio Ireland1006: Bitcoin's Meteoric Rise and the Race to the Moon
This week Bitcoin is going to the moon, Dr Who’s Tardis is going to the moon and even ride-share firm Lyft are going to the moon, albeit by accident! We give…
Tech Radio Ireland1005: AI Armageddon - Shocking Stories from the American Election
This week we’re talking about the Apple Vision Pro, some crazy AI stories with the American election and an incredible deep fake scam that netted a quarter of…
Tech Radio Ireland1004: The Most Productive Tool You Can Use on the Internet
This week we’re looking at a huge row over music online, AI in web browsers, how Apple are sticking it to the EU & Taylor Swift is sticking it to the US. We…
Tech Radio Ireland1003: Tech Trillionaires
This week we’re looking at how Microsoft and Apple are battling it out to see who is the richest, Amazon fights the law but will the law win and we have a big…
Tech Radio Ireland1002: Samsung's Stunning New S24
Samsung have just released their new phone and there is only one word for it … WOW. We give you the full lowdown plus news on Ireland’s new tech revenue stream…
Tech Radio Ireland1001: Ireland's Young Scientists
This is one of our most popular shows of the entire year where we visit the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin. Every year, we…
Tech Radio Ireland1000: Wow! 18 Years of Irish Tech
A bumper show to celebrate 1,000 episodes covering Irish and international tech hosted by Dusty Rhodes and Niall Kitson! Jump into our special retrospective…
Tech Radio Ireland999: Top 10 Tech of 2023 Part 2
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…
Tech Radio Ireland999: Top 10 Tech of 2023
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…
Tech Radio Ireland998: Is the Twitter Killer Here?
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…
Tech Radio Ireland997: Toy Show Part 2
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…
Tech Radio Ireland997: Toy Show Part 1
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…
Tech Radio Ireland996: AI Drama - What Are They Hiding?
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…
Tech Radio Ireland995: Tale of Two Phones
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…
Tech Radio Ireland994: Next Level AI
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…
Tech Radio Ireland993: Crisis at Web Summit
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…
Tech Radio Ireland992: What is Social Loafing?
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…
Tech Radio Ireland991: Giant Space Dish Found in Cork
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…
Tech Radio Ireland990: Pixel 8 Phone Amazing AI Features
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…
Tech Radio Ireland989: Facebooks Dublin Bank
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…
Tech Radio Ireland988: Would You Pay for X?
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…
Tech Radio Ireland987: iPhone 15 EU Edition
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…
Tech Radio Ireland986: Ireland's Space Sector
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…
Tech Radio Ireland985: Irelands Best Inventors
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…
Tech Radio Ireland984: Tech To Drive You Mad
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…
Tech Radio Ireland983: Ireland from Space
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…
Tech Radio Ireland982: WeCrash
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…
Tech Radio Ireland981: Future of Bikes
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…
Tech Radio Ireland980: Does Top Twit Give a XXXX
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.
Tech Radio Ireland979: Worlds Best AI Explainer
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…
Tech Radio Ireland978: Police Access Your Phone
France celebrates Bastille Day with sweeping new powers letting police enable your smartphone mic and camera without your knowledge. We also share which tech…
Tech Radio Ireland977: Zuckerberg ZuckerPunch
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…
Tech Radio Ireland976: Ireland Breaking the Law
Could it be that GDPR applies to everyone except the Irish Government? We look into some worrying stories about your privacy this week. We also hear how Canada…
Tech Radio Ireland975: Who is Tweetless at Twitter
So much news for you this week including an attack on Microsoft services, game prices going up, why Megan Markle & Spotify are getting divorced and Twitter…
Tech Radio Ireland974: Days Numbered for Rogue AI
On the show today we look at the EU’s new AI Act which will bring some order to AI’s ‘wild west’. There is also news on a mobile phone super-merger, a…
Tech Radio Ireland973: Eye Poppin' Tech Toys
We share what impressed us with new toys announced by Apple this week. We look ahead to Samsungs next UnPacked event and chat about a neat new use for…
Tech Radio Ireland972: Is the World Ending?
Leaders in AI have made a unique but dramatic warning on the new tech. We look at that plus a preview of new Apple tech to be announced on Monday. 01:00 Our…
Tech Radio Ireland971: Microsoft Build 2023
It’s been a record week for Facebook and Apple but NOT in a good way. We also hear about huge new announcements from this weeks Microsoft Build and find out…
Tech Radio Ireland970: EU vs AI
This weeks story include Tik Tok getting its first official outright ban, the Irish Data Commissioner is about to levy a record fine on Facebook/Meta and some…
Tech Radio Ireland969: Google IO
On the show this week, we go over the main announcements from Google I/O this week, from brand new AI features on Google apps to hot new phones and tablets…
Tech Radio Ireland968: Musk Kills Twitter
We bring you up-to-speed on how Musk is killing Twitter, a key resignation at Google and a new feature at Linkedin which could actually mess up your job…
Tech Radio Ireland967: Ireland on the Moon
We bring you up-to-speed on the Irish connection with this weeks moon landing. There is weird stuff from the future which could be happening next week and…
Tech Radio Ireland966: AI in Trouble
This year’s darling ‘AI’ has been causing nothing but trouble this week. We fill you in. Also, we have new tech toys from Apple & Google and some new Trekkie…
Tech Radio Ireland965: Turn Tech Ideas Into Business
A quiet Easter week and a quite holiday gives us a chance to take a breather on AI and see how we stand with this breaking tech. We find unlikely users and…
Tech Radio Ireland964: Our New Fav E-Reader
News stories catching our attention this week include a rough landing for Virgin Orbit, our new favourite e-reader and the New York Times stands up to Twitter…
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963: Cashless
News stories catching our attention this week include a cashless Ireland, Microsoft’s acropolypse and how bad TikTok really is for your phone. 11:30 FEATURE…
Tech Radio Ireland962: AI AtoZ
In the news this week, Microsoft are chasing Google Workspace, more job news on the tech sector and how AI is having some fun with Donald Trump? 12:10 FEATURE…
Tech Radio Ireland961: To the Stars
00:55 NEWS We’re looking at the financial meltdown in Silicon Valley, the hot new Chat GPT-4 and some bad news from Meta Ireland. 16:15 FEATURE INTERVIEW We’re…