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 level of technology we currently have? Ray Eitel-Porter is Global Responsible AI Lead with Accenture...
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.
We look at moves in the USA and the EU to strengthen your ‘right to repair’ tech gadgets you own and extend their lifespan if you wish. We also chat about the new EU Digital COVID Cert and travel, plus why open source freeware Audacity has been scandal of the week online.
Flying cars are taking off, Issac Asimov’s Foundation is about to land on TV and the web’s Source Code has just sold for $5m. Lots of news and banter this week so smash that play button now!
Niall and Dusty are straight out of the Microsoft Windows 11 presentation with all the details of this massive re-launch of the worlds most used OS.
Thanks to online leaks, we can tell you what Windows 11 will look like before Microsoft announce it next week. We also discover how the energy market is changing due to homeworking and the challenge this ‘new normal’ brings to infrastructure and hardware. Further Information Vertiv.com EnelX.com
We go over the plethora of announcements by Apple this week and especially the two most important ones around interoperability and huge privacy changes. We also chat with Charlie Gleeson the founder Zipp Mobility who pulls back the curtain to reveal some very surprising tech tricks with eScooters.
We look at some of the positive effects of the pandemic on our day-to-day tech lives including new developments from the EU who are launching an official app you can use as a driving license or public services card. We also chat with Alistair McKinstry, a climate scientist at the Irish Centre for High End Computing. He has been working on climate models to find out what kind of world we will be living in, if we pick up some lessons about sustainability, or go back to our old ways.
We chat about how online working will morph back IRL with expert Ger McMahon from Fidelity Investments. We also deliver the latest news on SSD shortages due to crypto, online tv services and how Irish people are suffering digital fatigue.
We look behind the health service cyber attack and discover how a decision not to upgrade Windows could have led to disaster. We also hear from Rubrick a world leader in protecting high profile high value corporate data about what may have happened and how to protect the future. www.rubrick.com
We look behind the health service cyber attack and discover how a decision not to upgrade Windows could have led to disaster. We also hear from Rubrick a world leader in protecting high profile high value corporate data about what may have happened and how to protect the future. www.rubrick.com
