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This week Apple pulls the plug on the iPhone Air, how Cloudflare brought down a fifth of the Internet, crypto has a bad week and trouble at the EU as Ursula von der Leyn falls victim to AI hype.
Plus, Dr Hazel Farrell from SETU talks about how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool rather than a threat to learning.

Air today, gone tomorrow

This week, we're diving into the EU's push to ban social media, Ireland's space economy is having a record year and we share some Black Friday bargains. Plus, we look at AI in the workplace and how it is forcing companies to rethink their ways of doing business internally and out with Neil Bowden from Dell Technologies Ireland.

Dell's Neil Bowden on what enterprises are getting wrong about AI

Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? We got you covered with smart gadgets that'll actually get used, from VR headsets that don't need a gaming PC to AI phone assistants with a proper Dublin accent. 

The Tech Radio Toy Show 2025

From Clippy in Microsoft Word to ChatGPT, with Brian MacNamee, Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at UCD. He'll explain how large language models are only the public face of a technology that’s been evolving for decades.

Insight's Brian MacNamee on the evolution of AI

This week Dusty and Niall are by Jason Walsh for a sparky show looking at the highs and lows of 2025 and looking forward to 2026.. Up for discussion are the return of DAB, invasive drones, debilitating outages, trillion-dollar companies, and billionnaires lining up to become friends with US President Donald Trump.

Goodbye 2025

This week Niall Kitson sits down with Peter MacAvock, head of distribution, platforms & services for the European Broadcasting Union for a special interview discussing the next frontiers on what we’ll watch next... and how.

TV guide Peter MacAvock of the European Broadcasting Union

John Romero managed to change the face of gaming not once but twice. This week he talks to Niall Kitson about the making of Doom and Quake.

A tale of Doom with John Romero

This week Niall and Dusty discuss the state of the National Broadband Plan and Google I/O. Away from the studio, Niall meets Carol O'Sullivan, director of D-Real, the blended reality training and research centre at Trinity College Dublin, ahead of this weekend's Dublin City 3D Hackathon.

National Broadband: There is a plan, and Carol O'Sullivan of D-Real

This week we This week Niall talks with Ampersand CEO and founder Holly O'Driscoll about the value - commercial and organisational - of design thinking.
In other news, we get all excited about Ireland's space strategy, and wonder why Facebook wants to get into cryptocurrency with Libra.

Ampersand founder Holly O'Driscoll on design thinking and innovation

This week Niall meets Digital Hib technologist in residence Rodhan Hickey. We also look at Facebook's latest privacy measure and Apple's plans for a multimedia future.

Digital Hub technologist in residence Rodhan Hickey

On this week's show Niall Kitson visits the National Analytics Conference to find out how data is powering the next steps of space exploration.

Nasa's head of AI Dr Steve Chien on where to next

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