Tech and the Climate Crisis

This week, we investigate the cyberattacks that have left supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe in chaos. What actually happened on the day the fridges failed and just how vulnerable is the infrastructure we rely on every day? Also, how the US election results could reshape the relationship between politics and Big Tech and why the backlash against data centres is becoming harder to ignore. With our special guest we ask why do IT projects fail and what can businesses do to stop them going wrong? Bobby Brown, CEO of Nucleo, explores the common pitfalls and how to give technology projects a much better chance of success. Find our more about Bobby at nucleogroup.com—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Are organisations generally happy with their managed service providers or is it just too painful to switch?  Join our special Virtual Briefing Nov 5th to find out more.  https://webinar.techcentral.ieOn this weeks show, Apple’s latest MacBook Pro and iPad Mini bring some tempting new tech just in time for Christmas but are the upgrades worth the asking price? We also look at Anthropic’s potential trillion-dollar stock market debut and the risks that could come with it. Plus, AWS’s Sasha Rubel joins Niall Kitson to explain why Ireland is so keen on AI and whether we’re simply experimenting with ChatGPT or actually changing how we work.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

This week’s International AI Summit held in Dublin will be remembered for one thing: the Dublin Declaration on how Europe will ‘do’ artificial intelligence. We review the six points declared in the Summit’s Dublin Declaration. Plus, Nvidia becomes a fan of sovereign AI and Sony gets a bloody nose after users jailbreak their PS5 consoles in response to plans for dropping physical disks.Finally, our guest Ronan Kelly of Digital Infrastructure Ireland talks about how data centres need not be a wedge issue.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Mike Berners-Lee is our guest this week chatting about how misinformation has become such a difficult obstacle to tackling climate change and what technology companies can do about it.Plus, in this weeks news, your online shopping history could be worth more to a scammer than you think. The Asos hack reveals just how much personal information can be exposed in a data breach. We also look at an AI developer who has recreated Adobe’s major creative tools as free, open-source software and why Jeff Bezos is predicting AI could give people a three-day working week.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Trump has renamed “AI” to "SI - Super Intelligence". We note the irony of a glaring typo in the official document and wonder if the industry will adopt the new name. Also on AI, solicitor Donna O'Leary from Newcode AI joins us to explain how agentic AI is being safely integrated into the heavily regulated legal sector without risking embarrassing hallucinations.Plus, we cover the potential end of Chrome OS as Google launches "GoogleBooks" on Monday,  OpenAI stalling the release of GPT-6 Astra in favour of "Dots," and why McDonald's is turning to AI-driven dynamic pricing.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Episode 1134This week there is an official move to rename AI to 'Super Intelligence'. Meanwhile, AI giants and sworn enemies, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, have both been to the UN to ask governments the same thing.  Also, Google's Gemini has hacked real-world firms, we take a look at Meta's new screen-in-lens smartglasses and and discover why Ireland is ranks third globally for AI adoption. Plus, we compare consumer and educational tech with our guest, Chief Learning Officer with Irish ‘EdTech’ specialist Wriggle, Sean Glynn.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Episode 1133Why are the very people building AI fearing it and why is Meta taking a very different view? Big developments this week.  Plus we look at the latest crypto setback with the CLARITY Act, and how a kid ran up a $118,000 bill with Roblox. With our special guest, we find out how our relationship with data is changing at a time when machines (and not humans) are being considered its primary users. A fascinating insight with Shane Evans from ZYTE.comListen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Episode 1132One story dominating tech opinion this week, the new Apple folding phone they call ‘Duo’.  Hear why we simultaneously love it, and hate it.We also dig into the other new tech announced by Apple and our guest is Rebecca James from Education Elephant who use tech to figure out everybody's individual learning curve, then gets the tech to apply those individual learning styles at scale.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

There’s hot new desktops from Apple and a new boss too with changes are coming as soon as next week. We also find out who won the telecommunications contract for Mars (yes, the planet) and dig into some ultra-light laptops for under €800.Finally, we discuss a new perspective on digital project management that goes beyond quarterly results with author and academic Dr Catherine Mulligan.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Episode 1130Summer is drawing to a close, so it’s time to look ahead to the best sci-fi coming to cinemas and streaming over the autumn and winter, from big-screen blockbusters to cult classics and some seriously ambitious adaptations.We’ve a ton of great recommendations including why Dune: Part Three could be a very different kind of sci-fi blockbuster, what Klara and the Sun has to say about AI, relationships and our growing attachment to technology, and why some older sci-fi is about to grab our full attention once again on the big screen.—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech