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The Big Tech Show

Every week we analyse the big tech issues, interv…

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Why 5G? A critical look at its strengths and weaknesses

Why 5G? A critical look at its strengths and weaknesses

This week, Adrian Weckler is discussing 5G and taking a critical look at its strengths and weaknesses.To help him make s... Read more

21 Feb 2020

31mins

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The trouble with AI and Europe

The trouble with AI and Europe

Adrian sits down with a German artificial intelligence expert to talk about why Europe isn’t doing AI right.In particula... Read more

22 Feb 2019

35mins

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Post-founder depression

Post-founder depression

How do you cope when your startup fails?The issue of mental health among founders isn’t widely discussed.This week, Adri... Read more

29 Nov 2019

51mins

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Take it to the bank: AIB’s CIO comes clean

Take it to the bank: AIB’s CIO comes clean

Is AIB considering facial recognition for when you walk into a branch?Adrian sits down for a wide-ranging chat with the ... Read more

28 Jun 2019

43mins

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Privacy, please

Privacy, please

This week, Adrian sits down with Cillian Kieran, who recently scooped €3.8m in seed funding for his privacy-focused soft... Read more

2 Aug 2019

29mins

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Why battery life is the real reason to upgrade to the iPhone 11 Pro

Why battery life is the real reason to upgrade to the iPhone 11 Pro

This week, Adrian reviews the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Although smitten by the new cameras on the updated handse... Read more

27 Sep 2019

1hr 3mins

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An idiot’s guide to artificial intelligence

An idiot’s guide to artificial intelligence

“Are robots actually becoming intelligent?”“Is my job under threat from intelligent machines?”“How close are Google, Ama... Read more

8 Jun 2018

50mins

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FaceApp - are we mugs to upload our mugs?

FaceApp - are we mugs to upload our mugs?

The fad of the week is FaceApp, which makes even the most cherubic youngster look like Gandalf.But we really helping ‘Th... Read more

19 Jul 2019

36mins

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To 5G or not to 5G

To 5G or not to 5G

After a very big week of broadband announcements in Ireland, Adrian sits down with the person promising the most radical... Read more

15 Feb 2019

24mins

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Zuck comes to Dublin

Zuck comes to Dublin

This week, we split the podcast into two segments: an interview with GoFundMe chief executive Rob Solomon and an audienc... Read more

5 Apr 2019

27mins

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Bit by bit, a little more Facebook privacy

Bit by bit, a little more Facebook privacy

While the world tries to decide whether political advertising should be allowed on Facebook, the company has quietly cho... Read more

22 Nov 2019

21mins

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Come fly (and eat)with me

Come fly (and eat)with me

Thought food delivery by drone was a distant tech promise?Think again.Irish entrepreneur Bobby Healy says his first Mann... Read more

8 Nov 2019

39mins

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The Voice

The Voice

Clothes manufacturers are starting to build voice technology into their garments, while Amazon’s new doorbell tech allow... Read more

11 Oct 2019

28mins

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Don’t push too far, Mr Trump: China’s in your hand

Don’t push too far, Mr Trump: China’s in your hand

Adrian spent a week in China getting a look under the hood of Huawei, the world’s most controversial tech company.He dis... Read more

14 Jun 2019

51mins

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O taxi, MyTaxi: where art thou?

O taxi, MyTaxi: where art thou?

Hailo was a roaring success. Then, two years ago, it became MyTaxi. Since that happened, the company has had its struggl... Read more

5 Jul 2019

39mins

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Paddy takes an Irish media break - but not before letting off a little more steam

Paddy takes an Irish media break - but not before letting off a little more steam

In what he says will be his last wide-ranging Irish interview “for two years”, Paddy Cosgrave speaks at length and in-de... Read more

31 Oct 2019

58mins

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Are politicians helping or hurting tech in Ireland?

Are politicians helping or hurting tech in Ireland?

This week, Adrian’s guest is Fianna Fail’s spokesman for science, technology and research, Kildare North TD James Lawles... Read more

21 Jun 2019

1hr 3mins

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The 5G health scare is it real?

The 5G health scare is it real?

This week on the Big Tech Show, Adrian Weckler looks at 5G not from the point of view of speed or connectivity but healt... Read more

13 Sep 2019

47mins

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Women in Tech: Ingrid Devin

Women in Tech: Ingrid Devin

Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent.Samantha... Read more

3 Jul 2019

26mins

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Dublin’s new €1bn TCD tech hub – beacon or elitist island?

Dublin’s new €1bn TCD tech hub – beacon or elitist island?

Trinity College Dublin has a €1.1bn plan to build a new high-end innovation district’ plan that would see the cream of a... Read more

10 Jan 2020

46mins

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