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  • Power, platforms, and policy: Minister James Lawless on the challenges of big tech

    Power, platforms, and policy: Minister James Lawless on the challenges of big tech
    2026/02/10
    What is the future of AI in Ireland? Do we have digital sovereignty? And should social media be banned for under sixteens?  James Lawless, Minister for further and higher education, research, innovation and science, joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show.

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    39 分
  • Inside the system designed to keep you hooked

    Inside the system designed to keep you hooked
    2026/02/05
    What is a recommender algorithm? Should they be switched off? And how do they create toxic narrative bubbles? Johnny Ryan, digital rights campaigner and director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show.

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    34 分
  • Spies, lies and Irish cybersecurity with Professor Richard Aldrich

    Spies, lies and Irish cybersecurity with Professor Richard Aldrich
    2026/02/02
    Is the world of espionage now online? Are the Irish the cyber weak link in Europe? And how is digital sabotage being used today? Richard Aldrich, professor of International Security at the University of Warwick and leading expert on intelligence, espionage and cybersecurity. The security expert explained how bad-acters can hack into the back of the internet connected fridges and get them to overheat on a windy day. Getting fridges to catch fire simultaneously is a contingency that the UK government is just starting to consider as a threat. You can listen to the full episode here, on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    27 分
  • The world according to Mark Little

    The world according to Mark Little
    2026/01/27
    Online polarisation, Trump, Elon Musk, AI, media, Ireland and startups — Mark Little is thinking about a lot of things right now. In this extended episode, he lays out some bare truths about the state of the world and what his own plans are at present.

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    45 分
  • Billionaire tears over California’s new tax. Also: guessing the winners and losers of 2026

    Billionaire tears over California’s new tax. Also: guessing the winners and losers of 2026
    2026/01/20
    Who is rising and falling in the US tech world? What events will shape 2026? And will Elon weather the Grok scandal? Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US Tech editor, joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show. The conversation began by Adrian asking the Guardian’s US tech editor about the reaction in America to the Grok AI scandal. The US-based journalist explained that the reaction to X’s Grok AI tool in the US has been muted and heated than Europe. According to Montgomery, a couple of US lawmakers have voiced their concerns and called for a Grok ban but because the reaction to the AI tool globally, Musk has begun to dial back the AIs capabilities. You can listen to the full episode here, on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    30 分
  • The Jeff Bezos story: from billionaire Amazon founder to midlife crisis to space missionary

    The Jeff Bezos story: from billionaire Amazon founder to midlife crisis to space missionary
    2026/01/13
    What makes Jeff Bezos tick? Is he a generational talent who will take us to the stars? Or billionaire tech bro living the high life? Christian Davenport, journalist who spent twenty-five years at the Washington Post and the author of the recently published book, Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race.

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    32 分
  • The Grok AI scandal — what happens now? Plus: why Ireland’s plan to link national ID to social media access is dystopian

    The Grok AI scandal — what happens now? Plus: why Ireland’s plan to link national ID to social media access is dystopian
    2026/01/09
    With Grok AI now being used to undress people online, what do we do? Should government ministers stay off X? And is Ireland about to require digital ID? TJ McIntyre, associate Professor of the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and Head of Digital Rights Ireland joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show. You can listen to the full episode here, on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    34 分
  • My life as a CEO: Stephen Cluskey on raising €4m and being paralysed

    My life as a CEO: Stephen Cluskey on raising €4m and being paralysed
    2026/01/06
    Stephen Cluskey was about to enter his leaving cert year in Belvedere College when something happened that changed his life forever. On a camping trip with friends, Stephen fell off a hay bale and was paralyzed from the neck down. Stephen Cluskey, CEO of Mobility Mojo, accessibility advocate and social entrepreneur joins Adrian on this week’s episode of the Big Tech Show.

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    27 分