Plz, no more apps. My children are disappearing. @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social are talking all about Ryanair’s app trap, Bluesky’s over-reach in moderation, looming threats to GDPR, and the signs from All’s Fair that microdramas are influencing TV. Listen here: pod.fo/e/351e01

We're pleased to announce our 2026 #CESIcon keynote speaker, @elaineburke.bsky.social. 🥳 You might know Elaine from her journalism, the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social, or for her appearance on @rte.ie Prime Time last night. www.rte.ie/news/primeti... @lcetb.com @denistreacy.com

If you know me, I love a bit of critical tech talk, and I adore a good podcast. I've been enjoying a deep dive into the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social podcast since @cesi-ie.bsky.social invited @elaineburke.bsky.social to be our 2026 #CESIcon keynote speaker. shows.acast.com/for-techs-sake

Ekaterina Uetova from the MOvD research project and @tudublin.bsky.social joined us to explain why a group chat might be more motivational than a gamified fitness app when it comes to making you move. Catch her full interview here: pod.fo/e/34c694

Fun exercise in data literacy you can do for #ScienceWeek: hidden-selves.wove.co

Who is the good guy of tech? 🤔 @earley.bsky.social picked Clippy. 📎 @elaineburke.bsky.social picked Tim Berners-Lee. 💻 We had a good chat about it, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. (Episode 4.16: The good guy of tech) But who would you pick???

Lots of thought-provoking stuff in this episode, if I do say so myself.

calling all queer and trans people who were involved in the catherine connolly campaign: would you like to speak to me for an article i am writing? (i would love to get as many different perspectives as possible)

Have you ever thought about your data after life? And who you would trust with your data after you die? Researcher @dannysnow.bsky.social certainly has, and he has some advice. Listen to the full interview: pod.fo/e/3472a6

It's a Halloween special from us this week, sharing (barely) spooky stories about emotional bog bodies and the data after life with special guest @dannysnow.bsky.social from @ucdischool.bsky.social 👻 Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! 🎃 pod.fo/e/3472a6

Someone please tell Amazon they're practising the wrong kind of tech redundancy. These latest layoffs were signalled last week, in time for our post-outage ep: pod.fo/e/342e80

@elaineburke.bsky.social doesn't mince her words when it comes to her thoughts on AI slop... Find the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts.

Tomorrow's episode of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social contains multitudes. (Including a layer of irony in me finding this funny but also complaining about the juvenile humour in AI slop.) What can I say, the duality of me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Miraculously, in a chat about Big Tech’s impact on democracy, @lizcarolan.com was able to leave us on a hopeful note. Catch her full interview here: pod.fo/e/33a104

This is already having an impact beyond campaign ads. Get the full download on what's happening from Liz's interview: pod.fo/e/33a104

As of today, 10 October, the rules governing online political advertising in the EU have changed. Listen to tech and democracy expert @lizcarolan.com explain how “malicious compliance” with these rules might make things even murkier: pod.fo/e/33a104

Two of CÚRAM's Investigators Prof Madeleine Lowery and Prof Garry P. Duffy recently joined the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social to explain their work on sensors and soft robotics.. @researchireland.ie @universityofgalway.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social Listen at shows.acast.com/for-techs-sake

Could you do with a squeeze from a soft robot? Check out the full interview with @uniofgalway.bsky.social's Prof Garry Duffy and learn about more medtech marvels wherever you get your podcasts: pod.fo/e/335729 @researchireland.ie

How does Meta's gesture-based control for its smart glasses work? We asked Madeleine Lowery, an expert in measuring electrical signals from muscles, known as electromyography (EMG). Full interview: pod.fo/e/335729 @ucddublin.bsky.social @insightcentre.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

The amount of people I know who were suspect of Connolly's keepy-uppy video being AI and who looked closer to be sure of it is a good sign for media literacy.

We're just not sold on Meta's glasses. 🤓 But there's one piece of tech from that failed demo that intrigued us... Find out in our new episode: pod.fo/e/335729

Good grief. Someone put my ugly mug on the interwebs. And they put my voice in a podcast talking about stuff. Thanks to @elaineburke.bsky.social for letting this @tupped.bsky.social budget covers band share some thoughts on terms and conditions and what people can do to nudge dial on things.

Have you read the Ts&Cs? @castlebridgechief.bsky.social explains what you should look out for when you make a deal with tech platforms. Take a listen! pod.fo/e/3315d5

In our latest @fortechssakepod.bsky.social we're talking about terms of use and how they push the bounds of user expectations and privacy regulations. Very grateful to have had @castlebridgechief.bsky.social join us for the chat and lending us his expertise. Take a listen! pod.fo/e/3315d5

Amazon tried to disrupt this week's recording, but we can't be stopped! 😆 Find our latest episode wherever you get your podcasts. @earley.bsky.social @elaineburke.bsky.social

Before you get sucked into an online argument, ask yourself: could this be a bot? 🤖 Listen to For Tech's Sake. Out every Thursday. ❤️ @earley.bsky.social @elaineburke.bsky.social

Proving the For Tech's Sake maxim that there are only two absolute truths in life: Tech will fail and you will die.

simpsons predicted meta glasses

The US TikTok ban has been delayed once again. @earley.bsky.social and @elaineburke.bsky.social discuss how the way is being paved for TrumpTok, as well as the sheer volume of bots in online communities, in our latest episode. ▶️ pod.fo/e/32cc57

Time for a glow up!! ✨ Many thanks to Conor Nolan for our fiery transformation. 🔥

Author @sylvialeatham.bsky.social tells us how her background in a research centre looking into collaborative robotics, and a love for office-based sitcoms inspired her to write Chaos Theory. Check out her full interview: pod.fo/e/328978

Its always a pleasure to chat to @elaineburke.bsky.social and take part in the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social podcast

We invited @brianhonan.bsky.social back to the pod to fill us in on what we need to know about the EU's Chat Control proposal, which he believes creates more problems than it solves. Listen for more: pod.fo/e/328978

Major content-sharing networks now prioritise video, which is more laborious and resource-intensive to produce, creating a demand for quick and easy AI-generated video, which increases production, making networks noisier and harder to parse, driving people away. It's called BUSINESS.

Thanks to Sweta Malik from @ucddublin.bsky.social's Energy Institute for coming on the pod to tell us all about peer-to-peer energy trading and what different projects from around the world have taught us about this shift towards energy-conscious communities. Listen back: pod.fo/e/324818

More good things tech has brought us from our latest episode. This time, some class projects from Irish artists. @aislingmurray.bsky.social @thedigitalhub.bsky.social @elaineburke.bsky.social @earley.bsky.social

Director of Health Innovation Hub Ireland Dr Tanya Mulcahy featured recently on @fortechssakepod.bsky.social. Tanya caught up with @elaineburke.bsky.social to chat about the launch of HIHI’s FemTech in Ireland Report & growing rise of FemTech. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/04pr...

Tanya Mulcahy explains in plain English how we’ve ended up with such a dearth of innovation in women’s health, and why this is now a prime opportunity – from an economic as well as a societal point of view. Catch our complete interview with Tanya on For Tech’s Sake, wherever you get your podcasts.

When do gove a babg duvet and pillow? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 @earley.bsky.social @elaineburke.bsky.social

Today is gonna be the day that Kelly and Elaine are gonna throw a look back on a bleak week of tech news, from some shocking revelations over at Meta AI to some concerning behaviour from Stripe. We also leave you with something you can use to spend your days in the sunshine. ☀️ pod.fo/e/3190ec

What is digital sexual literacy and why is it important for young people? We learned all about it from @beirchearts.bsky.social in our latest episode. Check it out: pod.fo/e/313112

We're committed to ending every episode on a high note, and it was BlueSky user @gamerstavernshow.com who led us to our latest bit of something good on the internet... Find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧

A delight!

Our @earley.bsky.social wrote the perfect companion piece to our recent episode on the dark side of music streaming. Listen back here: shows.acast.com/for-techs-sa... Or read her essay below 👇

In our latest episode, find out why listeners are getting turned off Spotify, and why @earley.bsky.social has moved forward, not backward, to radio. It also includes a surprising fact from @elaineburke.bsky.social about the frontman of The Offspring... shows.acast.com/for-techs-sa...

in this convo i was unexpectedly tickled by the idea of brendan o'connor buying beef tallow skincare for himself on tiktok shop

ICYMI, our @earley.bsky.social was on @rteradio1.bsky.social with Brendan O'Connor to talk all things TikTok Shop – the Gen Z QVC. Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

"It's important to recognise that digital rights violations are part of an occupation apparatus." Listen to Riham Al Faqih from MIFTAH discussing how technology is being used against the people of Palestine in our latest episode. ▶️ pod.fo/e/306a3a

@elaineburke.bsky.social spoke to MIFTAH's Riham Al Faqih about digital rights oppression in Palestine in mid-June, when conflict was escalating between Israel and Iran, Gaza was cut off from the internet, and reports of starvation there were already emerging. shows.acast.com/for-techs-sa...

@elaineburke.bsky.social spoke to MIFTAH's Riham Al Faqih about digital rights oppression in Palestine in mid-June, when conflict was escalating between Israel and Iran, Gaza was cut off from the internet, and reports of starvation there were already emerging. shows.acast.com/for-techs-sa...