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.

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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.

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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. 🎧

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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...

New episode: What's my age again? @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social take a tour through age verification's peaks and valleys, exploring regulations and recommendations across Ireland, the UK and Spain. Join us for the journey: pod.fo/e/301745

Our new season of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social has landed! Any listens or reviews for this first episode would be most appreciated 🙏🏻 pod.fo/e/301745

Our bonus content – all of which is now available in our main feed – includes full-length interviews with our incredible guests, including a trip down Irish internet memory lane with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social. Listen here, and explore 30+ more bonus episodes: podfollow.com/for-techs-sa...

I spoke to Riham Al Faqih from MIFTAH, a Palestinian civil society organisation, about the suppression of digital rights in Gaza. The full interview is coming soon to @fortechssakepod.bsky.social, but you can read some of the core points on @thejournal.ie now. www.thejournal.ie/internet-out...

Did you know all of our bonus episodes are now available in the main feed? That means you can listen to an additional 30+ episodes you may have missed, including this one where @elaineburke.bsky.social gets freaked out by humanoid robots. Enjoy! podfollow.com/for-techs-sa...

Coming soon... podfollow.com/for-techs-sake @earley.bsky.social @elaineburke.bsky.social

very excited to work with @elaineburke.bsky.social on this!!!

Please welcome @earley.bsky.social as the new co-host of For Tech's Sake! 🥳 Check out our teaser on what to expect in the new season here: podfollow.com/for-techs-sake

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It's World Quantum Day, so a good day to listen to our world-expanding conversation with Harun Šiljak and Tom O'Dea from @connectcentre.bsky.social, about quantum science in pop culture and the potential impact of quantum computing. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6hqc...

I dunno if Throwback Thursday is a thing on here but I enjoyed listening back to this best of 2024 from HeadStuff (featuring my favourite moment on @fortechssakepod.bsky.social, bringing @jennydarmody.bsky.social to tears!)

New episode! 🔑 @connectcentre.bsky.social cybersecurity researcher Dr Hazel Murray is a whizz at guessing Irish people's passwords, because some standards set in the name of security have made us predictable. But she has tips on how to set (and remember) strong passwords! Listen: pod.fo/e/28f212

I always knew a chat about quantum computing would be mind-blowing but I didn't know it would reveal a new perspective on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 🤯 I also got to share one of my favourite Dublin science facts with @jennydarmody.bsky.social, which I learned from the late, great Mary Mulvihill.

CONNECT in November! 🌟 🚀 Hosted panels at #Fyuz24 on AI, 6G, & network efficiency 🏆 Awards for Smart Docklands & Prof. Tim Persoons 🎙️ Collobrated " @fortechssakepod.bsky.social " mini-series on tech & society 🌍 Updates on #ECOeNET & #6GXcel Read the full CONNECT newsletter here shorturl.at/7GCu1

New episode! ⚛️ This one's all about quantum computing – what it is, what it isn't and what it aims to be – with help from @connectcentre.bsky.social's Dr Tom O'Dea and Dr Harun Šiljak. Listen now for a chat that ranges from Schrödinger to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: pod.fo/e/28b5d9

New episode! ♨️ From cross-stitching your research proposals to diagramming the quantum internet, Dr Jessica Foley and Dennis McNulty demonstrate the many ways that art and science can intersect at @connectcentre.bsky.social. Listen here: pod.fo/e/2880b3

It's rare that we cover a topic that's completely new to both myself and @jennydarmody.bsky.social, and we both loved learning how digital product passports could push us towards a circular economy, with implications for how we reuse, resell, recycle and repair products. Check it out!

New episode! 🛍️ Did you know that every product bought and sold in the EU will soon require a digital passport? Find out how this technology could spur a new consumer movement that's conscious and sustainable in our latest episode with Grace Walsh and John Dooley from @connectcentre.bsky.social.

In the 2nd episode of the CONNECT mini-series on the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social podcast, CONNECT researchers Dr Walsh & Dr Dooley discuss the transformative potential of the EU's Digital Product Passports (#DPPs) with hosts @elaineburke.bsky.social & Jenny Darmody. open.spotify.com/episode/5bDw...

New social platform, new mini series and a new episode! 🚗 Check out this conversation on the challenges facing fully autonomous driving, and the other technologies that could have an impact on road safety and transport efficiency with Dr Aisling O'Driscoll from CONNECT. pod.fo/e/281802