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Want to know what is happening in tech? You need the Connected News Podcast. This new weekly series gives you the lowdown on what's happening in tech, all from an Irish perspective. Presented by Charlie Taylor, tech and innovation editor of the Business Post, each week we'll be bringing you the stories that matter in bite-size chunks to keep you in the know. Available to download wherever you listen to podcasts, the Connected News Podcast is brought to you by the Business Post in association with Ergo.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects AI headlines to concrete questions about deployment, accountability and the people affected by automated systems.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke give The Connected News Podcast a useful two-stage rhythm: a conversational pass through current AI developments, followed by an interview with someone building or scrutinizing the technology.
From AI slop to factory cameras, Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke give your hype detector a workout.
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A brisk tour of Irish business coverage, from Winthrop and Monzo to MoveThru.
The episode keeps a compact grip on Irish business coverage, moving from Winthrop Technologies' more than 1.5 billion in 2024 revenue to Monzo's further 2 million investment in its Irish subsidiary and Naomi McGregor's 1.4 million raise for MoveThru.
Irish tech policy gets a sharp look at regulation, enterprise, and delivery.
Coinbase's move from Dublin to Luxembourg is the strongest thread, and the discussion uses it to frame what Ireland may lose when a European hub shifts elsewhere.
A compact sweep from age checks to server security to a startup raise.
The Connected News Podcast takes on online age verification, a Microsoft server alert, and a startup funding story, and that sweep gives the episode a clear shape.
Business, law, and tech all get enough context to stay readable.
Charlie Taylor opens with Intel expecting about 195 mandatory redundancies at its Leixlip plant, set against the roughly 5,000 people working there.
A brisk Irish tech-news roundup that keeps policy and platform changes in frame.
The Connected News Podcast keeps a newsroom tone while sorting a week of Irish tech headlines into a clear, fast-moving update. Charlie Taylor and Megan O'Brien move from the NDRC's uncertain future to WhatsApp's incoming ads, giving the episode a steady thread even as it stays…
A practical AI conversation that keeps returning to hospitals, deployment, and what actually works.
The episode starts with a brief conference yarn about hype versus reality in AI, then lands on the more convincing ground of Akara Robotics and its hospital work.
AI is framed as a practical tool, from killer-app skepticism to pathologists and Oscars rules.
The episode treats AI as a working tool, not a slogan. It begins with the hosts asking where the real "killer app" is, then moves to Donal O'Shea and DeSyfex, an Irish tech company building a global network of AI-supported pathologists.
A clear-eyed look at who can audit AI, and why so much of the data remains out of reach.
This episode treats AI accountability as a matter of access and power, not branding. Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke speak with Abebe Behan, described here as setting up an AI accountability lab at Trinity College, and the conversation moves from headlines to the basic question…
Apple details, software habits, and everyday technical friction.
Jason Snell and Myke Hurley debate Apple's product roadmap, leadership, and rumors weekly.
Apple decisions, examined down to the window corner.
Elaine Burke opens with Harvard Business Review data from Mark South Sanders showing AI use cases shifting from search and text editing toward therapy, companionship, organizing life, and finding purpose in 2025.
Connected News Podcast covering major Irish business developments including Winthrop Technologies' record £1.5B revenue and Blackstone acquisition, Ronan Group's proposed Station F-style startup incubator in Dublin, and Monzo's expanding presence in Irish fintech market.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke start with Ireland's storms and the strange reality of recording in a studio that has power.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke open with a blunt question about AI pricing.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke open with a news-heavy rundown on OpenAI, Perplexity, Google search, and Klarna before bringing in Karen Church from Intercom to talk about AI and customer support.
CoreWeave’s planned IPO sits at the center of the opening discussion, with Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke noting that the 2017 New Jersey startup has raised more than $14.5 billion, much of it debt, and is targeting a $32 billion valuation.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke open with Megan O'Brien from the Business Post.
Charlie Taylor opens with a quick newsroom round-up.
The Connected AI Podcast opens with a joke, then uses it to ask why AI demos so often end up embarrassing the people pitching them.
Charlie Taylor opens on online age verification.
Charlie Taylor and Elaine Burke open with a quick take on AI hype, conference time limits, and the gap between slogans and reality.
The show opens with a quick news brief about AI slop creeping into science writing.
Charlie Taylor opens with Coinbase leaving Dublin for Luxembourg, where Andrew Ross says the company became the first US crypto exchange to secure a MiCA license under the EU’s new market in crypto asset regulation.
Charlie Taylor opens with a short welcome and tees up a brisk news tour.
The Connected News Podcast opens by correcting the record.