A podcast from @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social taking a side-eye view of tech developments.
For Tech’s Sake
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We also (again!) talked about 'intentional use', and on the back of a massive UK survey revealing the amount of time we spend aimlessly faffing on our phones (years!), Virgin Media O2 came up with this quiz to check your Digital Intentionality Score: news.virginmediao2.co.uk/responsible-...
Every week on the pod we recommend some
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to check out.
And if you enjoyed our chat with Dr Colman Noctor, you should defo check out his TEDx talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTH...
Full episode: pod.fo/e/427bf8
We’re talking greenwashing and data centres with @hannahdaly.ie in this week’s episode.
Hannah is professor of sustainable energy at @ucc.ie and has conducted research into data centres' energy use in Ireland for @foeireland.bsky.social.
Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/42e262
This wasn't Colman's first time on the pod, and you can find his previous episode, with advice for parents helping kids navigate the online world, here: pod.fo/e/1eb48f
You could get as much insight from checking your device's screen time tracking, but they do offer some tips on shifting to more intentional use that aren't bad.
You can also get some motivation from Mel B for some reason?
Explained (somewhat) in the ep: pod.fo/e/427bf8
And if our episode inspires you to unplug for a bit and go outside, we encourage you to look out for hedgehogs and log them with The Irish Hedgehog Survey! 🦔
www.irishhedgehogsurvey.com
The Great Big All-Ireland Hedgehog Count concludes on June 14th, but after that you can keep an eye out for invasive species 🐝 and log them here: invasives.ie
We'll have an all-new episode on Thursday with fresh recommendations so be sure not to miss it!
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#Throwback to the live recording of the 100th episode of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social with special guest, Dr @abeba.blacksky.app discussing the good, the bad and everything in between when it comes to AI.
Listen here: https://shorturl.at/aKgOM
#TheDigitalHub #ForTechsSake #Podcast #Tech #Dublin8
Elaine's been AI-splaining again.
This time on RTÉ's Six One News covering the misreporting around Anthropic's latest audacious claims on its genAI's capabilities.
