Adrian Weckler

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Tech editor, Irish and Sunday Independent. Big Tech Show podcast presenter. Email: aweckler at https://t.co/r8vJoh1SSv.

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My mother loved animals. This just happened. Never experienced anything like it before. Walking along Griffith Ave when…

Water is unbelievably clear — when the Atlantic settles on a warm summer/Autumn day in west of Ireland, it’s incredible. This is an empty beach on the mainland (Mullet peninsula), close to the islands, this morning

You’d assume — I do assume — that Elon Musk’s triumphant salutation tonight at Trump’s inauguration is not what it really does looks like. I mean, we have to assume that. But wow, what an ill-judged salute style.

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Apple’s new AirPods Pro 3 have live translation between languages, On one hand, handy. On the other hand, a bit science-fictioney?

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Note how realistic the visuals and voices are. This AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly ‘withdrawing’ from presidential contest and that Friday’s poll is ‘cancelled’ is live and viral on Facebook tonight. 1000s watching, commenters believing it. We knew this would happen.

The Daily Show pokes fun at the ‘CEO’ of X, Linda Yaccarino

Looking across Dublin. Been like this non-stop the last hour — never seen so many fireworks

Hallowe’en, Dublin. This is looking across about 5km from the suburbs toward the city. More intense in the centre.

Dublin’s best secret is the new Greenway from Fairview/East Wall out into the port. Gorgeous cycle or walk.

This is the best example of Apple’s new AI in everyday life. This could honestly be a gamechanger. #wwdc24

Parts of the Quays in chaos; part of Parliament St now on fire

An abandoned island off the coast of North Mayo = good place for the fine weather. (Inishkea South, 40-min boat trip from Blacksod)

Another Garda charge to try to reclaim Cathal Brugha St

Galway’s Tesla in 1980. Guy built an electric car in his garage in Moycullen with 12-volt batteries and a range of 50km. “It’s the car of the future.” (Via ⁦RTÉ Archives⁩)

What it was like interviewing Elon Musk in Dublin. And his transformation from modesty to lacking empathy. — This pod discussion with Mark Little was really interesting. (Full ep of The Big Tech Show on the usual audio and video platforms.)

Column — the worrying rise of deepfakes in Ireland. This video of me is completely fake. It took me 15 minutes from Googling to creation. It’s me typing lines into an online text box. The video AI is based on 30 seconds of me saying stuff as training.

“If in doubt, wipe it.” Stark advice for people travelling to US: — Delete bad jokes about US from WhatsApp and social media — Completely wiped (or ‘burner’) phones raise red flags — Don’t say too much in interrogations More advice:

A young Galway inventor has become the talk of CES (many ‘top 10 best new’ lists etc) with his startup, Swippitt. It gives a smartphone a 70pc charge in 2 seconds (by swapping batteries instantly). Padraic used to run bars (Full video/info in article)

OpenAI this, Anthropic that. The best example I’ve seen of a normal, small Irish business using AI is Lenehans hardware, over 100 years in Dublin’s Capel St. Added a customised AI bot which is better than search; walks you through DIY stuff. Full story: