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Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller ‘Disclosure Day’, about the leadup to a worldwide revelation that humanity is not alone, is set to release this Friday.During the week, the Irish Film Institution received their 70mm rolls of the film. The IFI is the only place in the country wh ... Show More

As the World Cup kicks off tomorrow, it is worth bearing in mind that research consistently shows a spike in domestic abuse against women during major football tournaments…Joining Seán to discuss this is Karol Balfe, CEO of Action Aid Ireland, who has been conveying her thoughts ... Show More

Every Wednesday, Seán will be joined by someone to hear unusual stories on heinous crimes…This week, Cassie Delaney joins to discuss cases where people disappeared, but later came back. 

For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. Google is constantly changing that platform — it launched another attempt to combat ‘parasite SEO’ just this week — and not all of those changes have worked well. Earlier this year I talked ... Show More

When Shivaun and Adam Raff's shopping and price comparison website all but vanished from Google's search results just days after launching, the pair began a gruelling legal battle that would end with a landmark judgement and the tech giant receiving a then record fine.European re ... Show More

We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its origins as a Stanford research project called BackRub, Google became the front door to the internet. Today it’s an essential service for over half the world, and one that generates more profit ... Show More

It's easy to look at history and think one idea or another is ridiculous -- but we also have to remember modern civilization has its own vast collection of cartoonish concepts. You know, the sort of stuff we all agreed was "normal" until we really started to think about it. In to ... Show More

Google -- or, more properly, Alphabet -- is a huge company, and is at the bleeding edge of numerous technological innovations. So, while it wasn't necessarily a surprise that Uncle Sam wanted Google's help building AI, it certainly disturbed a great many people, some of whom were ... Show More

Brought to You By:•⁠ Statsig ⁠ — ⁠ The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more. Something interesting is happening with the latest generation of tech giants. Rather than building advanced experimentation tools themselves, companies like Anthropic, Figma, Noti ... Show More

In its first six years from 1998 to 2004, Google built one of the greatest products of all time (and certainly the greatest business of all time) with Search. Then in its next six years from 2005 to 2011, Google built seven (!) more billion+ user products: Gmail, Maps, Drive and ... Show More

In 2009, Microsoft announced a new search engine called Bing. What was Microsoft's strategy, how is Bing different from the dominant search engine Google, and what's next?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Human potential will only accelerate with AI answering questions better and faster than ever before, says Aravind Srinivas, cofounder and CEO of conversational search engine Perplexity. He examines the trends driving new AI-powered tools that nourish curiosity and creativity — an ... Show More

<p>Josh Bachynski, Host of the SEO + AI Show, talks about the little-known story of Google's secret war to uphold its famous motto, ‘Don't be evil’. For many years, Google was seen as a champion of the small business owner, prioritizing quality content and relevance over advertis ... Show More