About this episode

The episode discusses information warfare, news verification challenges in the Middle East, and features an interview with Rosemary Durkan on healthcare supply chain sustainability.

We find the truth behind the information blackout with the Iran war, why verifying news in the Middle East has become nearly impossible and social media platforms are struggling with an influx of AI-generated propaganda. There are loads of other stories including why Amazon is blaming the "human" for AI's mistakes which led to a recent 13-hour outage. We dive into Ireland’s first self-powered data centre and find out why the UK parliament has bucked the trend by not blocking social media for under-16s. Finally, our guest Rosemary Durkan, CEO of Nocomed, chats about how they're tackling the massive carbon footprint of the global healthcare supply chain. Find out more at https://www.nocomed.com/ —----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube https://www.podfollow.com/tech

People in this episode

Guest: Rosemary Durkan

Topics covered

• information warfare
• news verification
• AI-generated propaganda
• data centers
• social media regulations
• healthcare supply chain

Keywords

• information blackout
• AI mistakes
• data centre
• social media
• carbon footprint
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nocomed, Amazon

Places: Iran, Middle East, UK, Ireland

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