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Waterford News and Star journalist Dermot Keyes joined Vinny and Aoibhin to chat all things Bond ahead of the release of the latest James bond movie, "No Time To Die"

Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his plans to transform Facebook from a social media network into a “metaverse company” in the next five years.Jordan Casey takes a look at this whole concept.A metaverse is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets.Zuckerburg described it as “an embodied internet where instead of just viewing content - you are in it”.

Waterford native Sean Defoe joins "The Big Breakfast Blaa" every Thursday to take a look back at what's been trending online. This week reflective of the current heatwave he talks sunburn memories,the passing of Dessie o'malley and #Not my president controversy.

WhatsApp — one of the most used chat apps on the planet is now testing the most sought-out feature on its app called multi-device support.As it is, you can use the app on only one device, and that for most people is there phone. You can use the web clientor the desktop app to chat with your friends and family, but your phone has to be connected to the internet.Recently, the company confirmed that it's working on a feature that will let you link four devices to one account.Good news on the face of it meaning that  you can use each device independently, as long as you have an internet connection

Out in cinemas now, the latest offering from Marvel stars Scarlett Johannson (Black Widow), Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, Robert Downey Jnr and Ray Winstone. Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Wido,w must deal with her history as a spy, and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. Have a listen to Maria's thoughts

Out in cinemas now, this is a slasher movie about body swapping that has Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton as its leads. Maria says you should enjoy it a lot - once you're not too squeamish.

One of the richest people to ever have lived, Bezos divides opinion but certainly intrigues. Jordan Casey has been following his career and looks at what he'll do next after he steps away from the giant that is Amazon.

While he's a self-confessed Apple obsessive, Jordan was happy to turn his attentions to the Samsung Virtual MWC Event, which saw the unveiling of new products, particularly in the wearables market. Jordan also discussed the outcome of a US government investigation into UFO activity.

Once the sun comes out in our Irish summer, the desire to cook a hot meal goes out the window. Sinead Cunningham is WLR's unofficial resident chef and was tasked by Ollie and Mary to give out a few salad recipes.

Based on the stage production of the same name, "In the Heights" is a 2021 musical drama about the community of Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan. We follow the fate of Usnavy, Vanessa, Nina and lots more characters as they dream of a better life

This week's story is called The Rainbow Connection. It's written for little Sonny Flynn-Fogarty who'll be three in August. Sonny's two Mams Sinead and Siobhan adore him - their life is full of love and colour and they're very proud of all that they have achieved as a family. The Rainbow Connection is a story of friendship and understanding and kindness. It is written for all children and grown-ups too!

The residency will commence later this summer and is the first one ever run by Theatre Royal. Jamie will be involved in a nine month stint at the venue; as well as creating a new piece of theatre he'll also take part in a mentoring programme with second level students.

In his weekly tech slot with us, Jordan explains that Windows 10 is to be phased out, and by 2025 tech support for the software will also disappear. He says another interesting upshot is that Microsoft's Internet Explorer will soon be a thing of the past as well.

This 2018 TV movie, based on a true story, recently landed to Netflix. Directed by Jim Donovan, It tells the story of the abduction of Lisa McVey. Maria says it's a compelling story.

This week's Big Breakfast Little Story is called Riverdance and is written for a very special little girl who lives in Ballygunner - Grace Harris, aged 3 - (but 4 this coming August!). Grace goes to Williamstown Childcare Centre and this morning she's probably in the car on her way there with her Nanna Jean. She's a style queen, a drama queen but most importantly - a little Irish dancing Queen!

Netflix has gone up against the likes of Disney, by selling merchandise from some of its more popular original shows. Jordan discusses why he thinks the streaming giant is doing this. He also discussed the virtual E3 Gaming event.

Holly's Holiday In Aisle Number 3 was written especially for 6 year old Holly Ryan from Greenfields in Waterford City. She's in Senior Infants in St Ursula's school and her Mam Eimear says the family have a great system where they eat the same dinners on set days of the week (it's always lasagne on a Thursday by the way - Holly's favourite!!). Holly loves nothing more than playing out on the green with her pals Killian and Scott - and so inspired by these facts, this story is called Holly's Holiday In Aisle Number 3!

This week's story is an adventurous one, it's called - Waterford Under Siege. This story has been written especially for 7 year old Rohan Staff Browne from Ballinakill who goes to Newtown Junior School. He has a very special talent which saves the day in this story which also sees the return of DUN DUN DUN - Special Agent Sydney Power (the 12 year old cat of 7 year old Michaela Power - a huge fan of the BBB) AND Criminal dogs Viktor and Jeremiah!

The so-call Space Race of the 1960s and 70s is back in a different format; this time around, multi-millionaire entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Elon Musk are trying their luck at taking humans away from earth. Jordan gives his thoughts on what the future holds for all of this, as well as looking at the US government's interest in UFOs.

This week's episode of Big Breakfast Little Stories is called 'Tadhg's Teeth' and is based on a little boy who is a grown up now. His mother, a lady called Anne from Dunmore East, told Karen a story recently about her son who was quite mischievous when he was young - this week's story is based on one of the many tricks he played many years ago. Enjoy!

The makers of Fortnite took on the tech giant Epic Games, challenging Apple's restrictions on apps from having other in-app purchasing methods outside of the one offered by the App Store. Epic Games' founder Tim Sweeney had previously challenged the 30% revenue cut that Apple takes on each purchase made in the App Store, and with their game Fortnite, wanted to either bypass Apple or have Apple take less of a cut. Epic also filed another lawsuit, Epic Games v. Google, the same day. Jordan has more details

The 2021 film arrived to Netflix earlier this month. Based the book of the same name and with a few nods to Hitchcock classics, it tells the story of an agoraphobic woman (Amy Adams) who spends her time watching her neighbours from the window. Maria was not impressed.

A Winning Pair was written for 8-year-old Daragh Caulfield who goes to St Declan's De La Salle. His Mum Christine got in touch with us and told us all about him and some interesting facts too - Daragh loves sport, hates mashed potatoes and he loves Crystal Palace player Wilfred Zaha!!

It's been unseasonably cold and more than a little wet already this month. Then overnight and this morning we were met with driving wind and rain. Michael Kelly tells Ollie and Mary we shouldn't expect too much in the coming week, but he's optimistic for a brighter few months ahead.

The HSE recently became the victim of a sophisticated ransomeware attack that has been a devastating blow to an already overburdened health service with long reaching consequences re patient appointments and disclosure of private patient data.Our tech man Jordan Casey took a look at the situation.

'Domina' streams on Sky Atlantic from today (Friday May 14th.) It follows the life and rise to power of Livia Drusilla, the wife of Roman Emperor Augustus Ceaser. As well as looking ahead to that, Maria took a look back at "I, Claudius," a star-studded TV series from the 70's that was considered very controversial at the time.

This story is called Princess Croía, a little girl who's only 17 month's old from St John's Park in Waterford City. Croía Ennis is a fashionista, a social butterfly and a very busy bunny especially when her Mammy's back is turned. Oh and she happens to have Down's Syndrome. Croía has her own blog on Facebook and Instagram - Down With Croía where her Mammy Aoife and Dad Craig feature too. She's a big fan of Disney's Frozen so Big Breakfast Little Stories has turned into Princess Croía today, where she rules with her heart over Lismore Castle!

The world's richest man guest hosted "Saturday Night Life" in the US last weekend, and one of the many topics he discussed was Dogecoin. But what is the crytocurrency, how does it differ from Bitcoin and why does Elon Musk care about it?

8 year old Amelia Kirwan who goes to Fenor National School is the star of this episode of Big Breakfast Little Stories. Some of Amelia's favourite things to do are to play cops and robbers with her sister and their friends Leah and Adam, pretending to hunt down the most notorious criminals on the fairy walk in Monvoy Valley as well as working hard to get her pen licence in school. So Pen Lines Of Duty was born. There is also a guest appearance from two well-known breakfast radio presenters!

Deep Fake uses a form of AI which can recreate events, videos and pictures, sometimes to eerily good effect. Celebrities in particular can be subject to deep fake productions, which has the potential for sinister side effects, Jordan says

This time Mark will over 200km of cycling, hiking and running on May 14th, all in aid of Laura Lynn - Ireland's Children's Hospice. He has more details for Andy and Mary, including how you can donate.

This week's story was written for three little boys, the Byrne brothers - Jasper, Xander and Reuben from Dungarvan who love their adventures on the Greenway. Listen to hear what happened when they met The Greenway Greeny!

This week's story was written especially for Jamie Allen, age 7 who goes to Fenor National School. Jamie has a wonderful bond with his Nannie Wilma (and her Yorkshire Puddings) and has brought his family great laughs in these tough times. A special mention to Jamie's Mum Caroline Allen, a nurse in the Keogh Practice - two heroes in one story! This week's story is called 'Judge Jamie'.

This Big Breakfast Little Stories episode has been written especially for two separate Big Breakfast Blaa listeners. The first one is Rayllan Drummy, 9 and the second is Mason Whelan, 7, who's in 1st Class in The Holy Cross School Tramore. The inspiration for this week's story is a man called Mer Tomkins who was a National Champion at whistling!

Big Breakfast Little Stories is back! The first story in the series is called 'Aoife's Wedding' and is dedicated to a little girl, Aoife Kelly from Hillview, whose parents called her after Aoife MacMurrough - of Strongbow and Aoife fame. This story is dedicated to her!

In his latest tech slot, Jordan tells Ollie and Mary that one of the perhaps unexpected knock on effects of the Pandemic is a shortage of computer chips (semi-conductors) that are used in so many every day devices, including cars.

The seven part-drama, drip fed on a weekly basis, stars Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce. Winslet plays the part of Mare, a detective in the town were lots of dark events occur. Maria is one episode in, and gives her thoughts so far.

The main unveiling at the event in California on Tuesday April 20th were the redesigned iMac, the latest iPad Pro and AirTag item trackers. Jordan Casey of SCNE and Casey Games took at closer look.

Starring Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen as a mother and daughter, this 2020 film landed to Netflix earlier this month. It's a well made psychological thriller with a great ending, Maria tells The Big breakfast Blaa.

The story of Pager, a macaque monkey playing a video game with his mind has been widely circulated, and hailed by some as a breakthrough in Elon Musk's Neuralink project. Jordan explains the potential for treating neurological conditions in people, and why Neuralink is being met with scepticism in some circles.

Lismore Castle provides the backdrop to the 2021 children's book festival ‘Towers & Tales' which will all take place online on Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st. Artistic Director and CEO of Childrens Books Ireland Elaina Ryan had all the details for Ollie and Mary.

They were hailed as the next big thing, and The Guardian even predicted that they would be widespread by 2020, but not so. Jordan discusses the main problems with self-driving cars, and why they haven't taken off.

Maria McCann in her weekly tv/movie slot told Ollie all about a new Tina Turner documentary simply called Tina.

Waterford native Sean Defoe joins "The Big Breakfast Blaa" every Thursday to take a look back at what's been trending online. This week he talks Suez Canal resolution,Madonna being upstaged by Sudocream and proposals for a giant moveable statue of Bono in Twitter Thursday.

Last year, while toy industry sales dropped due to competition with videogames on mobiles and other supports, Lego increased its operating profitsby 10%. Far from being scared of new technologies, Lego has embracedthem.Jordan Casey told Ollie and Maria all about Lego's new horizions.

This is the 2021 director's cut of the 2017 superhero film, There was much talk about it being over four hours long, but Maria tells Ollie and Mary that she didn't feel the time passing.

The social media giant has gone up against Apple with a new Augmented Reality wristband that could allow users interact with the virtual world. Jordan gave the details to Ollie and Mary

The Showtime production became available on Sky earlier this month. It's had much publicity, largely due to Bryan Cranston playing the lead role of a troubled judge whose son accidentally kills another teenager in a hit and run. Maria says she's enjoying it but can't get behind any character.

The first most of us heard of NFTs was when Kings of Leon announced last week that they were releasing an album in the form of a non-fungible token, So what exactly is this, and how does it work? Jordan had the details for Ollie and Mary.

Jordan tells that Clubhouse is a social media app that's different from the others in two distinct ways; its audio-based, and you need an invite to join. He explains more to Ollie and Mary

Based on a book by the same name by Sarah Pinborough, "Behind her Eyes" is described as a psychological thriller but there's a sci-fi element too, as Maria tells us. She gave her thoughts on the six-part Netflix series to The Big Breakfast Blaa.