4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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We follow Indian cyber police in the city of Kolkata as they raid a call centre suspected of scamming people in the US and UK. Plus, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg defends the Libra digital currency project. And how robots could help more patients in India's hospitals receive the surgery they need. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC reporter Szu Ping Chan, and special guest Izabella Kaminska from the Financial Times.
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0:55.1 | I'm Rory Kathleen Jones, and this week we have exclusive access to an international police |
0:59.5 | operation to close call centres in India involved in what's known as computer software service fraud. |
1:06.4 | We also have a much more positive story from India. We'll hear about their pioneering use of robots in surgery. |
1:13.0 | And we'll ask whether Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra is in better or worse shape |
1:17.9 | following Mark Zuckerberg's appearance in front of a congressional committee. |
1:22.4 | Joining me this week is Su Ping Chang, BBC economics reporter and a big expert on the cryptocurrency scene. Hi, Sue. |
1:28.8 | Hello, Rory. |
1:29.7 | Had a busy week? Yes, I had the pleasure of watching that five-hour testimony by Mark Zuckerberg. |
1:35.2 | Excellent. And a special guest, who I think also was watching that, is Isabella Kaminska from the Financial Times, Alphabille blog. |
1:42.6 | Also hugely expert on the crypto scene. |
1:45.4 | How are you, Isabella? |
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