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Removing carbon from the air

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Can tech to capture and store carbon prevent a climate catastrophe? Plus how cyber criminals can now check whether their planned cryptocurrency transfers will raise suspicions. And is there any significant market for folding phones? Presented by Joe Tidy, with BBC Click tech reporter Jen Copestake. Produced by Jat Gill.

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0:37.8

Thanks for downloading this TechTent podcast from the BBC World Service. Find out more about us at

0:43.5

BBCworldservice.com slash TechTent. Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to the latest

0:53.1

stories and trends in technology.

0:55.1

I'm Joe Tidy sitting in for Roy Kethlyn Jones.

0:57.8

And on today's show, the UN body responsible for monitoring climate change,

1:02.1

warned this week that human activity is heating up the planet faster than we thought.

1:07.5

Can tech to remove carbon from the air help avoid a global catastrophe?

1:12.0

Cybercriminals are turning to a new trick to avoid being caught when cashing out their ill-gotten gains.

1:17.2

We find out how it works.

1:19.5

And Samsung has unveiled the latest versions of its folding smartphones, claiming they're now mainstream devices.

1:25.9

But after two years in the market, is anyone actually

1:28.4

buying foldables? With me on today's show is Jen CoteState, tech reporter at BBC Click. How's your

1:34.1

week been, Jen? Yeah, it's really good, Joe, busy, keeping busy doing some back-to-school stories

1:38.2

for Click. We'll be traveling to Norway to see a little robot that's used in classrooms to take

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