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BBC News image copyrightGetty Images A brand new technology is eager to show it won't destroy the planet. Meanwhile a tech business, founded more than 100 years ago, wants to prove it can use big data to prosper without damaging the environment. On this week's Tech Tent we explore whether Bitcoin is going green and if the jet engine business Rolls Royce can still innovate. The key idea behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is that they are decentralised and nobody is in charge. But this week a group of North American Bitcoin miners, with the encouragement of crypto-enthusiast Elon Musk, ...

news Tech Tent: Did e-Estonia beat the virus? © Getty Images It is probably the world's most digital government, with just about every state service online. But did that mean Estonia was better prepared than other nations to deal with the coronavirus? On this week's Tech Tent the Estonian President gives us her verdict on how an e-nation battled Covid-19. © BBC The tiny Baltic state has just 1.3m citizens, and as Tech Tent has found on previous visits, just about every interaction with their government can take place on their ultrafast broadband connections. So when the time came to impos...

1,300 Food Safety Professionals from Throughout the Supply Chain Attend Virtual Food Safety Summit ACCESSWIRE 17 May 2021, 23:43 GMT+10 ROSEMONT, IL / ACCESSWIRE / May 17, 2021 / Food safety professionals from Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Publix Supermarkets, The Kraft Heinz Company, Aramark, Blue Bell Creameries, The Wendy's Company, McDonald's, Costco, and many others, as well as experts from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other state and local regulatory organizations attended last week's virtual Food...

Food Safety Summit Kicks Off With State of The Industry and Dynamic Keynote From Costco's Craig Wilson Oscar Garrison, United Egg Producers Association, Jennifer McEntire Ph.D., United Fresh Produce Association, and KatieRose McCullough, PhD, MPH, North American Meat Institute, who discussed the challenges in production, worker safety, virtual audits, and the impact of the supply chain in egg, produce, and meat processing. Hundreds of food safety professionals engaged in a dynamic Q&A session moderated by Craig Henry with discussions focused on labor shortages, impact of vaccinations, and w...

Tech Tent: Apple’s ad-tracking bombshell By Rory Cellan-Jones image copyrightGetty Images It sparked a bitter war of words between two of the most powerful tech giants and promised to force radical change in the online advertising industry. Apple had painted it as a great blow for privacy, Facebook had warned it could destroy small businesses dependent on targeted ads. So how did users react when the mobile operating system, with its App Tracking Transparency, was released on Monday? With developers big and small now having to ask permission from users to track them wherever they went onli...