This Week in Tech (Audio)

WWDC preview, hacking Tamagotchi, Nigeria suspends Twitter

• El Salvador looks to become the world's first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
• Hacking Group Anonymous Issue Veiled Threat to Elon Musk Over Crypto Market Trolling.
• USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking data of those who read story on agents' shooting.
• Amazon Prime Day is June 21 and June 22.
• meh: A new deal every day at midnight.
• Huawei launches its own operating system on smartphones in challenge to Google Android.
• Twitter launches its first subscription service.
• Tesla Failed to Oversee Elon Musk's Tweets, SEC Argued in Letters.
• In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit.
• Facebook reverses policy protecting politicians from engaging in harmful speech.
• Trump blog page shuts down for good.
• Nigeria suspends Twitter operations, says platform 'undermines its corporate existence'.
• New iPad Pro: Amazing hardware in search of equally amazing software.
• WWDC 2021 preview: iOS 15, macOS 12, Macs, and much more
• Google Will Let You Opt Out of Being Tracked by Apps in Android 12.
• How I Hacked My Tamagotchi, Cheated Death, and Became a God.
• Google Pixel Buds A-Series Review: Price is Everything.
• FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11.
• U.S. says ransomware attack on meatpacker JBS likely from Russia; cattle slaughter resuming.
• Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack: Hackers Used Compromised Password.
• The Pentagon wants to use private rockets like SpaceX's Starship to deliver cargo around the world.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Florence Ion, Roberto Baldwin, and Harry McCracken

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