Daily Tech Headlines

Apple’s WWDC 2021 roundup, the Australian Federal Police and the FBI tricked underworld figures via an encrypted app, and Twitter disclosed that it blocked accounts in India to comply with requests from local government. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nigeria suspends access to Twitter, China continues to crack down on bitcoin trading and mining, and El Salvador plans to make bitcoin a legal tender.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Virgin Galactic announced a new contract for human-tended research aboard its suborbital spacecraft, VSS Unity, where Kellie Gerardi, a researcher and science communicator, will conduct two experiments during an upcoming flight. Virgin Galactic recently launched its first successful test flight from New Mexico and plans to complete its test campaign during this year, according to the vice president of government affairs for Virgin, Sirisha Bandla.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook plans to change policy protecting politicians from content moderation, Huawei launched HarmonyOS, and WhatsApp reverses plans to limit functionality for not accepting the new privacy policy.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook plans to change previous policy protecting politicians from content moderation rules, Apple updates AirTags following concerns from privacy advocates, and The European Union unveiled plans for a digital ID wallet.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter launched its premium subscription service Twitter Blue. WhatsApp will support multiple devices and NortonLifeLock will roll out a built-in miner for Ethereum. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Huawei releases HarmonyOS for smartphones, Vizio eyes gamers with its 2022 TV lineup, and Etsy intends to acquire the fashion resale platform Depop. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AMD announces laptop GPUs at Computex, Twitter launches the local weather news service Tomorrow, and Alienware announces the x15 and x17 gaming laptops.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WhatsApp says it has no plans to limit functionality for users who don't agree to its new privacy policy, Instagram will give equal algorithmic priority to original and re-shared Stories content, and the Internet Engineering Task Force published the Quic protocol as a standard.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's DTH Sunday Science Supplement, Niki Ackermans discusses the Perlmutter supercomputer system coming online at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.