Twitter data dump: 200m+ account database now free to download [Fri Jan 6 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 6 January 2023 ***************************************************************** Twitter data dump: 200m+ account database now free to download No passwords, but plenty of stuff for social engineering and doxxing ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Up to 18,000 Amazon workers in firing line as it chops cost Look forward to being 'simplified,' staff told in CEO missive On-Prem * AMD follows Intel’s lead with alphanumeric soup of new Ryzens New high-end Ryzen laptop CPUs? Huzzah! Now what's the number again? * Tesla fails to push racial discrimination lawsuit into arbitration Plaintiff was offered direct employment with an arbitration agreement, but never signed the letter * IBM staff grumble redeployment orders are stealth layoffs Employees believe directive to seek new internal positions is just a way to get rid of them * Lenovo adds rugged ThinkPhone to appeal to ThinkPad users Gorilla Glass-plated Android gadget for the biz crowd but it won't be cheap... * From execs to factory products, Tesla's China unit is gaining prominence Country boss now second in command, general manager vows to take 'Made in China' overseas... like everything else? * More pre-Musk Twitter 1.0 execs leave the building Last one out turn off the lights * Dell said to be planning purge of Chinese chips from products by 2024 Meanwhile, US 'ratcheting up' restrictions, expanding definition of what counts as 'cutting edge tech' says analyst * Next-gen Qi2 wireless charging spec seeded by Apple iBiz's MagSafe charging tech forms the foundation of the Qi2 movement * Forget the climate: Steep prices the biggest reason EV sales aren't higher Consumers around the world want to go electric, says Deloitte, but sticker shock is keeping them at bay * Qualcomm develops one automotive chip to rule them all And one Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC to bind them Security * Rackspace blames ransomware woes on zero-day attack Play gang blamed, ProxyNotShell cleared and hosted Exchange doomed * Twitter data dump: 200m+ account database now free to download No passwords, but plenty of stuff for social engineering and doxxing * Twitter whistleblower Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko lands new gig at Rapid7 A long way from password crackers for Windows NT for former L0pht legend Software * Researchers teach AI to pinpoint mutations linked to cancer An ounce of prediction is worth a pound of cure * Corporations start testing Windows 11 in bigger numbers. Good luck Accensure and L'Oreal among biz users, yet general adoption still well behind predecessor * No, AI can't tell if you've got COVID-19 by listening to your coughs UK study pours cold water on claims after government already spent money trying to build an app * Debian-based siduction gains snapshots, new recovery tools and more Where you want to be for the latest and greatest, but not for the faint of heart Offbeat * FTC floats rule to ban imposed non-compete agreements in US Miscreants would face the wrath of Khan * FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators What's the WiFly password again? * The CES tat bazaar: Bike desks, AI-powered bird feeders, and the smelloverse It's little wonder Samsung expects the consumer tech slump to continue * Rate of disruptive tech and science discoveries has slowed over the decades, claims study Makes the repetitive strain injury you got from hours of pipetting all worth it, hey lab scientists? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: