Tue Jan 12 2021: Violence against tech workers?, Market data on phones and computers, and SolarWinds timeline released

Tue Jan 12 2021: Violence against tech workers?, Market data on phones and computers, and SolarWinds timeline released

Three things to know today * Threats of violence against tech workers https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/scraped-parler-data-is-a-metadata-goldmine/ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/facebook-tells-employees-to-avoid-wearing-facebook-branded-apparel * Market data on phones and computers https://channellife.co.nz/story/idc-used-smartphone-market-poised-for-growth https://channellife.co.nz/story/pc-market-hits-all-time-high-driven-by-pandemic-related-buying https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22225356/pc-sales-shipments-2020-growth-idc-canalys-remote-work [https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22225356/pc-sales-shipments-2020-growth-idc-canalys-remote-work?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4] https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/chrome-os/chromebook/246100/intel-9-4-million-chromebooks-sold-in-q3-2020 [https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/chrome-os/chromebook/246100/intel-9-4-million-chromebooks-sold-in-q3-2020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intel-9-4-million-chromebooks-sold-in-q3-2020] AND * Solarwinds releases a detailed timeline https://orangematter.solarwinds.com/2021/01/11/new-findings-from-our-investigation-of-sunburst/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-cyber-solarwinds/solarwinds-hackers-linked-to-known-russian-spying-tools-investigators-say-idUSKBN29G0XT

Three things to know today

  • Threats of violence against tech workers

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/scraped-parler-data-is-a-metadata-goldmine/

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/facebook-tells-employees-to-avoid-wearing-facebook-branded-apparel

  • Market data on phones and computers

https://channellife.co.nz/story/idc-used-smartphone-market-poised-for-growth

https://channellife.co.nz/story/pc-market-hits-all-time-high-driven-by-pandemic-related-buying

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22225356/pc-sales-shipments-2020-growth-idc-canalys-remote-work

https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/chrome-os/chromebook/246100/intel-9-4-million-chromebooks-sold-in-q3-2020

AND

  • Solarwinds releases a detailed timeline

https://orangematter.solarwinds.com/2021/01/11/new-findings-from-our-investigation-of-sunburst/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-cyber-solarwinds/solarwinds-hackers-linked-to-known-russian-spying-tools-investigators-say-idUSKBN29G0XT

 

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