Tech Report: Journalists to testify before a House committee

Information about how Twitter operated before Elon Musk will come out

Two journalists will testify before a House committee today about how Twitter information was given to them and the way they reported on it. Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger will explain what they learned about the relationship between big tech and government. Twitter will be a major target as House Republicans seek to demonstrate the ways intelligence agencies improperly directed social media coverage of political events.

Southwest Airlines will use Amazon servers to help process information. Amazon Web Services will become Southwest’s “preferred cloud provider”. The strain of handling data such as fare searches, crew scheduling and other software tasks will now be shared. Bloomberg reports the modernization of its technology that comes months after a meltdown stranded thousands of the airline’s passengers.

T-Mobile confirms its free MLB․TV offer will return this year and the MLB app updated for 2023 season.
Although the service only covers live out-of-market games, you can still watch all games on demand.

The TSA issued aviation regulations for airlines and airports facing ‘persistent cybersecurity threat’. The agency’s new cybersecurity rules followed the Biden Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy. Airlines must now develop a TSA-approved implementation plan that describes the measures companies are taking to improve digital defenses.