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• Tencent issued a statement on the adjustment of the "WeChat External Link Content Management Regulations"
• iPhone13 pre-orders open: Apple's official website was once paralyzed
• The Shenzhou 12 return capsule landed safely, and the three astronauts exited the capsule in good condition
• Thoughtworks listed on Nasdaq: market value close to 9 billion US dollars
• Apple increases the difficulty of obtaining App Store data: or affects the entire industry
• Google calls for a fine of 1.1 billion yuan: We have created more than 60 billion economic benefits in Korea
• The latest development of Rust in the Linux kernel
• Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 will not support most virtual machines
• Eclipse 4.21 officially released
• PhpStorm 2021.2.2 released
• Huawei releases the operating system "Mine Hong"
• JDK/Java 17 GA, add Free Java License
• IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.2 released

Industry Information

Tencent issued a statement on the adjustment of the "WeChat External Link Content Management Regulations"

In order to implement the special guidance proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for external chain management, Tencent issued a "WeChat External Link Content Management Specification" adjustment statement. In the statement, Tencent stated that starting September 17 "WeChat External Links Content Management Specification", which also means the first phase of interconnection and interoperability, the new regulations particularly emphasize security and user independent choice. It specifically includes three measures:

1. Under the premise of ensuring information security, users can access external links in the one-to-one chat scene after upgrading to the latest version of WeChat.

2. Provide users with the right to choose independently. Since group links involve a large number of recipient users, we will continue to develop functions to facilitate users' independent and personalized choices.

3. Establish an external chain complaint portal, and users can report illegal external chains. The platform will handle it in accordance with the corresponding rules, and establish a credit rating for the management effectiveness of the platform provided by the external chain.

iPhone13 pre-orders open: Apple's official website was once paralyzed

At 8pm on September 17th, Apple’s iPhone 13 series of smartphones started pre-sales on Apple’s official website and major e-commerce platforms. However, as soon as the pre-sales started, the iPhone 13 suffered a “second time” situation, and consumers’ enthusiasm for redemption was very high. . Soon after the pre-sale was opened on an e-commerce platform, it showed that the purchase is too hot, please try again later; Apple's official store also showed that it is updating within a few minutes of opening.

The Shenzhou 12 return capsule landed safely, and the three astronauts exited the capsule in good condition

On September 17, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft's return capsule reverse propulsion rocket successfully ignited and landed safely in the scheduled area of the Dongfeng landing site. The astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo who were on the flight mission got out of the cabin smoothly and were in good physical condition. The first manned mission of the space station stage was a complete success.

Thoughtworks listed on Nasdaq: market value close to 9 billion US dollars

Turing Holding, the parent company of technology consulting firm Thoughtworks, will list on the Nasdaq in the United States tonight.

After the NASDAQ listing and trading, Turing will be renamed Thoughtworks Holding Inc., the code is TWKS.

Thoughtworks issued 36.842 million shares this time, with the issuance range of US$18 to US$20, and the highest fundraising was US$736.8 million.

Among them, Thoughtworks sold 16.43 million shares with a maximum of US$330 million; existing shareholders sold 20.41 million shares with a maximum cash of US$400 million.

In addition, Thoughtworks shareholder Neuberger is preparing to subscribe for US$70 million. Based on the issuance interval, Thoughtworks may be valued at US$6.1 billion.

Apple increases the difficulty of obtaining App Store data: or affects the entire industry

According to reports, a recent adjustment by Apple cut the available data on App Store rankings, an important source of data used by the entire mobile industry to estimate revenue, usage, and downloads. According to a recent notice sent to customers by app intelligence company Apptopia, Apple's move has reduced the available data for each category from 1500 to 200. Apptopia said that this change "will affect the entire industry" because rankings are an "important reference" for calculating results.

Google calls for a fine of 1.1 billion yuan: We have created more than 60 billion economic benefits in South Korea

Beijing time September 15 news, search giant Google said on Wednesday that the company's presence in South Korea is equivalent to creating nearly 12 trillion won (about 66 billion yuan) economic benefits for its users. Right now, Google is being scrutinized more and more strictly by regulators and politicians.

Just one day ago, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) fined Google 207 billion won (approximately 1.1 billion yuan) because Google prevented Samsung and other Korean mobile phone manufacturers from using customized Android systems, which is less than Google’s The second setback in South Korea this month. KFTC said that this may be the ninth largest ticket in history.

Google quoted a report from consulting company AlphaBeta at an online event today, stating that the company provides Korean users with 5.1 trillion won in economic benefits through the Play Store app store and 4.2 trillion won in economic benefits through search engine services through online office software. Productivity applications such as Google Docs provide 2.5 trillion won in economic benefits. Google also added that the company provides 10.5 trillion won in economic benefits to South Korean companies every year.

In addition, Google’s video site YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said that YouTube contributed more than 1.5 trillion won to South Korea’s GDP in 2020 and created more than 86,000 full-time jobs.

The latest development of Rust in the Linux kernel

Although the Linux 5.15 merge window that ended this weekend did not support the use of the Rust programming language in the kernel, this work is still in progress.

Linux kernel maintainer Miguel Ojeda recently introduced the progress of Rust for Linux at the Linaro Connect virtual conference. Miguel Ojeda is employed by Google and is responsible for the development of Rust for Linux. He is also one of the main developers.

According to reports, there are now RFC patch to add Rust infrastructure support and at least one basic virtual driver, but so far, this work has not really landed.

Miguel first introduced the relevant background and features of Rust, as well as the benefits it provides to the Linux kernel. Only later did I enter the topic-Rust's support in the kernel.

He also mentioned the progress of the three compiler backends. rustc\_codegen\_gcc has made the fastest progress and has passed some rustc tests. rustc\_codegen\_llvm is currently the main development project. Rust GCC is expected to be in 1~2 Completed within the year.

Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 will not support most virtual machines

Microsoft confirmed that it now needs to support TPM 2.0 to run Windows on virtual machines, which means that users can no longer install Windows 11 on older backup PCs or laptops.

In the update log of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.194, Microsoft clarified the requirements for running Windows 11 on a virtual machine, indicating that the Windows 11 system requirements on a virtual machine (VM) will be the same as those on a physical PC. The previously created version to run Insider Preview The VM will not be updated to the latest preview version. In Hyper-V, the VM needs to be created as a second-generation VM.

In addition, Microsoft pointed out that hardware requirements must be met to run Windows 11 in the VMs of other virtualization products from vendors such as VMware and Oracle to continue to work. This also indicates that Windows 11 can only be included in Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise editions. Run in VMWare Workstation Pro or Hyper-V Manager.

The latest technology trends

Eclipse 4.21 is officially released

The official version of Eclipse 4.21 has been released. Eclipse 4.21 has the following contents in this update:

• A new API is introduced in the class PlainMessageDialog, which uses a builder pattern to create an immutable instance of PlainMessageDialog;
• Added a new cleanup that converts the code to use StringBuilder (added in Java 1.5) instead of StringBuffer, which has a synchronization method, which is slower than using StringBuilder;
• Added new APIs, such as the new setSelectionRanges(int[] ranges) API, allowing any number of selection ranges to be passed, etc.

PhpStorm 2021.2.2 released

PhpStorm 2021.2.2 is now released, which is the second bug fix version of PhpStorm 2021.2. Users can use the Toolbox App or update it directly from within the IDE, or download PhpStorm 2021.2.2 from the website.

Main update content:

• Support for read-only attributes (supported by the parser);
• Support for ESLint 8.0;
• Support final class constants (parser + language level) support intersection type;
• Fix the false positive error of "readonly" as a named parameter;
• Support regular expressions in sqlite;
• Match is allowed as a named identifier, etc.

Huawei releases the operating system "Mine Hong"

On September 14, Huawei announced the launch of the Hongmeng Mine Operating System. This is also the first time that Hongmeng OS has expanded to the B-side after the C-side, and has entered the industrial field for commercial use. The Huawei Coal Mine Corps and the National Energy Group established the country's first industry benchmark for the application of the Hongmeng mining system, and named it Kuanghong. Mine Hongmeng (Mining Operating System) aims to bring the Internet of Everything in the mining field, break the connection gap between protocols and equipment, and support the future of smart mines.

Not long ago, Huawei's executive director and CEO of consumer business Yu Chengdong announced that the number of upgraded users of HarmonyOS 2 exceeded 100 million, making it the world's fastest mobile operating system with more than 100 million users.

JDK/Java 17 GA, add Free Java License

On September 14, US local time, JDK/Java 17 was officially released.

According to the release plan, JDK/Java 17 is a long-term support version (LTS) and will receive 8 years of technical support until September 2029.

JDK/Java 17 contains a total of 14 JEPs, as follows:

In addition, according to Oracle's latest "Free Java License", Oracle JDK can be used in production environments for free.

Free Java License main content:

• Provides all quarterly security updates for Oracle JDK free of charge, including commercial and production use.
• The new license belongs to the "Oracle Free Terms and Conditions" (NFTC) license. This license allows all users to use it for free, and can even be used for commercial and production purposes. There is also no charge for redistribution.
• Developers and organizations can now easily download, use, share, and redistribute the Oracle JDK.
• Oracle will provide these free versions and updates from Oracle JDK 17, and continue to provide them for a full year after the next LTS version is released. Note that previous versions are not affected by this change.
• Oracle will continue to provide the Oracle OpenJDK version under the GPL in accordance with the same version and schedule since Java 9.

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.2 released

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.2, this is the second bug fix version, which solves some issues not covered in v2021.2.1 and rolls back several regressions.

Main update content

• Fixed the Hierarchy tool window to show usage of interface methods with at least one implementation
• JBR 11 has been updated to 11.0.11-b1460.1
• Fixed the function of using external diff tool
• Fixed the stop button, now it terminates the running process on the first attempt
• Fixed code analysis issues that caused warnings, suggestions, and errors to not disappear when resolved
• Fixed an error that occurred when trying to establish an SSH connection
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong JDK to be detected
• Fix macros-they now work as expected
• Fixed an issue where the previous code was highlighted when starting a new method
• Fixed renaming and refactoring shortcuts
• Fixed an issue where the PTY process could not be stopped on Windows on the first attempt
• Fixed the issue of Intellij freezing when importing gradle projects
• Users are no longer recommended to delete all PhpStorm projects