Apple was sentenced to more than 12 million in damages for infringement; Microsoft's market value regained No. 1 in the world; Linux 5.15 was released | SiFu Weekly

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• The Personal Information Protection Act will be implemented on November 1st
• Yahoo Yahoo ceases service in Mainland China
• Facebook customized links for creators to avoid Apple tax
• Microsoft's low-code programming language Power Fx is now open source
• Network disk companies should ensure the rate of free users to meet the basic download needs of users
• Apple was sentenced to more than 12 million for infringement of "The Name of the People"
• Major Chinese websites still do not support IPv6
• Microsoft's market value returns to the world's number one
• Apple dissatisfied with the court's decision: opposed to allowing developers to provide external payment links
• RHEL 9 Beta released
• Bootstrap 4.6.1 released
• Nginx 1.21.4 released
• IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3 EAP 6 released
• Linux 5.15 released
• GitLab 14.4 released

Industry Information

The Personal Information Protection Act will be implemented on November 1st

On November 1, the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" came into effect on November 1, 2021. The law clarifies that excessive collection of personal information and big data are not allowed, regulation of the processing of sensitive personal information such as facial information, and improvement of personal information protection complaints and reporting mechanisms, fully responding to social concerns, and in order to crack down on personal information protection. Hot and difficult issues provide strong legal protection.

Yahoo Yahoo ceases service in Mainland China

Yahoo China officially stated that from November 1, 2021, users will not be able to use Yahoo's products and services from mainland China, and this will not affect Yahoo's products and services in other parts of the world. In addition, Yahoo's well-known technology media Engadget announced that it will close the "Engadget China Edition" that provides simplified Chinese content from November 1. The official Sina Weibo update of engadgetChina also stays on October 29, and the certification mark has turned gray. Currently, visiting the homepage of Engadget China will guide users to the Engadget Chinese site with traditional Chinese content.

Facebook customized links for creators to avoid Apple tax

According to reports, Facebook has found a new way to circumvent Apple’s 30% commission on in-app transactions, commonly known as the "Apple tax."

On Wednesday, Zuckerberg announced that in the near future, creators on the platform will be able to share custom network links, guiding fans to pay them subscription fees by using Facebook's local charging system. If fans sign up through a link instead of Apple’s in-app subscription, the creator will keep all the money out of tax.

Microsoft's low-code programming language Power Fx is now open source

Microsoft officially open-sourced its new low-code programming language Power Fx for Power Platform on GitHub. It is reported that Microsoft's Power Platform is a collective term consisting of Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents.

Power Fx is a low-code general programming language based on similar table formulas. It is a strongly typed, declarative and functional language. Power Fx can use natural language instead of complex formulas for calculations.

Network disk companies should ensure the rate of free users to meet the basic download needs of users

Relevant department notices require that by the end of December 2021, basic telecommunications companies should promptly remind users of the data usage in the package, and telecommunications companies should reasonably set the unit price of data outside the package; under the same network conditions, online disk service companies provide uploads to free users And the minimum download rate should ensure that the basic download requirements are met. The notice also mentioned that relevant companies should optimize the introduction of product and service tariffs, clearly indicate storage space, transmission rate, functional rights and tariff levels, etc., and must not conduct misleading publicity.

Apple was sentenced to more than 12 million for infringement of "The Name of the People"

Learned from Chinese Online that Chinese Online (Tianjin) Culture Development Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, sued Apple Inc. in a series of disputes over infringement of works information network dissemination rights, and received the first-instance judgment from the Tianjin Binhai District Court, which ruled that Apple Inc. infringed the works. "In the Name of the People", "State Public Prosecution", "Kangxi Emperor", "Home", "Spring", "Autumn" and other dozens of works, the total compensation amount is more than 12 million yuan.

Major Chinese websites still do not support IPv6

A check of Alexa's top 500 websites shows that 25% of websites support IPv6. However, major websites in China basically do not support IPv6, such as Tmall, Baidu, Sohu, Taobao, JD.com, Qihoo 360, Weibo, Sina, Xinhuanet, etc.

The popularity of IPv6 around the world is gradually increasing. According to Google IPv6 statistics, the popularity of IPv6 has reached 35%. The popularity of IPv6 in China is still low.

Microsoft's market value returns to the world's number one

On October 30, US stocks closed on Friday. Microsoft's stock price rose 2.24% to US$331.62, with a market value of nearly US$2.49 trillion; Apple's stock price fell 1.81% to US$149.81, with a market value of approximately US$2.47 trillion.

Microsoft's market value surpassed Apple, becoming the world's most valuable listed company.

Apple dissatisfied with the court's decision: opposed to allowing developers to provide external payment links

Apple submitted a document to the court on Friday against allowing developers to provide links to third-party payment options within the app. At the hearing next month, the court may decide whether to suspend enforcement of this antitrust order.

Last month, a judge of the U.S. District Court ruled against game developer Epic Games’ suing Apple’s monopoly, requiring Apple to allow developers to provide "buttons, external links, or other calls to action (CTA)" to guide consumers outside of Apple’s autonomous payment system Way to buy.

The latest technology trends

RHEL 9 Beta released

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Beta is now available, offering some new features and improvements, including real-time kernel patching from the web console.

Main update content

• Simplified automation and management, enhanced Web console performance indicators;
• Enhanced security and compliance, SSH root password login is disabled by default, etc.

In addition, RHEL 9 Beta also comes with GCC 11 and the latest versions of LLVM, Rust and Go compilers, and Python 3.9 will also become the default version of the RHEL 9 life cycle.

Bootstrap 4.6.1 released

Bootstrap 4.6.1 version is released, Bootstrap is a popular web development framework.

main update content

• Use multiplication and custom functions for Sass division;
• Update RFS to v8.1.0;
• Repair the input group and verification icon of the form;
• Fix minor visual errors caused by moz-focusring in Firefox;
• Use custom file input for output group verification, etc.

Nginx 1.21.4 released

Nginx 1.21.4 has been released. This version introduces many new features, changes and bug fixes.

Main update content

• Support for NPN instead of ALPN to establish HTTP/2 connections has been removed;
• If the client uses ALPN, nginx will now reject the SSL connection;
• The "proxy\_half\_close" command and the "ssl_alpn" command are added to the Stream module;
• Added $ssl\_alpn\_protocol variable;
• Fix errors in the $content_length variable when using block transfer encoding, etc.

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3 EAP 6 released

IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3 EAP 6 is now released. This version includes an enhanced HTTP client, support for Qute template language, Kotlin support for CDI, and more.

main update content

• The new version significantly improves the IntelliJ IDEA HTTP client;
• Added support for gRPC requests, HTTP request identifiers, as well as support for binary responses and support for Qute template language;
• Significantly improved the user experience of Java and Kotlin UML class diagrams, etc.

Linux 5.15 released

After 7 candidate versions, Linux kernel 5.15 is now released, which is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) kernel of the GNU/Linux distribution.

Main update content

• The new NTFS "NTFS3" file system driver, which was originally developed by Paragon Software;
• KSMBD was merged into a core SMB file server;
• Initial support for Intel Xe HP and DG2/Alchemist graphics hardware, etc.

GitLab 14.4 released

The GitLab 14.4 monthly update was released last week.

Main update content

• Added timed DAST scan;
• Integrated error tracking without using Sentry instance;
• Visual Studio Code supports remote access to GitLab warehouse DevOps Adoption trends, etc.