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• Microsoft Officially Says Windows 11 Taskbar Improvements Are Coming Soon
• The original Wind employee who jumped to station B was claimed for 2 million and was rejected by the court
• EU responds to Meta withdrawal threat: Life is wonderful without Facebook
• Apple to introduce 'tap to pay' feature on iPhone
• Microsoft to block internet macros by default in 5 Office apps
• BingdunDun official NFT blind box will be on sale for about 626 yuan each
• The response of the fresh graduates of Tencent executives was marked as "never hired"
• JD Daojia programmer was sentenced to delete the library and run away
• Long Term Support Version Laravel 9 Released
• Tiny Core Linux 13 Released: Only 46MB RAM, 50MB Disk
• Chrome OS 98 released
• Atom 1.59 released
• Racket v8.4 released
• Node.js 16.14.0 (LTS) released

Industry information

Microsoft Officially Says Windows 11 Taskbar Improvements Are Coming Soon

Users are calling on Microsoft to add more functionality to the taskbar. Yes, Microsoft is listening to user feedback and the upcoming Windows 11 update this month will come with additional taskbar improvements. "Next month we're bringing new experiences to Windows, including a public preview of how you can use Android apps on Windows 11 through the Microsoft Store and our partnerships with Amazon and Intel," Microsoft said in last month's announcement. Improvements to the taskbar, muting and unmuting calls, easier window sharing and bringing weather tools to the taskbar, and the introduction of two new redesigned apps, Notepad and Media Player.

The original Wind employee who jumped to station B was claimed for 2 million and was rejected by the court

Wang, a former Wind data analyst who jumped to Bilibili, was found to have violated the non-compete agreement and claimed 2 million yuan. After the first-instance judgment of the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court, Wang should continue to perform the non-compete dispute, and must pay Wind for the violation of the non-compete agreement. The non-compete penalty is 240,000 yuan, which is equivalent to Wang's salary one year before his departure. At the first trial, Wang pointed out that his position in Wind was intelligent data analysis, and his main job was to participate in the programming of machine translation software in the field of financial information. From August 2020 to Bilibili, he served as a senior algorithm engineer, engaged in mobile app development It is responsible for the recommendation module recommending information flow business. The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court made a second-instance judgment. It was impossible to determine that Wonder and Bilibili formed a competitive relationship on the basis of overlapping business scopes. Wang did not violate the non-compete agreement, so he did not need to return the non-compete compensation, and did not need to pay the non-compete breach of contract. Gold 2 million yuan.

EU responds to Meta withdrawal threat: Life is wonderful without Facebook

Two top politicians in Germany and France seemed happy to hear Facebook parent Meta's veiled threat to pull out of Europe over stalled talks on privacy rules. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters at an event in Paris on Monday with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire: "After being hacked, I haven't used Facebook and Facebook for four years. Twitter is gone, and life has been good. Meta threatened in its annual report on Thursday that it would pull Facebook and Instagram out of Europe if it could not continue to transfer user data back to the United States.

Apple to introduce 'tap to pay' feature on iPhone

Apple has announced that it will introduce a contactless payment method called "tap to pay" on the iPhone. Merchants only need to prompt customers to use iPhones or Apple Watches that are close to the merchants to make the payment, and the payment will be done securely through NFC technology.

Microsoft to block internet macros by default in 5 Office apps

One of the most impactful changes in recent years is Microsoft's announcement that it will block the execution of VBA macro scripts in five Office applications by default. The change is also rolling out to all Microsoft 365 customers, and the OS maker said it also plans to roll back the change to other Office versions such as Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016 and Office 2013. Previously, Microsoft also blocked the execution of Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro scripts following similar abuses by malware gangs.

BingdunDun official NFT blind box will be on sale for about 626 yuan each

Recently, nWayPlay stated on the social platform that the Bingdun Dun digital blind box officially authorized by the International Olympic Committee will be released at 1:00 am Beijing time on February 12. The total number of Bing Dun Dun digital blind boxes is 500, each of which is 99 US dollars (about 626 yuan), and each person is limited to 5 purchases, including 15 versions of the official authorized mascot (Bing Dun Dun) to perform various performances. Winter sports such as skiing, sledding, snowboarding, etc. There are also 5 versions of the official emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and 1 version of the poster.

The response of the fresh graduates of Tencent executives was marked as "never hired"

Previously, a Tencent fresh graduate angered the management of the company because of the overtime culture, which attracted widespread attention from the outside world. Then there were rumors that the freshman had left Tencent a while before his death, and was marked as "never hired" by the personnel department. Not only could he not be able to continue his employment at Tencent, but even if he joined other big Internet companies, he would most likely be rejected. In addition, there is also news that Tencent's legal department will file a lawsuit against the employee on the grounds that it "damages the company's image."

However, The Paper reported this week that the freshman told reporters: "I can't confirm whether the news about whether I was marked as 'never hired' by personnel is true. However, my job search is not hindered at present. Instead, many HR came to contact me." According to the fresh graduate, he has found a new job and is about to join.

At the same time, Zhang Jun, director of Tencent's public relations, also denied the aforementioned news about "never hire" and "lawsuit lawsuit" in the circle of friends: "Can news be cracked down? Now the cost of making rumors is too low."

JD Daojia programmer was sentenced to delete the library and run away

On February 10, the Red Star Capital Bureau learned from the Shanghai Yangpu District People’s Court that a 29-year-old programmer Lu Mou, without the company’s permission, privately deleted all the system codes of the upcoming Jingdong Daojia platform on the day of his resignation, which constituted sabotage. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison for the crime of computer information systems.

The latest technology trends​

Long Term Support Version Laravel 9 Released

Laravel is an open source PHP web application framework known for its elegant syntax. It is an MVC framework for building simple to complex web applications using the PHP programming language. In the past, new versions were released every six months, but the instability of short-term versions also made developers complain frequently. On February 8, Laravel finally ushered in the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version - Laravel 9 after three years, which provides 2 years of bug fixes and 3 years of security fixes.

Major Updates

• The minimum PHP version required is 8.0;
• Introduce support for Symfony 6.0 components, Symfony Mailer, Flysystem 3.0;
• Improve output of route:list, Laravel Scout database driver, etc.

Tiny Core Linux 13 Released: Only 46MB RAM, 50MB Disk

Tiny Core Linux has been updated to v13.0. This venerable ultra-light Linux distribution is very compact, requiring only 22MB of download space. However, it installs and presents the user with a fully graphical UI with a modern Linux kernel and allows the user to install and run modern applications.

Major Updates

• The kernel has been updated to version 5.15.10
• RAM: 46MB minimum, 128MB recommended
• CPU: Minimum Intel 486DX processor, Intel Pentium 2 recommended
• Storage: At least 50MB for installation (28MB disk space for installation, no apps), recommended storage depends on the apps the user wants to install and run

Chrome OS 98 released

After a short wait, Chrome OS 98 started to push to the stable channel.

Major Updates

• Introduce new emojis;
• Add virtual desktop shortcuts;
• As well as a completely revised language settings menu, etc.

Atom 1.59 released

Atom is the official text editor of GitHub, compatible with macOS, Windows and Linux operating systems, supports plugins written by Node.js, and has a built-in Git version control system provided by Github.

Major Updates

• Fixed command to install Atom dependencies on Ubuntu;
• Enable default editor keymap for editors located outside atom-workspace

Racket v8.4 released

Racket is a general-purpose open source programming language and a cross-platform ecosystem for language programming, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. The latest version 8.4 is currently released.

Major updates

• Racket command line provides a new default expression editor REPL (read-eval-print loop);
• Added type system to prevent programmers from writing meaningless type expressions;
• file-or-directory-stat etc. to unify information about filesystem objects

Node.js 16.14.0 (LTS) released

A notable change in this release is the import of the JSON module to meet the needs of the current experimental import assertions syntax. This release adds experimental support for the third phase of import assertions recommendations, in order to make the Node.js ESM implementation as compatible as possible with the HTML specification , importing JSON modules now requires import assertions (still after the --experimental-json-modules CLI flag).