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• Report shows that college graduates in the IT industry earn the highest salaries
• iPhone 15 series may switch to USB-C interface
• Google to pay 800 million yuan for gender discrimination
• EU redlines Google, Facebook and other platforms must properly handle false information
• WeChat launches group chat message sticking function
• Germany launches antitrust probe into Apple's rules for tracking third-party apps
• Incoming door iPads are deployed ahead of schedule, switching to USB Type-C
• Facebook's internal plans leaked, will make major changes to compete with TikTok
• Bill Gates Criticizes Cryptocurrencies: A Scam Based on Bodhisattva Theory
• .NET 7 Preview 5 released
• Deno 1.23 officially released
• Eclipse 4.24 released
• Redis 7.0.2 released
• zx 7.0.0 released

Industry information

Report shows that college graduates in the IT industry earn the highest salaries

According to the "2022 Chinese College Students Employment Report" released by the Mykos Research Institute, the IT industry continues to lead the salary list of college graduates, and the 2021 graduates choose to work in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta with higher salaries.

The employment report data shows that the monthly income of 2021 graduates in the information transmission/software and information technology service industry continues to be high (6,781 yuan for undergraduates in 2021 and 5,023 yuan for vocational colleges), but the starting salary of 2021 graduates increases (undergraduate 5%, higher vocational 4%) is lower than the national average (undergraduate 7%, higher vocational 6%). The report shows that the top 10 major majors with higher monthly income of graduates in 2021 are mostly related to the IT industry, including information security, software engineering, information engineering, computer science and technology, network engineering, Internet of things engineering, electronic science and technology, etc. . In addition to direct employment, the report pointed out that the proportion of fresh undergraduates studying for postgraduate studies has continued to rise. The proportion of 2021 undergraduate graduates studying at home and abroad is 19.2%. The proportion of 2021 undergraduate graduates studying for postgraduate studies in China is 17.2%, an increase of 13% compared with 2019 (15.2%).

iPhone 15 series may switch to USB-C interface

It has been reported before that Apple may use the USB-C interface on the iPhone, but it has been delayed for a long time. In the final analysis, it is related to the exclusive interface authorization that can bring them a very rich income. However, the European Union has agreed to a single standard connector for all battery-powered consumer digital electronic devices that support wired charging, and that's USB-C, a port already found on most smartphones and tablets. The ruling would force Apple to add USB-C to the iPhone, one of the few popular products that uses a proprietary charging cable. Apple has time to implement this change before 2024, and the latest news is that the iPhone 15 series will adopt this interface.

Google to pay 800 million yuan for gender discrimination

A few days ago, the law firm representing female employees suing Google issued a statement saying that Google has agreed to pay $118 million (about 800 million yuan) to settle sex discrimination lawsuits with about 15,500 female employees. The Google settlement involves women in 236 different positions, according to the law firm. The woman leading the lawsuit cited an analysis by UC Irvine economist David Neumark in a court filing that said Google paid female employees about $16,794 less a year than "men in similar positions." Dollar.

EU redlines Google, Facebook and other platforms must properly handle false information

In recent days, the European Union is expected to release an updated document related to disinformation, giving instructions on the behavior of digital platforms to combat disinformation. There are many deepfakes and fake accounts on platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. If tech companies fail to properly address this problem, they could be fined heavily by the EU.

WeChat launches group chat message sticking function

It is understood that WeChat has added a "group chat message sticking to the top" function. Group owners and group administrators can long press a message and select "Top" in the pop-up menu to pin the message to the top. After the group member clicks, they will automatically locate the location of the message, which is convenient for viewing the full context.

Germany launches antitrust probe into Apple's rules for tracking third-party apps

Germany's antitrust body, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), said today it is investigating Apple's rules on tracking third-party applications (Apps) to assess whether the rules give Apple preferential treatment itself or hinder other companies Business.

Incoming door iPads are deployed ahead of schedule, switching to USB Type-C

According to 9to5Mac, Apple's entry-level tenth-generation iPad will use the A14 chip with 5G networking capabilities. This model will also switch to USB Type-C for the first time, which means that all iPads have been converted.

Facebook's internal plans leaked, will make major changes to compete with TikTok

According to reports, in an internal Facebook memo it obtained recently, Tom Alison, the head of Facebook applications, very clearly explained the company's plans to revamp its feed, as well as other comprehensive changes to the Facebook application. The memo announced some planned changes that make it clear that Facebook's strategy to compete with TikTok is no longer just about promoting short-video app Reels.

Bill Gates Criticizes Cryptocurrencies: A Scam Based on Bodhisattva Theory

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates refuted cryptocurrency projects such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) at a climate conference on Tuesday, calling them "boobless-based" scams.

Latest technical developments

.NET 7 Preview 5 released

Major updates

• Improve and enhance Generic Math to make it easier for users to use
• New text classification API for ML.NET, adding state-of-the-art deep learning techniques for natural language
• Improvements and enhancements to the source code generator, RegexGenerator's new Roslyn analyzer and fixer
• Several performance improvements in CodeGen, observability, JSON serialization/deserialization, and using streams

Deno 1.23 officially released

Major updates

• No type checking by default
• Remove unstable Deno.sleepSync API
• file watcher to observe dynamic imports
• Updates to deno fmt
• Added new unstable Deno.getGid() API
• Use the latest TypeScript 4.7 version

Eclipse 4.24 released

Major updates

• The text editor now provides various commands to support multiple carets/selections
• Added explicit encoding set for new workspaces
• Explicit encoding set for new items
• Warn about items that don't have an explicit default encoding
• Java 18 support
• Added new cleanup and quick help options to remove unused parameters of private methods
• Added a new quick helper to extend the interface

Redis 7.0.2 released

Major fixes

• Fixed SET and BITFIELD commands being incorrectly marked as movablekeys

  Regression in 7.0 could cause too many round trips to cluster clients

• Fix crash when /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory is unreachable

  A regression in 7.0.1 caused some configurations to crash on startup

zx 7.0.0 released

Major updates

• Completely rewritten in TypeScript
• Code coverage reaches 99%.
• Introduce new within() API for async contexts
• echo() is now supported out of the box
• Support --eval flag
• Support REPL