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• Over 8,000 cryptocurrency wallets attacked, hackers swept away millions of Solana and USDC assets
• GitLab announces it won't delete inactive projects for free users
• Over 35,000 malicious attack files/clone repositories appear on GitHub
• Amazon to shut down Amazon Drive service by the end of 2023
• Intel will launch WiFi7 in 2024, and Apple is gradually transitioning to WiFi6E
• iPhone 14 Pro may cancel Yuanfeng blue and add purple
• Elon Musk: I was tricked by Twitter, they boasted that the number of daily active users is much higher than the number of users who watch ads
• Apple removed 439,000 apps in the second quarter: it has not been updated for a long time
• Chrome introduces "harmful" API, boycotted by Apple, Firefox
• .NET Core 3.1 will end of support on December 13th
• Python 3.10.6 released
• Linux 5.19 released
• Visual Studio Code 1.70 released
• Linux 5.20 renamed to Linux 6.0

Industry information

Over 8,000 cryptocurrency wallets attacked, hackers swept away millions of Solana and USDC assets

Recently, foreign media reported that the Nomad Token Bridge suffered a vulnerability attack, which led to its $190 million in assets being hollowed out. Meanwhile, unknown attackers also swept through thousands of cryptocurrency wallets containing at least $4 million worth of Solana and USDC on Tuesday night. Decrypt.co noted that the attack occurred at 20:00 pm PST and appears to have originated from the Solana browser wallet Phantom.

GitLab announces it won't delete inactive projects for free users

According to foreign media The Register, GitLab, an online code repository hosting platform, plans to automatically delete inactive projects within a year of free users.

Such projects account for a quarter of GitLab's hosting costs, and the automatic deletion of projects could save a multi-cloud coding collaboration service up to $1 million a year, the report said. As such, this policy helps GitLab remain financially sustainable. The policy is scheduled to take effect in September 2022, the people said.

GitLab is aware that the plan could be met with backlash, and will send users weeks or months of advance warnings before removing inactive projects from free users. As long as you have posted comments, submitted code, or issues to the project within 12 months, you can avoid project deletion. At present, GitLab has announced a new policy under pressure. Its official tweet said that it will no longer delete inactive projects of free users, but will put them in object storage, which is slower than other projects to access.

Over 35,000 malicious attack files/clone repositories appear on GitHub

Recently, Twitter user @Stephen Lacy discovered a large-scale obfuscation malicious attack on GitHub. Currently, there are more than 35,000 malicious files/clone repositories on GitHub, including crypto, golang, python, js, bash, docker, k8s and other well-known projects. Most of the malicious files have been cleaned up, but new ones are still being created.

Amazon to shut down Amazon Drive service by the end of 2023

According to foreign media reports, Amazon recently announced that it will shut down its consumer-facing Amazon Drive cloud service. The announcement mentions that the Amazon Drive service will end support on December 31, 2023, but new uploads will no longer be supported on January 31, 2023, and the Amazon Drive app for Android and iOS will be available on October 31, 2022 Day was removed from the shelves. Photos and videos in Amazon Drive accounts will be automatically saved to Amazon Photos, Amazon said. However, for all "files that are not pictures or videos", users need to download them locally before the service is shut down. It is reported that the Amazon Drive cloud storage service was launched in March 2011 as a "secure cloud storage service for Amazon customers' backup files", providing 5GB of free storage space and applications for Android, iOS and Web.

Intel will launch WiFi7 in 2024, and Apple is gradually transitioning to WiFi6E

According to reports, Intel plans to introduce the next generation of wireless network technology - WiFi7 (802.11be) in devices by 2024. Intel predicts that WiFi7 will expand product applications through advanced technologies such as high-end games, augmented reality, virtual reality and robotics, and strengthen the penetration of the WiFi market. WiFi7, the successor to WiFi6E (802.11ax), takes full advantage of the high-performance 5GHz and 6GHz bands, delivering 2x the data throughput and supporting data processing speeds of up to 36Gbps. At the same time, Apple is also on the cusp of the WiFi6E transition.

iPhone 14 Pro may cancel Yuanfeng blue and add purple

According to foreign blogger @Jioriku recently revealed that the iPhone 14 may add a new purple version and replace the pink in the iPhone 13. The Pro version will cancel the "Far Peak Blue" color scheme, and also add purple.

Based on multiple sources, the iPhone 14 series will include at least the following colors:

iPhone 14: green, purple, blue, black, white and red

iPhone 14 Pro: Green, Purple, Silver, Gold and Graphite

In addition, the blogger also revealed that the iPhone 14 series will support 30W charging. However, the iPhone 14 series may be heavier than the iPhone 13 series due to the new MagSafe battery being larger.

Elon Musk: I was tricked by Twitter, they boasted that the number of daily active users is much higher than the number of users who watch ads

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has filed a countersuit against Twitter, in which Musk's lawyers argue that while Twitter touts 238 million profitable daily active users, it has The number of people who saw the ad was well below 65 million. Additionally, they argue, most ads are shown to fewer than 16 million users. On Thursday, local time in the United States, Twitter disputed Musk's counterclaim allegations. Twitter believes Musk is picking out specific data without showing how its online advertising system works.

Apple removed 439,000 apps in the second quarter: it has not been updated for a long time

According to reports, in the second quarter of this year, Apple and Google removed a total of 592,000 apps from their respective app stores, an increase from 220,000 apps in the first quarter. Among them, Apple removed 439,000 apps in the second quarter, an increase of about 87 times over the first quarter. 64% of the apps removed by Apple have not been updated for at least 2 years or more. According to Pixalate, about 31% of apps removed by Apple did not have a clear privacy policy. Although Apple removed the app from the App Store product page, users who have already downloaded it can still continue to use it.

Latest technical developments

Chrome introduces "harmful" API, boycotted by Apple, Firefox

It is understood that in the latest version 104 released by Chrome, the Web Bluetooth API was introduced, which allows web pages to communicate with other devices via Bluetooth, but does not include cross-domain iframes. Google believes this API can open up multiple avenues of productivity and communication without compromising security. However, this API has been listed by Mozilla and Apple on the list of APIs that will not be implemented due to security concerns. In fact, before this, Chrome introduced some controversial features more than once, and they were resisted by peers, such as the Keyboard MAP API introduced in Chrome 97.

.NET Core 3.1 will end of support on December 13th

Microsoft said it will no longer provide service updates or technical support for .NET Core 3.1 after December 13. Microsoft recommends that users migrate to .NET 6 as soon as possible. If users are still using .NET Core 3.1 after the end of the support date, they will need to update the app to .NET 6 or .NET 7 to maintain support and continue to receive .NET updates. .NET Core is a free and open-source software framework launched by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems. It was renamed .NET in version 5.0 in 2020.

Python 3.10.6 released

Python 3.10 has released its sixth maintenance release, with a total of 200 commits for bug fixes and documentation improvements for Python 3.10.

Major updates

• Deprecated and ready to remove wstr member in PyUnicodeObject
• Introduce parameter specification variables
• Deprecated distutils module
• Remove Py_UNICODE encoder API

Linux 5.19 released

Linus Torvalds announced the official release of Linux version 5.19 on the kernel mailing list.

Major updates

• Arm Scalable Matrix Extension support
• io_uring improvements
• BIG TCP support
• Improved random number generator
• Supports AMD Secure Nested Paging and Intel Trusted Domain Extensions mechanism
• LoongArch CPU architecture supporting Loongson
• New active recycling mechanism

Visual Studio Code 1.70 released

Major updates

• Title bar customization: hide/show menu bar, command center or layout controls
• Possibility to create your own folding area in the editor
• The search view now supports multiple selection, making it easy to operate on multiple search results
• Tree views such as File Explorer, now support lookup controls
• Integrated Shell by default, binds extended PowerShell keys
• The merge editor can now be brought up in VS Code using command line options

Linux 5.20 renamed to Linux 6.0

After the release of Linux 5.19, whether the next version will be called Linux 5.20 or Linux 6.0, Linus Torvalds, who is often confused by big numbers, said that the next version will be called 6.0. This is similar to how Linux 3.19's next release was Linux 4.0 and before Linux 4.19's next release was Linux 5.0. According to the kernel mailing list pull request, Linux 6.0 is basically generally accepted. According to these pull requests, new changes in Linux 6.0 will include: improved NUMA balancing for AMD Zen systems, more efficient CPU idle search under high system load, removal of DECnet networking code, and more.