Apple was found to be compensated by 200 million employees; Microsoft employees leaked internal sensitive credentials; intelliJ project migrated to Java 17 ｜ Sifu Weekly

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• Google fined about 288 million yuan for violating consumer law
• The average monthly salary of algorithm engineers is over 30,000 yuan
• AirPodsPro 2 will support fitness tracking
• The iPhone is renewed every year to 3 to 13 months, and the original device can be discounted by 50%
• The 9-year lawsuit was formally settled, and the judge approved that Apple’s employees who were searched for bags received 200 million compensation
• Baidu Netdisk responds to manual review of user photos: none exist at any level
• iPhone 14 may still have bangs, design and chip remain unchanged
• WeChat macOS version has been updated: the chat history migration function is finally here
• Microsoft employee accidentally leaked sensitive internal login credentials on GitHub
• Elon Musk: Tesla humanoid robots could be cheaper than cars in the future
• Microsoft prepares to release Windows 11 22H2
• NetBSD Improves Commodore Amiga Support
• intelliJ project migrated to Java 17
• IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2.1 has been released
• GNOME 43 Beta Released

Industry information

Google fined about 288 million yuan for violating consumer law

Recently, according to the latest judgment issued by the Federal Court of Australia, it was fined 60 million Australian dollars, or about 288 million yuan, for violating consumer law. Specifically, between January 2017 and December 2018, Google displayed "misleading" information to users and illegally collected, stored and used the location information of about 1.3 million Google users in Australia. On December 20, 2018, Google has completed the rectification.

The average monthly salary of algorithm engineers is over 30,000 yuan

According to the "2022 Artificial Intelligence Top Talents Data Book", there is a shortage of talents in the artificial intelligence industry, among which the supply-demand ratio of visual algorithm engineers is the lowest, only 0.08; algorithm-related positions occupy 7 of the TOP10 most difficult to recruit, and the average monthly salary of algorithm engineers fresh graduates Over 32,000 yuan.

AirPodsPro 2 will support fitness tracking

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 wireless headphones will feature fitness tracking for the first time, thanks to an updated motion sensor, according to a new report. Last year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that the AirPods Pro 2 will feature updated motion sensors and focus on fitness tracking. Earlier, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple hopes to add health and fitness features to AirPods in the long term.

The iPhone is renewed every year to 3 to 13 months, and the original device can be discounted by 50%

On August 15, netizens reported that Apple's iPhone annual renewal plan eligibility has been updated from "months 10-13" to "months 3-13". With iPhone Refresh, it's easy to upgrade to a new iPhone every year and covered by AppleCare+. Simply trade in your iPhone during the trade-in eligibility period and get 50% of the original retail price of this device as a trade-in for a new iPhone. At the end of the 13th month from the 3rd month of the plan's effective date.

The 9-year lawsuit was formally settled, and the judge approved that Apple’s employees who were searched for bags received 200 million compensation

In 2013, Apple was sued by retail store employees for searching bags to prevent theft. Nine years later, the class action was formally settled. Under the agreement, Apple will have to pay $30.5 million (about 200 million yuan) in compensation to thousands of hourly workers in California. The California Supreme Court has held that mandatory employee security checks should be paid as required by state law.

The plaintiffs allege that Apple did not compensate store employees for their time spent having their bags and iPhones searched after hours. For some employees, waiting a few minutes or more after clocking in is often the equivalent of about $1,500 a year. It is reported that the class action lawsuit covers 14,683 California employees, and each employee received an average of $1,328 in damages. After being sued, Apple no longer conducts bag searches before employees leave work.

Baidu Netdisk responds to manual review of user photos: none exist at any level

On the evening of August 18th, a netizen nicknamed Bian Xiang posted a screenshot of a blogger's video. The video claimed to have obtained an online review position on Baidu's network disk, 200 yuan a day, and posted a code suspected of Baidu.com. Photos of girls on the plate. The online post has caused widespread dissemination and doubts, and netizens have expressed that this is a "disclosure of privacy", "what right to review", "to close the synchronization network disk". Subsequently, Baidu Netdisk stated that there is no so-called manual photo review, and the content of Baidu Netdisk’s photo review by real people on the Internet is a rumor, and it reserves the right to pursue legal responsibility. In the early morning of August 19, I wanted to post again, sorting out the time process of the incident and the "response to Baidu's online disk", hoping that Baidu will return the truth to users as soon as possible, and everyone will feel at ease.

iPhone 14 may still have bangs, design and chip remain unchanged

Foreign media MacRumors summed up the news of the Apple conference. Among them, the iPhone 14 may be more like the "iPhone 13S", because it is not expected to have many changes, it will bring the same design and the same A15 series chip, it is reported that the iPhone 14 has no design changes, and the Face ID notch is still there. . The iPhone 14 Pro will cancel the notch screen and be replaced by a "pill + punch" screen.

WeChat macOS version has been updated: the chat history migration function is finally here

Not long ago, WeChat launched the "epic update" of chat history migration in the PC version 3.7.6 beta version; now, WeChat's macOS version has ushered in the 3.5.5 Bate update, which also added this feature . After this update, users can migrate the chat history of WeChat on the Mac side to the mobile phone, or migrate the chat history of the WeChat mobile phone to the Mac side. After the migration, users can browse the merged chat history on the WeChat of the mobile phone or Mac. In addition to synchronizing information, this function can also back up the chat history on the mobile phone to the Mac, thereby reducing the size of WeChat.

Microsoft employee accidentally leaked sensitive internal login credentials on GitHub

In recent days, Microsoft employees exposed sensitive login credentials for the company's online infrastructure. According to Vice, the vulnerability was first reported by cybersecurity research firm spiderSilk and subsequently confirmed by Microsoft. The exposed data came from employees on GitHub, the article said. When asked multiple times, Microsoft declined to elaborate on which systems the credentials were protecting, according to Vice. The leak did not access any sensitive data, and the company has put in place more security measures to prevent credential sharing.

Elon Musk: Tesla humanoid robots could be cheaper than cars in the future

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly claimed that Tesla's humanoid robots could be cheaper than cars in the future. Tesla's humanoid robot debuted at the Tesla AI Day event in August 2021, and it will also make an appearance at this year's Tesla AI Day event on September 30. Musk revealed new details about the Optimus humanoid robot in an article published in a magazine. He said that the height and weight of this robot is close to that of an adult, it can carry or carry heavy objects, and it can also walk in small steps. The screen on its face is an interactive interface for communicating with people.

Latest technical developments

Microsoft prepares to release Windows 11 22H2

Microsoft plans to release the next major update to Windows 11, v22H2, on September 20. The new version will have new changes in the user interface, including: Start menu App folder, taskbar drag and drop, new touch gestures and animations, Live Captions function to help the hearing impaired, PC voice control tool Voice Access, task management dark mode, new layouts, and more.

NetBSD Improves Commodore Amiga Support

The BSD distribution NetBSD is about to release a major update version 10.0, it has just released a minor update version 9.3, the main changes include: support for the UDF file system built into Windows 10, improved support for Intel Gigabit Ethernet chipsets, improved support for Intel and AMD Zen 3 chipset, and improved support for the Commodore Amiga. You read that right, NetBSD has improved support for 16-bit computers released in 1985. While Commodore, the developer of the Amiga, went out of business way back in 1994, the Amiga still has a handful but avid fans, so much so that the 2022 operating system will have improved support for it.

intelliJ project migrated to Java 17

Recently, the JetBrains blog showed that the source code of the IntelliJ project was recently migrated to Java 17. Although some modules are still compiled for compatibility with older Java versions to support running user projects under older versions of Java. But most platforms and plugin modules now use Java 17, and the upcoming 2022.3 release of all IntelliJ-based IDEs will require Java 17 to start.

IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2.1 has been released

Major fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused mermaid image previews containing non-ASCII characters to render incorrectly
• Support for @SpringJUnitConfig and @SpringJUnitWebConfig annotations
• Fix issue with terminal tab names
• Fixed an issue that caused code completion to fail when using WSL
• Fixed an issue that caused shelf entries to be deleted when editing a title and using the Delete key
• Fixed an issue where the "Recent Projects" list in the "Manage Projects" popup was incorrect when multiple projects were open

GNOME 43 Beta Released

Major updates

• Faster startup time and scrolling performance for the GNOME Calls app
• Use the DConf editor to support dark schemes
• Epiphany web browser removes PDF.js, adds various WebExtensions features and other updates
• GJS is releasing various new JavaScript features from SpiderMonkey 102
• Added new GNOME 43 desktop background
• GNOME Console ported to GTK 4 and Adwaita and other improvements to this new GNOME Terminal replacement