A new section is opening on JavaRush: IT news. In it we will talk every day about the most important things in the world of Java, programming and related areas. Today in the selection: GitHub released its own mobile application; Facebook was caught spying on users; The creator of the legendary video game Doom will work on artificial intelligence.
GitHub launched a mobile application
At the annual GitHub Universe conference, held from November 13 to 14 in San Francisco, Microsoft representatives announced the launch of a beta version of the first GitHub mobile application . From now on, 40 million developers using this service can write, edit and save code using a gadget on iOS or Android. The creators of the application clarified that it is optimized for working with touch screens and has all the basic functions of GitHub. Compared to the PC version of the service, the notification interface and search by code have been noticeably improved in the mobile application. GitHub is the world's largest repository of open source software. Over the past year, 10 million developers from 70 countries have joined GitHub. Source: Wired
The creator of Doom and Quake leaves Facebook for artificial intelligence
Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebook-owned Oculus, where he spent six years working in VR technology, to focus on his own Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) project. This technology aims to expand artificial intelligence algorithms and its practical applications. In the 1990s, John Carmack was a leading programmer and co-founder of id Software, which produced the video games Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake and Commander Keen. It is believed that Carmack was one of the founders of the creation of first-person shooters and 3D graphics technology. Source: TechCrunch
Facebook found a bug that allows you to spy on a user
A vulnerability was found in the iOS version of the Facebook mobile application that allows you to turn on the gadget's video camera without the user noticing while viewing the news feed. In theory, this makes it possible to spy on iPhone owners. Joshua Maddox reported the bug on Twitter. According to him, the presence of the vulnerability was confirmed on five different iPhones with iOS 13.2.2. However, it does not work on iOS 12. Facebook Vice President Guy Rosen has already responded to the unpleasant news, saying that the company has launched an internal investigation into the causes of the incident. Source: TheNextWeb
It became known where programmers are needed most in Ukraine
Kyiv holds the lead in the ranking of Ukrainian cities where it is easiest for programmers to find work. This is evidenced by data published by the job search site rabota.ua. Statistics on job offers show that the largest number of vacancies for software developers and specialists in related fields are located in Kyiv (57%) and Kharkov (11%). In third place is Lviv (9%). Next in the ranking are Dnepr (5%) and Odessa (5%). Any other city in Ukraine accounts for no more than 1% of the offered vacancies. The most in-demand specialists are web programmers (19% of vacancies). There are also many vacancies posted for system administrators (13%), testers (8%) and technical support specialists (7%). The average salary listed in job vacancies does not depend much on the programming language. Those with the skills to write code in Java or Python are offered an average of 44-45 thousand hryvnia ($1800). Source: New time
GitHub will keep Arctic cave open source for 'future generations'
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman confirmed his intention to create a data storage protected from any external threats in one of the caves of the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. On February 2, 2020, GitHub will automatically create a copy of all its active public repositories. This archive will then be moved to the GitHub Arctic Code Vault . The information with the code will be recorded on a film coated with silver halides on polyester. According to ISO standards, this material has a guaranteed service life of 500 to 750 years. Alternative tests show that this film will not lose its properties for at least 1000 years. The GitHub Arctic Code Vault is modeled after the Global Seed Vault, also located in Svalbard. The goal of the project is the desire to preserve open source software for future generations of humanity in the event of a nuclear disaster or other global cataclysm. Source: Bloomberg
Today in the selection: GitHub released its own mobile application; Facebook was caught spying on users; The creator of the legendary video game Doom will work on artificial intelligence.
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