IT news October 23: 5 programming languages have been identified that will no longer be in demand in 10 years, GitHub introduced a developer certification system, more than 400 companies want to join the “coalition against Apple”
5 programming languages have been identified that will no longer be in demand in 10 years
After analyzing the state of the labor market, as well as rankings of programming languages RedMonk and TIOBE, Dice Insights compiled a list of five languages that will lose interest from employers and developers over the next 10 years. This list includes Perl, Objective-C, C, Haskell and Ruby. Statistics show that Perl's popularity among programmers is steadily declining. According to forecasts, the demand for this language will decrease by 22.1% over the next 10 years. Approximately the same indicators are observed for the C language. Interest in it will drop by 14.2%. The Objective-C language has lost 8 positions in the TIOBE ranking over the past year - this is the largest drop among the top twenty languages. In addition, Apple is convincing iOS developers to switch to Swift. According to the forecast, in 10 years, demand for Objective-C will fall by 34.5% from its current state. The Haskell language does not perform very well in the RedMonk ratings. Experts also record a decrease in interest in it among users of GitHub and StackOverflow. The Ruby language is expected to fall by 8.1% by 2030. The reason for this is that companies have become much less likely to look for specialists with knowledge of Ruby, giving preference to other languages. Source: DICE
More than 400 development companies want to join the “coalition against Apple”
The Coalition for App Fairness, created to challenge the App Store monopoly, has expanded significantly. Over the past month, the number of its participants has grown from 13 to 40 development companies. More than 400 more applications for membership are awaiting consideration. “The interest we have received has exceeded our expectations,” coalition spokeswoman Sarah Maxwell said. The developers created the coalition at the end of September 2020. It included Epic Games, Spotify, Match Group (owner of the Tinder dating service), Proton Technologies, News Media Europe trade group, Basecamp, Tile, Deezer and others. The organization opposes the App Store's 30 percent commission, the inability to distribute apps on iOS bypassing the Apple store, and the anti-competitive rules of the App Store. Source: The Washington Post
GitHub introduced a developer certification system
Collaborative development and code hosting service GitHub has launched a developer certification program. Already now, everyone can test their knowledge by passing the first exam - GitHub Foundational beta exam GH-100 . The exam questions relate to skills in using the tools and resources of the service. You can apply to take the GitHub Basic exam using this link . After filling out and submitting the form, the user is notified that the necessary information to access the certification procedure will soon be sent to him. Before taking the exam, GitHub offers a free crash course on service skills and related technologies. Users also have access to sample GH-100 exam questions and answers . Source: GitHub
Artificial intelligence has learned to predict Alzheimer's disease with 71% accuracy
Pfizer and IBM announced the development of a machine learning method that can predict Alzheimer's disease several years before the first symptoms appear. The prediction accuracy is 71% when tested on a group of cognitively healthy people. IBM and Pfizer say that, unlike previous research from other companies, their method for predicting Alzheimer's disease is not based on a person's pre-existing conditions or assessment of their "risk group." The forecast is made after analyzing 87 variables. This includes, but is not limited to, a person's spelling errors, punctuation, and vocabulary. The prognosis also takes into account age, gender, education, visuospatial and executive thinking, object naming, memory, attention, abstraction and speech test results. In practical terms, the IBM and Pfizer analysis method makes it possible to predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease 20 years before the appearance of its obvious signs in humans. The accuracy of the forecast in women is 83%, in men - 64%. Source: Venture Beat
Cybersecurity expert claims to have guessed President Trump's Twitter account password
Dutch cybersecurity expert Victor Gevers reported that he was able to guess the password to the Twitter account of US President Donald Trump. According to him, this was done on the fifth attempt. The password turned out to be an abbreviation from the first letters of Trump’s election slogan - “maga2020!” (Make America Great Again 2020). According to Gevers, after four attempts to guess the password, Twitter did not even ask him for confirmation. This indicates that the president did not connect two-factor authentication to his account. The Dutchman did not change anything in Trump’s profile or publish tweets on his behalf. He only took a few screenshots from the administrative part of the account, and then notified US-CERT, the cybersecurity division of the US Department of Homeland Security, about the vulnerability found. In turn, Twitter and the White House administration denied the possibility of unauthorized access to Trump's account. “We have implemented account security measures for a select group of prominent politicians associated with the United States election,” a Twitter spokesperson said. Source: TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence is used to process calls at Moscow ambulance stations
The Moscow Department of Health announced the implementation of the ambulance station named after. A.S. Puchkov artificial intelligence (AI) technology for processing patient calls. AI analysis occurs to determine the urgency of the call. Calls, as before, are answered by dispatchers who ask the patient clarifying questions. All data is entered into the system, after which artificial intelligence determines how urgent the call is - emergency or urgent (not life-threatening). The Department of Health believes that the use of AI will reduce the time it takes for the right team to arrive to the patient. “Today we can say with confidence that artificial intelligence, integrated into the management processes of survey algorithms, has significantly reduced the processing time of calls 103 and from the 112 service, and the time it takes to send teams to patients, and also improved the quality of medical care provided,” said the station’s chief physician Nikolay Plavunov. Source: Mosgorzdrav
Microsoft Forms survey app now available to the public
Microsoft Forms, a browser-based survey app, has become generally available. Previously, Microsoft Forms was only available to corporate clients and educational institutions. According to Microsoft representatives, the application can also be used as a remote testing method. The resulting Forms survey results can then be exported to Excel. Microsoft Forms is free for all Microsoft account holders. To access premium features such as expanded responders and additional templates, users must subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal or Family. The app can be used with any web browser on any device. Source: Microsoft
Statistics show that Perl's popularity among programmers is steadily declining. According to forecasts, the demand for this language will decrease by 22.1% over the next 10 years. Approximately the same indicators are observed for the C language. Interest in it will drop by 14.2%. The Objective-C language has lost 8 positions in the TIOBE ranking over the past year - this is the largest drop among the top twenty languages. In addition, Apple is convincing iOS developers to switch to Swift. According to the forecast, in 10 years, demand for Objective-C will fall by 34.5% from its current state. The Haskell language does not perform very well in the RedMonk ratings. Experts also record a decrease in interest in it among users of GitHub and StackOverflow. The Ruby language is expected to fall by 8.1% by 2030. The reason for this is that companies have become much less likely to look for specialists with knowledge of Ruby, giving preference to other languages. Source: DICE
You can apply to take the GitHub Basic exam using this link . After filling out and submitting the form, the user is notified that the necessary information to access the certification procedure will soon be sent to him. Before taking the exam, GitHub offers a free crash course on service skills and related technologies. Users also have access to sample GH-100 exam questions and answers . Source: GitHub
According to Gevers, after four attempts to guess the password, Twitter did not even ask him for confirmation. This indicates that the president did not connect two-factor authentication to his account. The Dutchman did not change anything in Trump’s profile or publish tweets on his behalf. He only took a few screenshots from the administrative part of the account, and then notified US-CERT, the cybersecurity division of the US Department of Homeland Security, about the vulnerability found. In turn, Twitter and the White House administration denied the possibility of unauthorized access to Trump's account. “We have implemented account security measures for a select group of prominent politicians associated with the United States election,” a Twitter spokesperson said. Source: TechCrunch
Microsoft Forms is free for all Microsoft account holders. To access premium features such as expanded responders and additional templates, users must subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal or Family. The app can be used with any web browser on any device. Source: Microsoft
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