IT news November 5: Python has become more popular than Java for the first time in history, Russian IT business has come to the defense of Google Play and the App Store, details about the Microsoft Cloud PC “remote desktop” have been revealed
Python has become more popular than Java for the first time in history
According to the November TIOBE rating , the Python programming language took second place in it for the first time since 2003, overtaking the Java language. For almost 17 years, the first two positions were alternately occupied by Java and C. The C language retained first place and even increased its popularity slightly - by 0.17%. The Java language ended up in an unusual third place. According to TIOBE, the popularity of Java decreased by 4.57% over the year, while the demand for Python increased by 2.27%. In general, the top ten rankings look like this:
C (16.21%);
Python (12.12%);
Java (11.68%);
C++ (7.6%);
C# (4.67%);
Visual Basic (4.01%);
JavaScript (2.03%);
PHP (1.79%);
R (1.64%);
SQL (1.54%).
The head of TIOBE Software, Peter Jansen, explains the popularity of Python not only by general demand, but also by the fact that this language is actively used in “fast-growing” areas such as data mining and artificial intelligence. Source: Neowin
Russian IT business came to the defense of Google Play and App Store
Three Russian IT associations at once: Domestic Software, Russoft and RATEK opposed the adoption by the State Duma of a bill that would oblige Apple and Google to install third-party application stores in iOS and Android. Also, the draft law requires American companies to reduce commissions from 30% to 20% for mobile applications on Google Play and the App Store. The organizations sent a letter to the Ministry of Digital Development with a request not to support the initiative of A Just Russia deputy Fedot Tumusov. The appeal indicates that the adoption of the bill may cause the departure of American IT services from Russia. This option threatens Russian developers with major losses. “A sharp change in the existing rules of the game could lead to the departure of major global players from Russia who are not interested in adapting their application stores and products officially supplied to Russia to new requirements,” the letter says. Tumusov’s bill has already been approved by the relevant State Duma committee and will be considered in February 2021. Source: Kommersant
Microsoft Teams will get the ability to switch between multiple accounts
According to the Microsoft 365 roadmap, in December, the Microsoft Teams team collaboration service will receive a feature that will allow the user to switch between accounts. The new product is still under development. It is expected to appear in the desktop version of Teams. The feature description says it will allow users to “add additional accounts, change their profile picture, and switch between accounts through Settings.” This will make it easier to collaborate across multiple profiles and will be a welcome addition for those users who are forced to share the same computer with other people. Source: Neowin
Microsoft Cloud PC Remote Desktop Details Revealed
Three months after it was reported that Microsoft was preparing to release a virtualized Windows PC under the Cloud PC brand, anonymous enthusiast WalkingCat has discovered new details about the project. According to him, the “remote desktop” is codenamed Cloud PC “Project Deschutes.” After the launch of the project, Microsoft will offer users three subscription options for Cloud PC: Medium, Heavy and Advanced. Designed for "all-purpose use," the Medium plan offers two vCPUs, 4GB of RAM, and a 96GB SSD. With the Heavy plan, users will get similar options, but the RAM will increase to 8GB. The Advanced plan includes 8GB of RAM, three virtual processors, and 40GB SSD storage. To use Cloud PC, users will have to install the Microsoft Remote Desktop app for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android PCs. Cloud PC is expected to arrive in spring 2021. Source: ZDNet
A console for processing Document AI (DocAI) documents has been added to Google Cloud
Google has announced the preview of its new Document AI (DocAI) platform , a console for processing documents using artificial intelligence technology. The console has been added to the Google Cloud suite of cloud services. Thanks to DocAI, the speed of document processing increases up to 250%. The platform is designed to automate and verify information by extracting data from copies of paper documents and transferring the resulting information to business applications and end users. DocAI can classify information such as addresses, invoice numbers and signatures, and extract supplier names, billing dates and payment terms. DocAI has several tools including a form parser, W9 parser, optical character recognition, and document separator. Source: Google
GitHub and GitHub Enterprise source code leaked
In the github/dmca repository , which publishes reports of violations of DMCA copyright law, a user under the nickname nat posted the source codes of GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise. The sources are posted with the message: “felt cute, might put gh source code on dmca repo now idk.” The added changes have already been deleted, but remain in the Internet archive . According to experts, the code was added to the official github/dmca repository using a technique that allows you to view any commit from any fork in the main repository by specifying its hash in the URL. For example, you can create a fork of github/dmca and add any code to it, and this code will become available via a direct hash link in the github/dmca repository. The posted GitHub source code is a copy extracted from a virtual machine image from GitHub Enterprise, the enterprise version of GitHub. Source: Opennet
Disappearing messages will appear in WhatsApp messenger
In the coming weeks, WhatsApp will introduce a disappearing message option for individual and group chats. Messages marked as disappearing by the sender are automatically deleted from the correspondence after 7 days, for both the sender and the recipient. Along with the text, the multimedia attached to the message will also disappear: images or videos. WhatsApp believes that the seven-day “lifetime” of messages may change in the future. Once the new option is deployed, each user will be able to independently enable disappearing messages for each group or contact. It is worth noting that the option will not be able to delete old messages from the correspondence history. Source: The Verge
The C language retained first place and even increased its popularity slightly - by 0.17%. The Java language ended up in an unusual third place. According to TIOBE, the popularity of Java decreased by 4.57% over the year, while the demand for Python increased by 2.27%. In general, the top ten rankings look like this:
The feature description says it will allow users to “add additional accounts, change their profile picture, and switch between accounts through Settings.” This will make it easier to collaborate across multiple profiles and will be a welcome addition for those users who are forced to share the same computer with other people. Source: Neowin
Thanks to DocAI, the speed of document processing increases up to 250%. The platform is designed to automate and verify information by extracting data from copies of paper documents and transferring the resulting information to business applications and end users. DocAI can classify information such as addresses, invoice numbers and signatures, and extract supplier names, billing dates and payment terms. DocAI has several tools including a form parser, W9 parser, optical character recognition, and document separator. Source: Google
WhatsApp believes that the seven-day “lifetime” of messages may change in the future. Once the new option is deployed, each user will be able to independently enable disappearing messages for each group or contact. It is worth noting that the option will not be able to delete old messages from the correspondence history. Source: The Verge
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