IT news January 22: An appeal to programmers was found in the code of the White House website, the oldest archive of computer programs was closed, developers occupy 39% of all vacancies in the IT sector of Ukraine
A hidden appeal to programmers was discovered in the code of the White House website
A hidden message to programmers was discovered in the HTML code of the official website of the US President. Obviously, we are talking about finding a specialist to modernize and maintain the White House website. To see a job offer, you need to go to the main page of whitehouse.gov and press the “CTRL + U” combination on your keyboard. In most browsers, it opens a window with the site's HTML code. A quick study of the code in one of its lines will reveal the following entry:
<!--If you're reading this, we need your help building back better. https://usds.gov/-->
The translation reads: "If you're reading this, we need your help to make this better than it was." The following is the URL for the White House Digital Service. This organization was founded in 2014 by former US President Barack Obama. Technicians in the Digital Service are typically hired for one to two years, according to Reuters. Source: Reuters
Apple has updated the functionality of iOS and iPadOS
Apple has released a release candidate for the iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 operating systems. Both operating systems are available to both developers and ordinary users participating in the open beta testing program. iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 added new visual and audio effects when transferring music from iPhone 11 or iPhone 12 to HomePod mini. An option has appeared in the settings for classifying Bluetooth devices. Apple has also added an option to determine the originality of the camera components installed in the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. There's a new Walking Time feature in the Exercise section of the Apple Watch app for iPhone, with a toggle to "Share recent exercise data from watch." Additionally, iOS 14.4 fixes bugs with artifacts when using HDR mode in the iPhone 12 Pro camera and a bug that caused the keyboard to open in a different language in Messages. Source: Macrumors
Alphabet closes project to distribute Internet from balloons
Alphabet's Experimental Projects Lab X has announced the closure of Project Loon. He envisioned distributing the Internet from balloons in the stratosphere. The project was supposed to provide Internet access to many hard-to-reach places on the planet in Africa and South America. The reason for the closure was stated to be low profitability. Loon was launched in 2013, and in 2018 the project was spun off into a separate company. In July 2020, the first commercial launch of the Internet service took place in Kenya. 35 balloons were lifted into the air, providing 4G coverage over an area of 50 thousand square meters. km. Loon Internet balloons also distributed Internet in 2017 in Puerto Rico, which was hit by Hurricane Maria, and in Peru in 2019, when there was an earthquake. Loon employees will be transferred to other Alphabet projects. The pilot service in Kenya will run until March. Source: Blog X
Google threatens to shut down search service in Australia
Google has warned that the entry into force of new Australian legislation could lead to a shutdown of its search service in this country. The IT giant was dissatisfied with a bill from the local parliament, according to which Google and Facebook would be required to pay Australian authors and media for the use of their content in search engines and news aggregators. If the bill comes into force, Google will pay Australian journalists between US$465 million and US$775 million annually. The main contradictions relate to the operation of the Google News service, which inserts fragments of online media materials into its snippets. Australians also want Google to inform news media 14 days in advance about upcoming changes to its search algorithms and YouTube. Google management believes that such requirements are unfair and may slow down the release of updates. Source: 9to5google
The oldest website archive of computer programs Tucows Downloads has been closed
The Tucows Downloads site, which has housed an archive of tens of thousands of free and shareware computer programs since 1993, has closed permanently . It was the oldest site in the world where you could download legal and free software for Windows, macOS and Linux. Tucows, the owner of Tucows Downloads, decided to close the program archive due to the desire to focus on other areas of its business. Tucows is the second largest domain name registrar in the world after GoDaddy and the largest domain name wholesaler in the global marketplace. According to the company's CEO Elliott Noss, Tucows Downloads is obsolete. Today, most people use app stores or go directly to developer sites to find programs. Source: Engadget
Ukraine: developers occupy 39% of all vacancies in the IT sector
According to the personnel portal grc.ua, software developers remain the most in demand among specialists in the Ukrainian IT sector. They account for 39% of all posted vacancies in IT. In second place are engineers (14%). This is followed by analysts (12%) and project managers (11%). Employers are least likely to look for telecommunications specialists (6%), testers (6%), system administrators (7%) and banking software specialists (7%). The study also indicates that in Ukraine, 40% of employers are willing to pay IT specialists from 25 to 45 thousand hryvnia per month ($885-1,595). 26% of employers can pay from 45 to 65 thousand hryvnia (1595-2300 dollars). 6% of employers are willing to pay from 106 thousand UAH ($3,755). Most companies (51%) are looking for specialists with 1 to 3 years of experience. Approximately 10% of employers are interested in newcomers without IT experience. Source: Finance.ua
To see a job offer, you need to go to the main page of whitehouse.gov and press the “CTRL + U” combination on your keyboard. In most browsers, it opens a window with the site's HTML code. A quick study of the code in one of its lines will reveal the following entry:
Loon was launched in 2013, and in 2018 the project was spun off into a separate company. In July 2020, the first commercial launch of the Internet service took place in Kenya. 35 balloons were lifted into the air, providing 4G coverage over an area of 50 thousand square meters. km. Loon Internet balloons also distributed Internet in 2017 in Puerto Rico, which was hit by Hurricane Maria, and in Peru in 2019, when there was an earthquake. Loon employees will be transferred to other Alphabet projects. The pilot service in Kenya will run until March. Source: Blog X
Tucows, the owner of Tucows Downloads, decided to close the program archive due to the desire to focus on other areas of its business. Tucows is the second largest domain name registrar in the world after GoDaddy and the largest domain name wholesaler in the global marketplace. According to the company's CEO Elliott Noss, Tucows Downloads is obsolete. Today, most people use app stores or go directly to developer sites to find programs. Source: Engadget
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