IT News Digest #2: JDK and Spring updates, increases in IT salaries, product roadmaps from JetBrains & Microsoft

It’s been a busy week in the development of Java and many IT-related areas. Read the most important news about development, IT career, and cybersecurity carefully collected in the latest IT digest by CodeGym :)

Development:

• Java news roundup: about JDK 18, 19, Spring Framework, Hibernate & other — at InfoQ.

• Last week open source Git project released Git 2.35. Take a look at the most exciting features introduced in a new version.

• JetBrains shared a roadmap for YouTrack in 2022, a commercial bug tracker, issue tracking system, and project management software.

• Microsoft published a Java roadmap for Visual Studio Code. The new Java-related capabilities are expected to be seen in this code editor.

Career:

• Nearly half of tech workers feel underpaid, although 61% of technologists received a salary increase last year, up from 52% in 2020. Read the insights on the U.S. IT market from Dice Tech Salary Report.

Online Security:

• The overall number of attacks using Log4j vulnerability is lower than expected — but the bug will apparently be a target for exploitation for years to come.

• Apple pays $100k to the student who spotted a Mac webcam hack. A cyber security student has shown how hacking its webcams leaves devices fully open to malefactors.