Development:
Java News Roundup: JEPs for Projects Loom and Panama, JobRunr 5.1.0, Kotlin 1.7.0 Preview.
Red Hat has released Quarkus 2.8.0: it delivers integration with the RESTEasy Reactive REST layer and GraalVM 22.0 by default.
JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 2022.1 which introduces the Dependency Analyzer.
Career and IT market:
Tech giants lost more than $1 trillion in value in the last three trading days.
Instagram will begin testing NFTs this week. ‘Digital collectibles’ will be available to some US users.
Ford files patent application for remote engine revving system. Should be a fun feature for auto shows.
Play Store blocks users in Russia from purchasing or updating paid apps.
Online Security:
GitHub will require all code contributors to use two-factor authentication. The code hosting platform cited a responsibility to boost the security of the software supply chain overall.
Microsoft launches cybersecurity services to help clients fight off ransomware and other attacks.