IT News Digest #23: Apple’s new feature adds “extreme” protection to devices, Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to complete acquisition, Google has told employees that it’ll be “slowing down the pace of hiring”

Last week in news: Canadian internet giant Rogers says it will give credits to millions of its customers, Web3 projects have lost more than $2 billion to hacks this year.

Development:

• Java News Roundup by InfoQ: Eclipse Soteria 3.0, Log4j, Hibernate ORM, IntelliJ IDEA.
• PostgreSQL Interface for Cloud Spanner now generally available.

Career and IT market:

• Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to complete acquisition. In April 2022, Elon Musk entered into a binding merger agreement with Twitter, promising to use his best efforts to get the deal done.
• Thousands of leaked Uber documents show extreme steps company allegedly took to expand aggressively.
• Canadian mobile and internet giant Rogers says it will give credits to millions of its customers after a nationwide outage last week.
• Read the memo Google’s CEO sent employees about a hiring slowdown. “Greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger”.

Online Security:

• Apple’s new feature adds “extreme” protection to your devices. Lockdown Mode is for people who might be targeted by state-sponsored spyware, but anyone can use it.
• Web3 projects have lost more than $2 billion to hacks this year. A new report from CertiK flags major losses and a growing threat from flash loan attacks.