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After the WWDC conference a few days ago, Apple decided to drop Intel and use its self-designed ARM-based CPU. This also means the new Macs can't install Windows, and Microsoft refused to provide Windows 10 for ARM for the ARM-based Mac.
At today's WWDC 2020, Apple officially released the latest macOS: macOS 11.0, named macOS Big Sur. The new macOS is the biggest redesign since macOS 10. macOS Big Sur borrows many elements from Apple iOS, including Control Center (where you can change brightness and toggle Do Not Disturb) and a new Notification Center (grouped related notifications).
After strengthening the address bar in 2018, Google Chrome hid the HTTP protocol field and the WWW field by default. In Chrome 85, Google again adds a series of new flags aimed at removing the full URL from the address bar.
With growing copyright awareness and an improving copyright law, plus the establishment of internet courts, a brand-new gray industry was born: infringement claims. The targets are media platforms such as websites, official accounts, and Weibo platforms, with images and fonts as bait for batch lawsuits claiming infringement.
As is well known, the world is not only going through the Covid-19 pandemic but also fighting racist ideas in every possible way through the 'Black Lives Matter' protests. Google has offered support for this but hasn't done more. Last October, the search giant included guidance in its official code style guide on how to write 'racially neutral' code. As part of that document, it also includes that terms like 'Blacklist' and 'Whitelist' should be avoided in coding and replaced with terms like 'Blocklist' and 'Allowlist.'
On June 10, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that it guided the Beijing Cyberspace Administration to summon the person in charge of Sina Weibo. Regarding Weibo's disruption of online communication order in the Jiang incident and the spread of illegal and non-compliant information, it ordered immediate rectification, suspended updates to the Weibo Hot Search list for one week, suspended updates to the Trending Topics list for one week, and seriously handled those responsible. The period runs from 15:00 on June 10 to 15:00 on June 17. At the same time, it required the Beijing Cyberspace Administration to impose a fine on Sina Weibo according to law with strict penalties.
Baidu has officially shut down the MIP feature; the MIP entry on the webmaster tools platform is closed, and by June 30, 2020 the MIP Cache service will be gradually retired. Baidu is now pushing mini-programs, and MIP is another project axed after Bear Palm (Xiongzhang). MIP stands for Mobile Instant Pages — a mobile web acceleration protocol launched by Baidu, mirroring Google's AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). Its main function is to accelerate mobile web page loading by standardizing HTML code, JS code, and Cache caching.
The well-known game company EA (Electronic Arts) made a splash on GitHub, open-sourcing part of the source code of two games in the Command & Conquer series! The two games are: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert.
v2ray-core before v4.23.2 has a major security vulnerability consisting mainly of two flaws: HTTP camouflage has a potential fingerprinting risk (#2537), and a vmess protocol design and implementation flaw that lets servers be actively probed and fingerprinted (with PoC) (#2523). As of this writing, the latest version is v4.23.4, which has fixed both flaws. Please update as soon as possible.
People entered darkened stores and ran off with Apple products, including those left on display stands and shelves. According to ABC, on the night of the 30th, protesters also damaged other businesses and restaurants in Scottsdale Waterfront and Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona. Video shows dozens of people rushing back into an Apple Store after breaking in through the entrance, trying to grab iPhones and MacBooks.
