Last week, New Relic released its 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem Report. The report focuses on the most popular vendors, the most used versions in production, the rise of containers, and more. More: - More than 48% of the applications use Java 11 in production, and around 46.45% use Java 8.
- Java 7, for which support will end this year, is used by 1.71% of the applications.
- Oracle's market share in Java Development Kit distributions decreased from 75% in 2020 to 34.48%. Amazon has gained from Oracle's fall by growing from 2.18% to 22%.
- More than 70% of applications reported to New Relic from a container, and G1 was the preferred garbage collector for applications that have left behind Java 8.
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A preliminary investigation by European Commission's antitrust regulators has identified that Apple abused its dominant position in markets for iOS mobile wallets. This is the fourth time Apple has been subject to investigation in the EU since 2020. More: - The investigation accused Apple of limiting third-party wallets' access to Near-Field Communication (NFC), a technology used for contactless payments.
- If the investigation finds the tech giant guilty, Apple could face fines up to 10% of its global turnover.
- The European Commission has been investigating Apple for its in-app purchase practices.
- Separate but related: Leaked versions of the EU's Digital Markets Act have indicated that Apple will be forced to make changes to its App Store, third-party browsers, Siri, Messages, and FaceTime policies.
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Remote development provider Gitpod and JetBrains are partnering to provide developers with tools that integrate JetBrains IDEs with Gitpod's platform. JetBrains IDEs include IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, GoLand, and PhpStorm. More: - The new integration is a plugin for JetBrains Gateway, a standalone app that connects to a remote server via SSH and makes sure IDE is installed and running.
- The plugin can be installed from the Gateway welcome screen. Developers can browse and connect to their existing workspaces after connecting their Gitpod accounts.
- According to Gitpod, the integration will provide a better developer experience, efficient multi-track development, protect local machines and company resources from malicious attacks, and leverage cloud-based development advantages.
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Software delivery intelligence platform LinearB raised a $50M Series B round. The funding round was led by Tribe Capital and saw participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing investors Battery Ventures and 83North. More: - LinearB's platform provides metrics on engineering efficiency, code quality, planning accuracy, data integrity, and PR process.
- It correlates data across various tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Slack, CircleCI, Jira, etc., to identify bottlenecks and automate developer workflow automation.
- The startup claims its platform has helped companies ship new software 64% more quickly, which has helped it increase sales by five times since 2021.
- The latest capital will be used to scale LinearB's engineering, customer success, sales, and marketing teams and accelerate the development of its developer efficiency platform.
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New Tools and Updates: - Ktor version 2.0.1 is now available with fixes to URL representation and CURL flaky initialization, optimized slow native tests, and other improvements.
- Deno 1.21 was released with improvements to the REPL (read-evaluate-print loop), a new subcommand, deno check, and an environment variable, DENO_FUTURE_CHECK=1, that can be set to switch Deno into the new no-typecheck-by-default mode, improvements to unstable APIs, and more.
- Improvements to Jest 28 include a new --shard CLI option that allows running parts of the test across different machines, full support for package.json exports, etc.
- Racket v8.5 introduces a new -y flag that automatically keeps compiled files up to data to reduce load times, support for XML library, and other repairs and changes.
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- HackerOne announced the acquisition of code-as-a-service platform PullRequest. The acquisition will help HackerOne build developer-first security testing solutions.
- According to Canalys, the cloud infrastructure services sales number in Q1 of 2022 grew by 34% to $55.9B. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google continue to lead the market and account for 62% of global customer spending.
- The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued new directives for the nation's IT companies relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response, and reporting of cyber incidents.
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 |  | Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. | | | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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