Community and Events
- Social Coworking and Office Hours: Code Linting in R – Join the R community for a session on code linting, sharing best practices and tools to improve your R code quality.
Health and Science
- Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data – An Ammon News report explores how neural signals are being turned into open data, raising questions about privacy and the potential for new discoveries.
- Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit – Researchers investigate how material properties influence qubit performance, a key step toward more stable quantum computers.
Security and Privacy
- Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline? – Users question the offline claims of ExifCleaner after observing network activity, highlighting the importance of transparency in privacy tools.
- Re: CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX – A critical vulnerability in GNU libextractor allows privilege escalation; users are urged to update to version 1.16 or later.
Tools and Releases
- asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks – The latest release of asgard adds scheduling capabilities, making it easier to automate recurring tasks.
- Bean Network Tester v0.7 release – Windows network conditions simulator + network tools – A new version of Bean Network Tester offers improved simulation of network conditions and additional tools for Windows users.
- STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool for Contextual and Historical enrichment of survey data – STITCH enables researchers to enrich survey data with spatial and temporal context, opening new avenues for analysis.
- Переводчик в браузере, который учит слова: встроенный Translator API Chrome, свой ИИ-ключ и интервальные повторения – A browser translator that helps you learn words using Chrome’s built-in Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.
- Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы на это – A developer creates a bot to help job seekers land more interviews by automating applications and follow-ups.
Defense and Infrastructure
- Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO – According to the GAO, modernizing the Navy’s shipyards may exceed $200 billion, raising concerns about budget and readiness.
Miscellaneous
- West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options – A local florist introduces a fall collection with same-day delivery, catering to seasonal demand.
- Skin Properties MediaPortal 1 – A new skin for MediaPortal 1 offers customizable properties for a personalized media center experience.
Source: OpenWorld.News/open-source-digest/
