Introduction
Welcome to our latest open source roundup, where we highlight the most interesting news and updates from the community. From code linting to network testing, we’ve got you covered.
Community and Collaboration
- Join the Social Coworking and Office Hours session on Code Linting in R to improve your R code quality.
- Discover how neural impulses are becoming open data in ‘Hacking silence’ – a fascinating look at open science.
- Check out the latest CVE-2026-100310 affecting GNU libextractor < 1.16, which allows privilege escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX. Update your systems!
- ExifCleaner users question network traffic despite offline claims – worth investigating for privacy-conscious users.
- asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks – great for automation.
- Bean Network Tester v0.7 is released: a Windows network conditions simulator with additional network tools.
- STITCH: A new spatio-temporal integration tool for enriching survey data with contextual and historical information.
- Italian research explores how matter determines qubit performance – a step forward in quantum computing.
- Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost over $200 billion, according to GAO – a massive investment in infrastructure.
- West Chester Florist launches fall collection with same-day delivery options – a local business leveraging open source? Not sure, but interesting nonetheless.
- Russian developer creates a bot to increase interview chances – an innovative use of open source tools.
- Chrome’s built-in Translator API helps language learners with spaced repetition – check out this browser translator that teaches words.
- Recent Posts and Categories – stay updated with the latest from our blog.
- Skin Properties MediaPortal 1 – a niche update for MediaPortal users.
Security and Privacy
Tools and Releases
Science and Research
Industry News
International Highlights
Miscellaneous
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