Neural Data, Open Source Tools, and Security Alerts

Neural Data Goes Open Source

• New project ‘Hacking silence’ turns neural impulses into open data for research and innovation.

Open Source Tools & Updates

• Join a social coworking session on code linting in R to improve your code quality.
• Asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks, making automation easier.
• Bean Network Tester v0.7 released: simulate Windows network conditions and access handy network tools.
• STITCH: A new spatio-temporal integration tool enriches survey data with contextual and historical information.
• Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: an open-source media portal for skin property data.

Security & Privacy

• Critical: GNU libextractor < 1.16 privilege escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX (CVE-2026-100310). Update immediately.
• ExifCleaner under scrutiny: why does it show network traffic if it claims to work offline?

Tech & Innovation

• Chrome’s built-in Translator API learns words with interval repetition, acting as a browser translator that teaches vocabulary.
• Quantum computing: how material properties determine qubit performance.
• US Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost over $200 billion, according to GAO.

From the Community

• West Chester Florist launches fall collection with same-day delivery options.
• Recent Posts and Categories sections updated on the digest page.

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