Open Source Digest: Linting, Qubits, and More

R Community Updates

    • Social Coworking and Office Hours: Code Linting in R – Join the R community for a collaborative session on code linting best practices and tools.

    Open Data and Neuroscience

    • Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data – Ammon News explores the intersection of neuroscience and open data, discussing how neural signals are being shared and analyzed.

    Security and Privacy

    • Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline? – A deep dive into ExifCleaner’s network activity raises questions about its offline claims.
    • 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.

    Software Releases and Tools

    • asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks – The latest release of asgard introduces scheduling capabilities for periodic tasks, enhancing automation.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Skin Properties MediaPortal 1 – A new skin for MediaPortal 1 has been released, offering customizable properties.

    International Tech News

    • Переводчик в браузере, который учит слова: встроенный Translator API Chrome, свой ИИ-ключ и интервальные повторения – A browser translator that teaches words: Chrome’s built-in Translator API, custom AI key, and spaced repetition.
    • Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit – Research explores how material properties affect qubit performance, with implications for quantum computing.

    Other News

    • Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO – The U.S. Navy’s shipyard modernization may exceed $200 billion, according to a GAO report.
    • West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options – A local florist introduces a fall collection with same-day delivery.

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