Community and Events
- Social Coworking and Office Hours – Code Linting in R: Join the R community for a session on code linting best practices, enhancing code quality and collaboration.
- asgard v0.4.0: Now supports scheduling periodic tasks, making automation easier for developers.
- Bean Network Tester v0.7: A Windows tool to simulate network conditions and diagnose connectivity issues.
- STITCH: A spatio-temporal integration tool for enriching survey data with contextual and historical information.
- Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: A new skin for MediaPortal, enhancing the user interface of this open-source media center.
- CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor versions below 1.16 have a privilege escalation vulnerability via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX. Users should update immediately.
- ExifCleaner network traffic: Users question why ExifCleaner shows network activity despite claims of offline operation. The developer is investigating.
- Hacking silence: Neural impulses become open data, opening new possibilities for brain-computer interfaces and open science.
- Chrome Translator API: A browser extension that helps learn words using the built-in Translator API, your own AI key, and spaced repetition.
- Job interview bot: A developer created a bot to increase interview chances by automating applications and follow-ups.
- Navy’s shipyard revamp: GAO reports the overhaul could cost over $200 billion, highlighting challenges in large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Quantum qubit performance: Research explores how material properties determine qubit performance, a key step toward practical quantum computing.
New Tools and Releases
Security and Privacy
Innovative Projects
Industry and Research
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