Open Source News: Linting, Quantum, and More

Tools & Development

• Social Coworking and Office Hours – Code Linting in R: Join the community for a session on code linting in R, sharing best practices and tools to improve code quality.
• asgard v0.4.0 now supports scheduling periodic tasks: The latest release of asgard adds the ability to schedule periodic tasks, enhancing automation capabilities.
• 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.

Security & Privacy

• Why does ExifCleaner show network traffic if it claims to work offline?: A discussion on unexpected network activity in ExifCleaner, raising questions about its offline functionality.
• Re: CVE-2026-100310: GNU libextractor < 1.16 Privilege Escalation via LIBEXTRACTOR_PREFIX: A vulnerability in GNU libextractor allows privilege escalation; users are advised to update.

Data & Science

• Hacking silence: When neural impulses become open data: An exploration of making neural impulse data openly available, with implications for research and privacy.
• STITCH: A Spatio-Temporal Integration Tool for Contextual and Historical enrichment of survey data: STITCH is a new tool for enriching survey data with spatial and temporal context, aiding in historical analysis.
• Quando la materia determina le prestazioni del qubit: (Italian) Researchers investigate how material properties affect qubit performance, a key challenge in quantum computing.

Community & Miscellaneous

• Navy’s shipyard revamp could cost more than $200 billion: GAO: A GAO report highlights the massive potential cost of overhauling Navy shipyards, with implications for defense spending.
• Переводчик в браузере, который учит слова: встроенный Translator API Chrome, свой ИИ-ключ и интервальные повторения: (Russian) A browser translator that helps learn words using Chrome’s built-in Translator API, a custom AI key, and spaced repetition.
• Skin Properties MediaPortal 1: A new skin for MediaPortal 1 with customizable properties.
• Не зовут на собеседования? Написал бота, который увеличит твои шансы на это: (Russian) A developer created a bot to increase interview chances by automating job applications.
• West Chester Florist Launches Fall Collection With Same-Day Delivery Options: A local florist announces a fall collection with same-day delivery, relevant to small business and e-commerce.

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