Events & Community
- Rencontres R 2026: The R conference will be held in Nantes, France. A great opportunity for R enthusiasts to connect and learn.
- Women in Open Source: A contributor shares their role in the AWA International Women’s Day initiative, highlighting the importance of visibility.
- CVE-2026-31431: A root exploit in 732 bytes; sysadmins must patch quickly. Details on the vulnerability and mitigation are critical.
- CVE-2026-25199: Apache CloudStack’s Proxmox extension allows unauthorized cross-tenant access. Update immediately.
- Open Document Format (ODF): Now the standard for office documents, ending the ‘winner-takes-all’ debate. Interoperability wins.
- ASCII case ordering: Why don’t lowercase letters follow uppercase? A quirky design decision explained.
- PCIe topology for GPU/Infiniband VMs: Best practices for virtualized high-performance computing setups.
- Whisper: A new private, post-quantum, decentralized peer-to-peer messenger. Privacy-focused communication.
- GNUtrition 0.33.0rc1: Updated nutrition analysis software from GNU.
- Yggdrasil as embeddable library: How to integrate this mesh network protocol into your projects.
- Bind mount issues: Either inaccessible or not working – common pitfalls and solutions.
- Google reCAPTCHA tied to Play Services: De-Googled Android users face problems. Workarounds discussed.
- OpenFDA API for drug side effects: Yes, you can use it to query side effects data.
- Centauri Carbon 2 connection issues: Guidance for troubleshooting.
- Cash Cow in Louisiana: A loan company celebrates 30 years – not strictly open source news, but a milestone.
- 10 Crypto Disasters: Lessons for coders from major crypto failures.
- Quantum computing & hydrology: QUBO applied to deterministic-8 and flow accumulation – an edge between quantum and hydrology.
- Current transformer explanation: How does a current transformer work? A brief technical overview.
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