Events and Community
- Rencontres R 2026 will take place in Nantes, France. Save the date for this R language conference.
- Wiki for Human Rights, LGBTIQ+ Nigeria held training sessions in February and March. Recap available.
- Wiki Loves Libya documents Libyan heritage and promotes diversity. Learn how to contribute.
- Products That Count announced 2026 CPO Awards winners, honoring product leaders in the AI era.
- Security audit of rust-coreutils completed. Findings improve command-line tool safety.
- CVE-2026-31431 (CopyFail) is a Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability. Patch available.
- Malware in Proprietary Software – latest additions to the Savannah database track malicious code.
- Self-building robot using “Engineer Mode” in robotics enables autonomous construction.
- Simulation for chip reliability – role of simulation in semiconductor dependability explored.
- Open source TTS for TARS voice from Interstellar – existing models may be adapted; guidance for creation.
- High ROI testing secrets for solo Rails devs – three key strategies for efficient testing.
- UK and Ireland combined GEO JSON file – request for open source geographic data.
- Free coop matchmaker and run history exporter for STS2 – beta open source tool released.
- Motoring World at 30 – publisher calls for data transparency and open access in Nigeria’s auto industry.
- T-Mobile offers Hulu and Netflix subscriptions free to 5G customers – how to claim.
- Hobart data center open house – answers some questions, but not all (Chicago Tribune).
- Attempted hack of “Myrotvorets” website – full technical analysis reveals data hunters.
- Setting up Business Central sandbox container on Windows – complete guide with offline artifact workaround.
Security and Tools
AI, Robotics, and Simulation
Development and Data
Industry and Policy
Technical Deep Dives
Source: OpenWorld.News/open-source-digest/
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