Open Source & Tech Digest: Kernel Bugs, Wikipedia Editors & More

Open Source & Tech Digest: Kernel Bugs, Wikipedia Editors & More

Software & Security Updates A logic bug in the Linux kernel’s __ptrace_may_access() function has been reported, potentially allowing privilege escalation. Maintainers are reviewing the patch. A discussion thread asks: “What’s an open-source project you genuinely can’t believe is free?” – highlighting popular free tools like Blender, VLC, and FFmpeg. CRuby threads don’t offer true parallelism … Read more

Open Source News: R Meets, Rust Runtimes, and Security Fixes

Open Source News: R Meets, Rust Runtimes, and Security Fixes

Community & Events Rencontres R 2026 will be held in Nantes, France. Mark your calendars for this R language community gathering. Software & Libraries DeepSeek V4 has been released. The translation notes that this could be concerning for the US due to AI competition. librla is a new library offering randomized linear algebra routines for … Read more