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One click on this fake Google Meet update can give attackers control of your PC

We found a fake Google Meet update that enrolls the victim's Windows PC in an attacker's device management system.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Google puts apps that'll drain your battery on blast in updated Play Store listings

Google announced that the Play Store will now warn users about apps that might drain their device's battery excessively.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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eSports Analytics in R: Predicting Dota 2 Matches

eSports analytics is still an underexplored area in the R ecosystem, which makes it a great niche for practical, original work. While football, basket...

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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The powerful Sennheiser Momentum 4 earbuds are under $200 at Best Buy right now

These Sennheiser earbuds include ANC, and a pretty solid battery life.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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New Mint Mobile deal gives you three months of wireless for only 30 bucks - this is not a test!

Mint Mobile's new deal slashes 33% off its popular 5GB plan, which means you're getting three months of coverage for a single upfront payment of $30.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Galaxy S26 preorders are already breaking records for Samsung — and the most popular model won't surprise you

Samsung's latest flagship lineup is already off to a strong start ahead of its wider availability.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Data Visualization, Second Edition

I’ve written a second edition of Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction, which ideally should come out with Princeton University Press later thi...

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Nano Banana creates, but it might also listen to the edits you tell Gemini to make

A tipster alleged that Google is working on improvements to how users edit photos generated in Gemini.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Beware of fake OpenClaw installers, even if Bing points you to GitHub

Bing search results pointed victims to GitHub repositories claiming to host OpenClaw installers, but in reality they installed malware.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Just gamin': Meta Ray-Ban Display is getting games, and it's GOAT and 2048 up first

Meta unveiled two of its first games to hit the Ray-Ban Display glasses for users.

Mar 06, 2026 • 5 min read

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Supreme Court to decide whether geofence warrants are constitutional

Google has urged the justices to strike down the controversial warrants, which can sweep up location data from hundreds of phones near a crime scene.

Mar 05, 2026 • 5 min read

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Announcing Rust 1.94.0

The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.94.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient s...

Mar 05, 2026 • 5 min read

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Why did I create ESR (my thoughts on ESS)

Ever since I was using a text editor for R I have been using ESS. That makes it 10 years now. And so, I have decided that it is enough. I started usin...

Mar 03, 2026 • 5 min read

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Agentic coding with R workshop

Join our workshop on Agentic coding with R,  which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series!  Here’s some more info:  Title: Agentic coding with...

Mar 02, 2026 • 5 min read

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rOpenSci Dev Guide 1.0.0: Trilingual and Improved

Read it in: Español.Read it in: Português. rOpenSci Software Peer Review’s guidance is gathered in an online book that keeps improving! This blog post...

Mar 02, 2026 • 5 min read

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Getting to the bottom of TMLE: the (almost) vanishing nuisance interaction

In the previous post, I argued that understanding TMLE starts with understanding how estimation error behaves. In particular, we saw that influence fu...

Mar 02, 2026 • 5 min read

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2025 State of Rust Survey Results

Hello, Rust community! Once again, the survey team is happy to share the results of the State of Rust survey, this year celebrating a round number - t...

Mar 02, 2026 • 5 min read

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How to Fit Hierarchical Bayesian Models in R with brms: Partial Pooling Explained

Hierarchical Bayesian modeling (also called multilevel modeling) is one of the most reliable ways to build predictive and inferential models when your...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

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Declaring generative AI use in research and university studies

I often find requests to ‘declare use of generative AI’ frustratingly vague. There’s so many different potential uses. And use can be reported at so m...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

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Pacific island population pyramids (again) by @ellis2013nz

This post is the fifth of a series of seven on population issues in the Pacific, re-generating the charts I used in a keynote speech before the Novemb...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read