On making metrics actionable:
Medical trials in the US are required to publish their results, but many trials do not currently obey this requirement. Rather than only measuring it, a live tool encourages researchers to publish and see the results!
https://ebmdatalab.net/our-fdaaa-trialstracker-is-already-helping-to-get-new-trials-reported/
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Shopify is funding PL researchers to look at Ruby!
A new speculative execution vulnerability in CPUs: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/05/spoiler_intel_processor_flaw/
Attacks only get sophisticated over time, and this is a great example of other researchers finding similar issues. This vulnerability is independent of Spectre.
Building a bug bounty system that attracts talented researchers, how much they earn, and how many bugs they find:

