In case you missed it: December 2018 roundup

In case you missed them, here are some articles from December of particular interest to R users.

R 3.5.2 is now available.

Roundup of AI, Machine Learning and Data Science news from December 2018.

AzureStor, a new R package to interface with Azure Storage.

How to use the “plumber” package to create an R service as a container with the AzureContainers package.

How to give money to the R Foundation in support of the R project.

The Revolutions blog is 10 years old, and I reflect on some milestones in a talk given at SatRDays DC.

Reshama Shaikh compares gender diversity within the R and Python communities.

AzureVM, a new package for managing virtual machines in Azure from R.

And some general interest stories (not necessarily related to R):

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