Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 26, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. More Microsoft Destruction (Mass Layoffs) Amid Fake "Results" and Entire Unit (and Product) Cut Off Completely, Offices Discarded

   This is far from the first time Microsoft sacks loads of "AI" people and shuts down units.

   New

2. Over at Tux Machines...

   2 days' GNU/Linux news

3. The Bots Are Ruining the World Wide Web

   More and more sites will shut down unless this issue is brought under control

4. [Meme] Ex-Identity and Dark Secrets

   behind the mask

5. Silicon Angle (SiliconANGLE) Overrun by Sponsored SPAM of Microsoft and Others

   Just to be clear, there are other sites that do the same thing

6. Links 26/10/2023: Twitter/X Sees Scams Flourishing Under the Elon Musk Era

   Links for the day

7. Links 26/10/2023: Lots More Censorship Creeping in, Guppy Protocol Specification v0.3.1

   Links for the day

8. Phoronix Still Acting Like the Sky is Falling for X11 (Wayland Far More Troublesome)

   Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer

9. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 25, 2023

   IRC logs for Wednesday, October 25, 2023

10. [Video] False News About False Microsoft Results

    Somehow we're meant to think that a company so deep in debt is flourishing and is worth trillions of dollars

11. [Video] Focusing on Sites, Not Third Parties (Such as Social Control Media)

    The video above focuses on why Social Control Media or Social Control Networks tend to be a waste of time and a very dangerous trap

12. Google and Microsoft Layoffs Happening Right Now, "AI" is Just Vapourware for Shareholders

    Burning money for chatbots (which are technically not "AI") is no panacea

13. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is Lying, Don't Help Microsoft Relay His Lies

    He pretends that Windows could be a success on "smart" phones

14. [Video] OpenSource.Net is No OpenSource.Com

    There's already a severe lack of news sources or active blogs

15. Links 25/10/2023: Julian Assange Back in Headlines, His Close Friend Craig Murray Speaks of Being Arrested for Alleged "Terrorism"

    Links for the day

16. Links 25/10/2023: Media Molecule Lays Off 20%, Google Shares Full After 'Good' Results

    Links for the day

17. Phoronix Publishes AMD Job Ads, Even for a Single Role, Yet Refuses to Even Mention the Latest AMD Layoffs

    Follow the money?

18. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

    IRC logs for Tuesday, October 24, 2023

19. Even Worse Than Last Quarter: Devices at Microsoft (and Windows) Down Sharply

    Way to help accounting fraud by perpetuating false narratives

20. Microsoft Apparently Has Another Wave of Layoffs (Not Related to Last Week's), "Clown Computing" Again

    Regulators must pay closer attention

21. Over at Tux Machines...

    2 days' GNU/Linux news

22. Nothing That Free Software Activists Ever Do or Say Will Satisfy Those Looking to 'Kill' (or 'Cancel') Them

    The systematic attempts to silence high-profile Free software voices isn't sporadic, stochastic, or coincidental

23. Winter of Pink Slips: Many Layoffs Today, Not Limited to Microsoft's Latest Wave of Mass Layoffs

    A slip by any other name...

24. Seeing the Horizon of Site Upgrades and Migrations

    expect further site announcements for months to come

25. Microsoft Propaganda Site: “Speculations Are Rife Regarding the Probabilities of Further Layoffs Being Announced by Microsoft”

    operatives in the media will pretend Microsoft just delivered its best results ever

26. Things You Cannot Say If You Are Promoting Free Software and They Try to Kill Your Activism Using Phony 'Scandals'

    Sometimes they they not only attack activists but also their parents and spouses

27. Links 24/10/2023: More Shutdowns, Layoffs, and Online Scams

    Links for the day

28. [Video] Fedora Project Lowers Standards as Geeks Walk Away

    A Fedora project without a real community and with very low budget simply cannot stay ahead

29. Linux Sites Getting Paid to Sell Windows, Not GNU/Linux, and There Are Fake (Paid for) 'Reviews'

    Unethical 'journalism' is back to CNX

30. [Video] Techrights Videos Adapting to New Site Workflow

    we're planning to get back to the rhythm of video production as early as this afternoon

31. New Talk by Richard M. Stallman (RMS): Free Software and Your Freedom (HCPP23)

    we've converted (encoded) the whole thing and you can watch it

32. Wall Street is Abandoning Microsoft, Seeing That the G.A.I Hype Parade Was All in Vain (It's Losses, Not a Prospect of Profits)