Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 02, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. Cybercrimes and Online Abuse From Extremists and Militants on a VPN/Tor

   A straitjacket or lobotomy won't solve this issue

2. Links 02/12/2023: Pfizer Sued for Lies About Efficacy, Censorship of Scientific Dissent, More Pfizer Layoffs

   Links for the day

3. Selling Free Software

   by Richard Stallman

   New

4. Professor Eben Moglen: In 1991 Richard Stallman Thought GNU/Linux Was Doomed Due to Software Patents

   Back when Linus Torvalds was about to release Linux Prof. Moglen and Dr. Stallman had already spent years developing GNU and refining its licence, the GPL, which Linux would later adopt

5. Montana’s TikTok Ban Was to Protect Free Speech and the United States' First Amendment

   TikTok does not embrace Free speech

6. GNU/Linux Surges to Almost 4% Worldwide on Desktops/Laptops, 2% in Latest Steam Survey (Ubuntu Not the Top Distro)

   We've fortunately bet on a winning platform

7. Links 02/12/2023: ChatGPT Drowns in Bad Press, Censorship Worldwide Increases Some More

   Links for the day

8. [Meme] Screenshots of Web Pages (Relevant to One's Article) Are Not Copyright Infringing Anywhere in the World

   bullying and hate crimes

9. IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 01, 2023

   IRC logs for Friday, December 01, 2023

10. A Year of Doing Techrights 'Full Time'

    been a year!

11. Microsoft and Its Boosters Worsen Linux Security

    The circus goes on and on

12. Links 01/12/2023: Facebook Infested With Malicious Campaigns by Imposters, ACLU Gives Advice on Doxxing and Online Harassment

    Links for the day

13. Just Like Its Budget Allocation, the Linux Foundation Devotes About 3% Of Its Latest Newsletter to Linux, Devotes More to Linux's Rivals

    It's just exploiting the brand

14. Links 01/12/2023: Google Invokes Antitrust Against Microsoft

    Links for the day

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news

16. UK Government Allowing Microsoft to Take Over Activision Blizzard Will Destroy Jobs

    Over 30,000 fired this year? More?

17. It's Cheaper to Pay Bribes (and Produce Press Releases) Than to Pay Fines (After Lots of Negative Publicity)

    Does the UK still have real sovereignty or do corporations from overseas purchase decisions and outcomes?

18. November 2023 Over With GNU/Linux at All-Time Highs According to statCounter

    ChromeOS+GNU/Linux combined are about 7% of the "market"

19. New Report Provides Numerical Evidence That Google Hired Too Many People From Microsoft (and Became Malicious, Evil, Sociopathic)

    "Some 12,018 former Microsoft employees currently work for the search and data giant"

20. Google: Keep Out, Don't Save Your Files, and Also Let Us Spy on Everything You Do

    Do you still trust "clown" storage?

21. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 30, 2023

    IRC logs for Thursday, November 30, 2023