Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 10, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Let's Get Rid of Software Patents in Europe and Elsewhere

   help us squash software patents for good

2. Links 09/02/2024: Buzzwords, Hype, and Layoffs Still Dominate

   Links for the day

   New

3. Microsoft's Share in Servers Shrinking in Recent Years (No Wonder Azure Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020)

   So now they try to paint it with the "HEY HI" (AI) brush

4. Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low, Globally

   This company is not "worth" 3,000 billion dollars

5. Thanking Readers and Volunteers for the Support

   Behind the scenes many people work hard and take risks, especially whistleblowers, who rarely receive appreciation because their identities are unknown to the public

6. Soylent News Demonstrates Success by Focusing on Key Technology and Science Issues

   They joined Twitter in February 2014 (yes, the site is 10 now)

7. Links 09/02/2024: Further 'Enshittification' With Digital Restrictions (DRM)

   Links for the day

8. Even the Doas Camp is Unhappy About What Microsoft Does to Sudo

   Theo de Raadt's opinionated words elucidate the issue with some tongue-in-cheek sarcastic message

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 08, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, February 08, 2024

11. [Meme] EPO Management's 'Meetings' With Staff Representatives

    Nepotism begets cover-up

12. In 2024 Dialogue at the European Patent Office (EPO) is Broken, Laws Cease to Apply

    A new leaked publication

13. [Meme] Sadly He is Above the Law

    Carry on then, persist with your crimes

14. EPO Staff Explains That With Phony 'Quality Audits' the EPO is "in Breach of the EPC" (European Patent Convention) and Patent Examiners Are Compelled to Act in Breach of the EPC

    this paper of theirs is less than a day old

15. Links 09/02/2024: Microsoft Shutting Down More Offices, FTC Threatens to Halt Microsoft-Activision Merger

    Links for the day

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