Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Why Microsoft is Promoting/Hyping Up XBox Vapourware (Hardware That Does Not Even Exist) and 'Store' (or Titles) Instead of Physical Products

   most operations/units at Microsoft shrink or lose money

2. Sexually Harassing and Intimidating Women, Then Sending "Final Warning" to Silence Them by Further Intimidation

   Attacking women, blackmailing hosts, and falsely presenting (or misrepresenting) laws

3. Links 19/02/2024: Terrorists in Twitter and Julian Assange Verdict Imminent

   Links for the day

4. WIPO UDRP Decision 2022-1524 explained

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

   New

5. [Meme] Not Only XBox is Failing at Microsoft (There's a Comprehensive Cover-up)

   A lot of stuff at Microsoft has been a failure

6. [Video] Invalid European Patents and Invalid (Kangaroo) Courts: It All Comes Together, Enriching the Already-Rich Monopolists by Systemically Flawed Design, and Moreover in Defiance of Constitutions

   If the EPO makes more money by granting more European monopolies (mostly to non-Europeans), does it mean politicians should celebrate it?

7. GNU/Linux in Egypt: From 0.1% to 6% in 15 Years

   United Kingdom is about 4.1 times smaller than Egypt

8. Links 19/02/2024: Microsoft Reportedly Set to Cut Even More Jobs, Air Strikes in Yemen Continue

   Links for the day

9. Claire M. Connelly, Melissa O'Neill & Debian relationship rumors

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

10. Gemini Links 19/02/2024: NNCP, Rust, and More

    Links for the day

11. The Cyber|Show: Inscrutable (Proprietary) Systems - British Post Office - Part 2

    modern day software complexity

12. Perjury: Axel Beckert (ETH Zurich) & Debian lying and scapegoating

    In the next snippets of Debian vendetta-by-lawyer, we are going to pick out the examples of perjury

13. [Meme] All Quiet On The Munich Front

    On patent fodder

14. Freeloading Patent Monopolies in Europe (Typically Granted to Non-European Corporations) While the 'EPO Mafia' is "Frontloading"

    lowering quality of examination

15. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 18, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, February 18, 2024

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. Almost 1,000 Microsoft Layoffs in California This Year, According to Official Pages Tied to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

    a look at raw data

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