Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 11, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Gemini Links 10/05/2024: Love Is Infinite and Books vs Internet

   Links for the day

2. Links 10/05/2024: Fears Over TSMC, Microsoft Loses Major Patent Case

   Links for the day

3. Links 10/05/2024: Burner Phones in 6-Eyes Government, “Hatred and Demonization” on the Rise

   Links for the day

4. [Video] Richard Stallman, "I Saw You Playing Your Recorder in Paris" (Due to Proprietary Software Only)

   Corporate autocrats do not want counterparts or alternatives to even exist

5. Five Years After the Extensive Campaign of Defamation Against Richard Stallman He's Still Giving Public Talks

   "Richard Stallman will give a talk, in French, Free Software and Freedom in a Digital Society at Centrale Supelec in Saclay, on May 15."

6. Microsoft Is Rebranding Its 'Chatbot' Search for the Third Time Because It Fails to Gain Adoption

   it always means that something has failed - not that they'll openly admit it

7. Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in Paris Next Week (in French) and It's About Freedom

   another talk, which he has only just announced

8. Pace Up, Distractions Down

   We've made our curation process faster and more efficient

9. In Algeria, GNU/Linux Estimated to Have Grown Tenfold in a Decade

   a sharp rise in GNU/Linux usage

10. [Meme] Red Hat Diversity

    Red Hat: don't mention Haghighi

11. Our Sister Site Turns 20 in Exactly One Month

    twentieth anniversary of the site

12. Corporate Media Focuses on Who's Suing Red Hat, Not What It's Sued For

    The unfortunate thing is, anybody who has an opinion on this lawsuit will inevitably be framed as "pro-Trump" or "anti-Trump"

13. Links 10/05/2024: Many More Microsoft Layoffs on the Way

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 09, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, May 09, 2024

16. Microsoft OSI Uses Its Money to Hire PR Agencies That Spy and Spread Mindless Openwashing of GPL-Violating Microsoft Ploy

    `We're under attack. But the attackers smile at us and hire PR firms to spy, mislead etc.

17. Gemini Links 10/05/2024: geminispace.info to Shut Down in 3 Weeks

    Links for the day

18. In Nigeria, Africa's (by Far) Largest Population, Microsoft Bing is the 0%

    To Microsoft, Africa is just "someplace" to get intensive, hard-working human 'resources' (tech labour) at 2 dollars 'apiece' as in per person per hour

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