Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 26, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Forget About India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons and Armament Race, They Need to Abscond Windows and Microsoft (Security Swiss Cheese)

   Both countries would be wise to remove Windows as soon as possible, irrespective of the local party politics

2. statCounter: GNU/Linux Rose From 0.2% to Over 3% in Pakistan

   GNU/Linux "proper" (i.e. not ChromeOS) has the lion's share

   New

3. Links 25/05/2024: Microsoft Adds More DRM (Screenshot Blocking), Another Microsoft Outage Takes Down Everything

   Links for the day

4. Gemini Links 25/05/2024: "Bill Smugs" and OpenBSD Mirror Over Tor / I2P

   Links for the day

5. Microsoft #1 in Gaming Layoffs, Laid Off Workers Receive Another Insult From Microsoft

   Many of them never chose to work for Microsoft

6. In New Caledonia Windows is Now Below 30% (It Used to be Over 90%)

   Microsoft's Windows absolutely collapsing and the measures are relatively stable

7. Red tape: farmer concerns eerily similar to Debian suicide cluster deaths

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

8. Galway street artists support social media concerns

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. Links 25/05/2024: Section 230 and Right of Publicity Violations by Microsoft (Which Attacks Performance Artists)

   Links for the day

10. [Meme] No Microsoft

    For fun!

11. Microsoft Windows Falls to New Lows in Poland

    It may mean people delete Windows from relatively new PC

12. A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: An Introduction

    The campaign of coercion (or worse) started in 2021

13. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Getting Stacked by Microsoft

    it lets Microsoft write policies

14. The Parasitic Nature of Microsoft Contracts

    Stop feeding the beast

15. Gemini Links 25/05/2024: Emacs Windows 2000 Screenshots and Little Languages

    Links for the day

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 24, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, May 24, 2024

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