Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 02, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. The Media Finally Admits (on a Regular Basis) That LLMs Suck

   They could not replace medical doctors, teachers, lawyers etc.

2. After Softpedia Pushed Out Its Linux News Editor - and Effectively Killed the Linux Section - it Killed the Whole News Section (Altogether)

   So they've killed Linux coverage, then their whole "news" section died

   New

3. Links 01/06/2024: Microsoft Chaffbot Broken Out of Control

   Links for the day

4. Why We're Taking Things Up a Notch

   Expect about 20 articles a day this year

5. Sites That Cover WSL Are Helping Microsoft's Attack on GNU/Linux

   Calling out the typical culprits

6. Plans for June

   We'll try to publish Daily Links every time we have enough of these

7. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part III - Doxing and LARPing

   LARPing is an issue I've had to deal with for nearly 20 years

8. Links 01/06/2024: Ukraine Updates, MongoDB Collapses

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 01/06/2024: MNT Pocket Reform, Gemini and Content Length

   Links for the day

10. Links 01/06/2024: WeblogPoMo2024, Pentagon’s Increasing Reliance on (i.e. Bailouts to) Microsoft

    Links for the day

11. Twitter is (in Many Ways) Already Dead

    Put an 'X' on it

12. Posts About Free Software, BSD, and GNU/Linux

    Focus shifts have occasionally been discussed here over the years

13. Their Goal is Control, Not Security (and Their Staff Advocates Fake Security or Pricey Gimmicks That Disempower the Users)

    Those companies just want control, or simply domination over users (and their computers)

14. [Meme] The Lowest Standards of Security

    No need for any qualifications

15. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 31, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, May 31, 2024

16. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

17. Cybersecurity is a structural not behavioural problem.

    Reprinted with permission from Cyber|Show

18. Free Software is the Future, Open Source is Just Openwashing (Proprietary With a False Marketing Twist)

    Also see postopen.org

19. Society Has Been Destabilised by Social Control Networks

    Is it time to get rid of them, if not by sanctions/bans then simply by popular boycotts?

20. Gemini Turns 5 This Month

    As long as Geminispace exists and is accessed by enough people, Gemini Protocol will continue to matter

21. Links 01/06/2024: More Crackdowns in Hong Kong, Street Named After Navalny

    Links for the day

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