Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 06, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Lazy 'Author' Continues Posting Fake Articles in linuxsecurity.com

   Don't they realise they will keep getting caught and publicly shamed?

2. In Poland, Windows Falls Below Quarter, Android Up to 60%

   Windows is in trouble

   New

3. GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Malaysia: Now at 7% (and 6% in Singapore)

   This month's data from statCounter is encouraging

4. Misuse of Courts and of Laws

   Where do IBM and Microsoft stand on this?

5. GNU/Linux in Sudan: Up to Around 10%, Android (Linux) at 93% of "The Market"

   About 1 in 10 laptop/desktop Web requests is estimated to have come from GNU/Linux (not ChromeOS), and Windows is at around 2%% because Android dominates

6. Gemini Links 05/06/2024: Returns to Gemini, New Releases, and People Going Off the Net

   Links for the day

7. Links 05/06/2024: Illegal Kangaroo 'Court' (UPC) Turning One, OpenAI Insiders Blow the Whistle

   Links for the day

8. Links 05/06/2024: More Nike Layoffs and Details on Thousands Laid Off at Microsoft

   Links for the day

9. [Meme] I Don't Always...

   "I don't always defame Stallman; But when I do, I pretend to be left-leaning"

10. Why There Has Been a Campaign of Defamation Against Richard Stallman (RMS), Professor Moglen, Linus Torvalds, Theodore Ts'o, Bruce Perens and Many Others

    The theory goes, as we noted here months ago, the serial defamers hope to "red-light" them or obstruct them from being listened to at the higher echelons (e.g. Congress), based on perceived "social" issues

11. Election interference: fake news about harassment and abuse

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

12. Treats and More

    Over the next few days we'll probably be extra busy preparing snacks, sweets, and treats

13. Microsoft's Silent Layoffs (Removal of Workers That They Don't Even Tell You About)

    Microsoft probably does this to quite a few people right now

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 04, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, June 04, 2024

16. Google Rose by 1%, Microsoft's Bing Fell Below 1% in Israel After All That Chatbots (LLMs) Nonsense

    We've recently taken a look or took stock of how Bing is dying, set aside mass layoffs in Bing

17. [Meme] They Told Him Not to Come to Work Anymore...

    "I'm loving this work from home thing"

18. The EPO is Boiling the Staff, According to the Central Staff Committee

    This is a classic "boiling frog" scenario

19. Android (Linux) Overtakes Windows in the UK

    According to one firm anyway

20. Microsoft Canonical

    First from Canonical this week

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