Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 06, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 05/07/2024: Science and War Updates

   Links for the day

2. Gemini Links 05/07/2024: SSH Software and Serving Gemtext Files From Caddy

   Links for the day

3. The Paradoxical State of GNU/Linux Coverage

   so much happening, so little reporting

4. Links 05/07/2024: OpenText Layoffs and More Google/Alphabet Cuts

   Links for the day

5. [Meme] That would be great (at Microsoft)...

   To get to the top at Microsoft you must step on the weak

6. Thrown Under the Bus on July 4th (Along With Mass Layoffs at Microsoft)

   When to bury bad or embarrassing news

7. GNU/Linux Now at 4.2% Worldwide as Seen by statCounter

   Will it hit 5% by year's end?

8. Pardoning Julian Assange as the Next Objective (to Undo Dangerous Precedent Worldwide, Where the United States Asserts Extended Reach)

   Reach or overreach?

9. Microsoft Fell 1% (From 4.68% to 3.79%) in the UK Since the LLM Hype, Now There Are Mass Layoffs Again (During National Holiday!)

   Google went up, Microsoft is down again

10. [Meme] EPO Needs More Patent Profits For...

    Granting loads and loads of fake, invalid, and illegal patents

11. EPO Cannot Recruit Examiners in Compliance With the European Patent Convention (EPC) Because the Goal is to Lower Patent Compliance/Standards

    Monopolies. Monopolies everywhere. That alone is the goal.

12. Yanis Varoufakis About Turning Technology Back Against "Sources of Power"

    video of Varoufakis has been circulating lately

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 04, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, July 04, 2024

15. Labour Policy on Technology in the UK May Seem Vague, Lots of Greenwashing

    Tech PR?

16. A Shift to the Centre-Left in the United Kingdom

    To be clear, we don't endorse political parties

17. Links 05/07/2024: Personal Stories and Software Commentary

    Links for the day

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