Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 10, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Republished Today: Why the US Declared War on Wikileaks

   The world’s most powerful government vs. the internet’s most influential whistleblower site. Is America’s war on Wikileaks an attack on journalism and free speech?

2. [Video] Microsoft's Plan is Doomed: Expensive LLM 'Games', Clown Computing Losses, and Mass Layoffs Several Times Per Month

   Microsoft is trying to sweep the bad news under some rug or wardrobe

3. ZDNet Kills the Linux RSS Feed (Syndication Redirected to Loads of Marketing Spam and Fake Articles)

   Jack Wallen and SJVN have been screwed

4. Links 09/07/2024: Update on DMCA Case Regarding GitHub Copilot, "There Will be More Like Julian Assange"

   Links for the day

   New

5. [Video] Apple Still Unleashes Software Patent Menaces That Can Discourage Adoption of GNU/Linux

   Apple's role in spreading patented formats deserves more frequent scrutiny

6. Links 09/07/2024: Against Slack, Adventures in Webmastery

   Links for the day

7. [Meme] From Innocence to GNUisance in 41 Years

   Always keep an eye on the goal

8. Faroe Islands: GNU/Linux Climbs to All-time High of 4%

   It used to be at around 0%

9. "Empowering Diversity" at IBM/Red Hat Was Failed PR Stunt

   They know it was a failure

10. Videos Still Important to Us

    Will we be back to an average of a video per day? Knock on wood!

11. [Video] What the Freedom of Julian Assange Means to the Rest of Us Who Obtain Incriminating Information From Insiders (Sometimes Without Authorisation)

    It's difficult to say anything negative about what happened

12. Microsoft's LLM Bubble Has Already Burst

    Microsoft's gambit or crazy gamble on "Hey Hi" (AI) hype is running out of steam

13. Links 09/07/2024: Software Patents Challenged Again, Russia and North Korea Escalate

    Links for the day

14. Gemini Links 09/07/2024: Asian Hornet, Boundaries, and Gopher

    Links for the day

15. Canonical is a Microsoft/Wintel Company

    Can Canonical ever recover from this relationship?

16. Microsoft Media Operative, Citing Leaked Document From Google: "Google’s Numbers Also Show Azure Had a Roughly $3 Billion Operating Loss"

    Fiscal 2023 ended days ago

17. Why There Are Mass Layoffs in Azure, Thousands Have Been Fired Several Times So Far This Year (and Every Year Since 2020)

    This is why they hop onto "HEY HI" (AI) hype

18. "No Institution or Project is Too Small to Evade Their Interference and Scrutiny"

    "See what has become of the OSI and Ubuntu / Canonical etc."

19. Template for Ambitious 'Security' 'Journalists'

    explain why the user downloading and installing a malicious program is the fault of Linux

20. A Leap for GNU/Linux in Barbados

    2019 - July 2024

21. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

22. IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 08, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, July 08, 2024

23. Thinking of the Next Phase of Wikileaks (and Beyond Wikileaks)

    Wikileaks must become about Wikileaks again, i.e. new leaks, not about the Assange case

24. The Paper Tiger

    Paper tigers don't last long

25. GNU/Linux Surge in Qatar

    It's well over 4% is one counts Chromebooks too

26. Even Notepad Has Become a Microsoft Keylogger (Spying on Keystrokes)

    To you those are "suggestions"

27. Windows Falls to an All-time Low Again (26%)

    It'll soon fall to just a quarter of Web requests worldwide

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