Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 20, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Washington's WARN Site/Portal (That Excludes Many Microsoft Layoffs) is Now Down for Many Hours, Microsoft Causes Major Outages and Incidents Worldwide (Even Deaths)

   The mass layoffs (lots of them in Azure since 2020) probably worsen resilience and security some more

2. 1901 Days in High-Security Prison (and 8 More Years in Severe Confinement) for the 'Crime' of Exposing War Crimes and Corruption

   Julian Assange clip

   New

3. Microsoft Lays Off Half of Its Workforce in Nigeria

   Microsoft continues to implode in Africa

4. Links 19/07/2024: Microsoft Breaks Down and Amdocs Has 1,500-3,000 More Layoffs

   Links for the day

5. [Meme] Conservative (and Fake) Nuclear Physicist Bill Gates

   Didn't even graduate from college, media treats him like a world-renowned expert in nuclear energy

6. The Gemini Capsule of Tux Machines Turns 2 in Six Days

   Many people actually use Gemini, some participate in it by creating their own capsule (or capsules)

7. GNU/Linux Rises to 4% in Saudi Arabia, Says statCounter, Windows Has Fallen to 11% (Android Exceeds 60%)

   Microsoft might soon fall below 10% in KSA (Saudi Arabia)

8. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 18, 2024

   IRC logs for Thursday, July 18, 2024

9. GNU/Linux news for the past day

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. Opensource.org = Microsoft Lobbying (Openwashing)

    Here's the latest pair of blog posts

11. In Northern Mariana Islands, Where Julian Assange Pled Guilty 4 Weeks Ago, Windows Remains Second to Android, and GNU/Linux Still Grows in Oceania

    It was the first month ever that statCounter saw more Web requests there from Android than from Windows

12. If GitLab Gets Sold (Datadog and Google Named Among Potential Buyers), It'll Prove Our Point About GitLab

    Beware the bait on the hook

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