Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 21, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. No Outage Here

   Microsoft seems to have lost control of the narrative

2. Microsoft Has Managed to Make GNU/Linux Users Scared of Updating Their GNU/Linux PCs (Thanks to UEFI 'Secure' Boot's Boosters!)

   How many people know who's responsible for this mess?

3. Geminispace Growing and Getting More Free (Independent)

   Because self-signed certificates are the way to go

   New

4. Links 20/07/2024: Tesla's UK Lawsuit for 5G Patents Licence Thrown Out by UK Court, Censorship Examples Surface

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 20/07/2024: Why Sleep Is So Important, Bot Problems Online

   Links for the day

6. [Meme] Truth Hurts

   "Saying that I physically assaulted women is 'defamation'"

7. Techrights Turns 18 in About 3 Months

   Nothing can stop us

8. When (Software) Freedom is the Goal

   Freedom of thought also

9. Giving the False Impression That the R blogosphere is Microsoft's Microcosm

   Curation that culls "astrotrufing" isn't censorship but quality control for relevance

10. Expect Many More Microsoft Layoffs After the Latest Windows Outages (Bonus: More Media Says Microsoft Has Cut Half the Staff in Nigeria)

    after the latest worldwide blunder we can expect many businesses to gradually ditch Windows

11. Today GNU/Linux Broke All-Time Record in statCounter Again

    Expect more people to hop over to GNU/Linux after the Windows fiasco

12. Joab Jackson and "The New Stack" Publishing Microsoft Spam (E.E.E. Against Linux) for a Payment From Microsoft

    It's not a real news site

13. Links 20/07/2024: Patents on Software Squashed, Further Attacks on Independent News Sites

    Links for the day

14. Links 20/07/2024: Shopping Mall in Southwestern China and New Health Crises

    Links for the day

15. Microsoft/Windows Has Fallen Well Below 1% (Now 0.7%) in American Samoa

    statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows at Below 1% in American Samoa

16. The Thelio Mega Is a Dual-GPU Linux Supercomputer

    System76 sells many desktops and laptops built to run Linux. The company has now revealed its new high-powered Linux desktop, the Thelio Mega

17. [Meme] "System of a Down"

    The latest international catastrophe kills people

18. Why Microsoft is Laying Off So Many People in Nigeria

    Nigeria is a place Microsoft has lost

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 19, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, July 19, 2024

21. Gemini Links 20/07/2024: Gopher Catchup and Old Computer Challenge

    Links for the day

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