Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. 'Linux Hint' Inactive for Two Months Already

   We'll need to get creative to find more news, seeing that a lot of the fodder is just "AI" cruft or cruft about "AI"

   New

2. Links 31/07/2024: Facebook Privacy Violations, Microsoft Ads Full-screen Adverts to Vista 11

   Links for the day

3. Gemini Links 31/07/2024: Ligature Integrated Analyzer and Putting Things Out On The Internet

   Links for the day

4. "Microsoft Melted $340 Billion of Stock Market Value", XBox Sales Down 42%, and There Are More Bungie Layoffs

   In the news today

5. Sirius Open Source Sank Deeper Into Debt, Has Run Out of Money

   The interest rates on overdraft are insane

6. More Linux SPAM (and Anti-Linux FUD) in LinuxSecurity.com (Guardian Digital, Inc.), Not Even Composed by an Actual Person

   A lot of anti-Linux 'articles' on the Web may in fact be generated by a Microsoft chatbot, not actually written by actual people

7. Links 30/07/2024: New Book on Bill Gates and His Special Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein, KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Progresses

   Links for the day

8. [Meme] Windows/Client/Device Revenue Slump at Microsoft, GNU/Linux Up to 4.5% on Desktops/Laptops

   The media barely talks about this

9. Microsoft Falls to Record Low in Norway (Windows on Around 50% of Desktops and Laptops, GNU/Linux Nearly 30%)

   people move to GNU/Linux in Norway

10. Microsoft's Shares Fell 8%. And No Major News Sites Bothered to Mention Windows Revenue Collapsing, It's All About "AI" Vapourware.

    This is journalism?

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 30, 2024

13. Microsoft's Client Business Falls at a Rate of Over 10% Again (the Usual in Recent Years), Microsoft Uses Smokescreen of Buzzwords and False Numbers

    Microsoft's client business (read: Windows) continues to tank

14. IBM Layoffs by Return to Office (RTO): Making Workers Miserable to Make Them Leave, Not Receive Any Compensation

    This is also applicable to Red Hat

15. Gemini Links 31/07/2024: Combating Malaise, Modifying Gemini Network Transport Protocol Specification

    Links for the day

16. Headline Change: "Jeffrey Epstein Called Bill Gates His 'Brightest' Star: New Book"

    Seems like censorship by Gates (as usual)

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