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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 8th, 2026

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HandBrake 1.11 Open-Source Video Transcoder Adds AMD VCN AV1 10-Bit Encoder

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digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update

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MSI MS-C936 Ultra-Thin Fanless Box PC Combines Intel Raptor Lake-P U-Series CPUs with Quad Displays and Dual 2.5GbE

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F&S FSSM8MP SMARC Module Features NXP i.MX 8M Plus with Dual GbE and Edge AI

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Women Who Connect: Celebrating Six Women Championing the Internet

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More Layoffs in IBM This Week

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 22, 2024,
updated Aug 22, 2024

There are some anecdotal reports like these:

I'm really sorry to hear that. That is also a bit shocking because I was RAed from Marketing and Communications and the reason we were given is that our job in the U.S. no longer exists and is being moved overseas, to build a bigger presence in Brazil, Romania and India...So now they are laying off in those places? Good grief, it's all a ruse.

Also a day ago:

IBM is planning to lay off around 10,000 employees across Europe.

There's also this new comment:

This posting is at least 30 years late. IBM and other IT service companies were pioneers in outsourcing as early as the 1990s. Millions of jobs in all fields have been outsourced over the years to every possible country, so what is different about what's happening today?
Well, what's happening today is the same old story...somebody's a** got canned who thought that job cuts only happened to the loser down the street. "Ha ha, get a job!" was followed by "Ha ha, learn to code!". Lawyers, accountants and managers laughed at happy hours over the fates of unemployed factory workers. Keyboard grunts working cushy IT jobs laughed at happy hours over the fates of their "lessers" who didn't understand the latest technological jargon, who didn't own the newest technological gadgets and who didn't subscribe to all the social media channels. Those people are the ones getting fired today, and all of them are complaining about their mistreatment. They were "educated" and "skilled", after all...getting fired wasn't supposed to happen to them.

Life is full of irony. Irony is a great way to say "F*** YOU" to everybody. Enjoy the good times while they last, because they don't last forever...no matter what station you have in life.

Something will eventually appear in the media. Or not. ("Many IBM Layoffs (in Marketing), But the Media Is Not Mentioning Those Layoffs At All")

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