Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 31, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. GNU/Linux Has Reached 4% in Ghana (All-Time High)

   Chromebooks seem to be doing well there

2. Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part VII - Pharmacies in the Age of "Online" and "App" and "Gimme Dat!"

   Today we talk about pharmacies

   New

3. [Meme] Microsoft the Security Expert of the World

   Microsoft, the top security authority of the world...

4. The Proportion of Mobile Devices Online (as Per Web Requests) Rises to All-time High and It's a Big Problem for Microsoft

   Microsoft's Windows revenues are falling and it seems like those revenues will never recover

5. Links 30/08/2024: Serious Abuses Against Uyghurs and Dyson Abandons Frivolous Libel Claim Amid Mass Layoffs

   Links for the day

6. So Far This Year Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month

   Yes, even this month

7. Gemini Links 30/08/2024: Moral Panic Against Privacy, Liminal Times, and Gopher

   Links for the day

8. Links 30/08/2024: Antidepressants Spoil the Water, War on Encryption Carries On

   Links for the day

9. Microsoft Windows Plunged to Levels So Low in Montenegro That Even iOS Users Apparently Outnumber Windows Users Now. We Must Still Tackle Microsoft's Crimes in Europe, Holding the Corrupt and Their Collaborators Fully Accountable.

   Or European Federation will become no better than the Russian Federation (it'll repeat unless crimes are prosecuted rather than rewarded)

10. Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Plunges to 1.5% of Capsules in Geminispace (90% Rightly Sign Their Own Certificates)

    fake "security" ploy isn't charming the adopters of Gemini (the protocol)

11. Gemini Links 30/08/2024: EDM Nonsense and Growthist Priorities

    Links for the day

12. Microsoft is Still Hurting Badly From CrowdStrike-gate (Now It Plays Dirty to Bypass Technical People)

    Well, clownstrike (CrowdStrike) isn't the sole culprit

13. California State Assembly Has Approved S.B. 1047, Which Can be Used Against Proprietary Software

    Plus, sage old advice from Capt. Grace Hopper

14. Moving in Positive Directions

    Some news updates and causes for restrained celebration

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Thursday, August 29, 2024

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