Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 04, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Android at 78% in India, Windows at All-Time Low, As Mobile Ownership Grows

   Microsoft is trying to commit suicide

2. Pay Careful Attention to How Canonical is Promoting Ubuntu

   We just need to recognise the exploitation and opportunism

3. [Meme] She Had White Hair, But She Was an Awesome Computer Scientist

   Grace Hopper promotes a positive image of women

4. [Meme] A New Definition of Authenticity

   "kill switch" in "boiling frog" mode

5. Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part XI (Interlude) - “We will end up in a global totalitarian surveillance society.”

   We're soon entering phase 2 of the series

6. In Communist America GNU/Linux Rises as Windows Falls to New Lows

   One might expect this, but the demise of Windows seems very rapid

7. The OSI's Official Blog is Still 100% Microsoft-Sponsored Microsoft Propaganda, Openwashing, and Gaslighting

   The OSI actively works to undermine Open Source because Microsoft is paying it to do that

   New

8. Gemini Links 03/09/2024: Languages, VPN, and Labor Day Weekend

   Links for the day

9. Links 03/09/2024: Software Patent Battles Re-enmerge and Europe's Fake Patent Courts Remain Untackled

   Links for the day

10. Links 03/09/2024: Longtermism, Distractions, and More

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 03/09/2024: Wimps and uname Options

    Links for the day

12. Ethiopia: Windows Has Collapsed

    Africa in general is lost territory to Microsoft

13. Probably Nothing of Value Lost (Just Another Tantrum Thrown)

    Microsoft interjects unwanted things into the kernel

14. Microsoft Lost the Search

    no future

15. Microsoft Seems to be Having Trouble in Hungary

    Android grows rapidly in Europe

16. Daniel Pocock Brought Back the Site of Let's Encrypt's Founder and Proved That Let's Encrypt Does Not Verify Authenticity

    Outsourcing trust is simply not security, and barely even authenticity

17. Amid Mass Layoffs, Which Are Under-reported, Microsoft Ireland Sees Windows and Bing Usage Plunging

    No wonder so many layoffs in Ireland

18. Mark Zuckerface: Yes, Facebook Censors You, It's Just Social Control, Not Media

    The lesson here isn't that Zuckerface is trying to champion free speech but that he's trying to appeal to fascists

19. [Video] At Last, the Full Recent Talk of Linus Torvalds About Rust Perils, the "AI" Passing Fad, and Many Other Things

    touches the "hey hi" (AI) hype

20. Australia: GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Rise Above 4% in Desktops/Laptops, Windows Falls to 61.64%

    There are Microsoft difficulties down under too

21. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

22. IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 02, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, September 02, 2024

23. Social Control Media is the Correct Term Because of Controls (Including Censorship for Social Control Purposes)

    Just ignore the right- and left-wing slant

24. "Microsoft is Aiming to Kill Both Mono and WINE in One Fell Swoop."

    Moar code!

25. Enjoying the Week by Organising Notes and Future Material

    We're also enjoying a holiday this week

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