Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Synthesised Voices Aren't a New Technology (the Hype Might Be, They Call It "Hey Hi" Now)

   I still consider this an extension of the "hey hi" (AI) hype

   New

2. Almost Half the Web Users Connecting to Your Site Are Using Linux

   almost 1 in 2 Web-connected devices runs Android and about 2% run "proper" GNU/Linux

3. The Web Has Severe Amnesia Problems, But We Still Remember How Gilberto Gil Promoted Free Software in Brazil

   The Digital Tipping Point (DTP) is years behind us now

4. LLM Hype is Already Descending, Apple Stopped Investing in the Money Furnace

   Wall Street is a perverse force in the technology market, incentivising the most harmful (and mostly useless) things

5. Change Control and What Will Come After Git (If That's Still Possible at All)

   It would be wrong to believe (at least misguided) Git can be a "standard" skill 30 or 50 years from now.

6. On the Web, HTTPS Has Actually Become a Privacy Problem (Broadcasting Usage/Access to the All-Seeing CA Eye). Geminispace Doesn't Have This Problem.

   Down to 23 capsules: the rapid demise of Certificate Authority (CA) Let's Encrypt in Geminispace

7. Links 07/10/2024: Politics, Education, Wars, Financial Crunch

   Links for the day

8. Munich Was Having Real Difficulties Moving From GNU/Linux to Windows

   How many are still using GNU/Linux?

9. Links 07/10/2024:China’s 'Deflation' (Price Decreases), Brazil Still Bars Twitter ("X")

   Links for the day

10. Links 07/10/2024: "Creative Computing" Turns 50, Long War in Middle East Turns 1

    Links for the day

11. Gemini Links 07/10/2024: Luck and Dishonesty, Gaming Getting Worse

    Links for the day

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 06, 2024

    IRC logs for Sunday, October 06, 2024

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