Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 16, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Incompetent Patent Office (EPO) Trying to Blame Examiners (Whom It Orders to Illegally Grant European Patents)

   full communication, accompanied by flowcharts

2. Microsoft: Break Competition Laws (Endless Antitrust Violations), Lie to Regulators, Then Send Secret Bribes

   who's gonna hold them accountable for the lying?

   New

3. [Meme] No Choice, No Reuse, No Effect

   Let people throw away tens of billions of batteries each year and charge them too much for this 'convenience'?

   New

4. IBM Driving Workers Crazy (Maybe It Wants Them to Just Resign, No Severance)

   "This whole concept of silent layoffs that are expected to last through the end of November is driving me crazy."

5. Links 15/10/2024: GAFAM Returning the Menace of Nuclear Reactors, More Press Crises Reports

   Links for the day

6. linuxbsdos.com (Linux BSD OS) Has Gone Astray, It's All About Windows, Not GNU/Linux or BSD OS

   The transition could be seen a week or two ago. It gets worse every day.

7. [Meme] Nepotism Breeds Incompetence

   When a corrupt cabal takes over what was supposed to be an institution concerned with science

8. Links 15/10/2024: Fentanylware (TikTok) Under Fire, Espionage Wars Reported

   Links for the day

9. Gemini Links 15/10/2024: Magic of Radio and Misfin-Server 0.5.9

   Links for the day

10. Markets Without Fair Competition and Effective Regulation

    There are many examples where a lack of true choice encourages cartels

11. IBM Bribery Scandal in China

    IBM has a long history of bribery and other crimes

12. XBox Turmoil Continues, Head of XBox Game Studios Resigns After Less Than One Year

    There are many signs that XBox is dying - something that many sites have predicted for a while

13. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

14. IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 14, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, October 14, 2024

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