Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 01, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. SCO's Darl McBride Dead at Age 64

   There's hardly any information about it, except we know he reached bankruptcy and 3 years later he died at a relatively young age

   New

2. [Meme] Probably the Worst Possible Time to Get Information From Social Control Media

   Musk does not want to prevent disinformation from spreading and the same is true for Facebook and TikTok; they have their own interests

3. Update on Litigation Against the European Patent Office (EPO) at the ILO Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT)

   Rewards and compensation for staff have long fallen, resulting in many experienced colleagues leaving and causing further declines in quality and compliance

4. Gemini Links 31/10/2024: NNCP, Declutter the Web, Cost of Community

   Links for the day

5. Links 31/10/2024: Supermicro Plummets 33%, Block and Dropbox Mass Layoffs

   Links for the day

6. Links 31/10/2024: Environmental Anxiety, Profound Changes in Hardware Market

   Links for the day

7. Facebook is for Zombies

   Social control media is for fools

8. Microsoft Now Has $235,290,000,000 in Liabilities, They Grow Over Time in Spite of Mass Layoffs (So Expect More Layoffs)

   expect more mass layoffs

9. Links 31/10/2024: DST Woes, War Updates, Amazon RTO Backlash

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 31/10/2024: Attention Economy and Gemlogs

    Links for the day

11. Happy Halloween

    October is nearly over

12. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

13. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

14. For the Record: Linux is Controlled by the United States of America

    "This is going to make many question the openness and inclusivity of the work done by Linux Foundation"

15. Microsoft: XBox Hardware Revenues Down About 30% (Ignore the Buzzwords and Activision Activity Dressed Up as "XBox")

    For context, in a previous quarter XBox hardware sales were down by about 50%

16. Cooking the Books With "Cloud" And "AI" Was Not Enough to Fool Microsoft Investors

    "Microsoft Shares Drop on Disappointing Azure Growth Forecast"

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