Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. In Case Undersea Cables Are Cut...

   The issue has been somewhat of a taboo - mostly overlooked or entirely ignored at times of peace

   New

2. Two Years Later Sirius Open Source is Basically Dead (With a Zombie Web Site)

   1 day from now it's exactly 2 years since Rianne and I resigned

3. [Meme] The Internet is More Fragile Than They Are Willing to Admit

   If your site ready for a war on pipes and cables?

4. IBM is More Than 60 Billion Dollars in Debt (Which It Cannot Pay Back)

   IBM debt is growing

5. IBM and Microsoft Fake Headcount in Exactly the Same Way (While Mass Layoffs Persist and Real Revenue Falls, Not Just Compared to Inflation Rates)

   They convert profits into fake 'growth' instead of cashing in (so debt continues to soar), in effect gaming the system based on misleading metrics

6. Daniel Pocock Moved Up Two Spots in the Political Battles

   He has made a statement about it<

7. Links 30/11/2024: Cable Cuts Under Investigation, America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding, Panda Protection Money Misused

   Links for the day

8. Understanding Irish general election 2024 results Dublin Bay South

   Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

9. Links 30/11/2024: Social Control Media Under Growing Scrutiny, Patent Propaganda Sites Still Promote a Fake Court (UPC)

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 30/11/2024: SIGINT Foo and Hooking Up an Old Serial Terminal to a NetBSD Machine Over USB

    Links for the day

11. Apache Software Foundation, Already Infiltrated by Microsoft for Well Over a Decade, Still Controlled by Proprietary Giants With Openwashing Agents

    No wonder things get outsourced to Microsoft's proprietary prison (GitHub)

12. Tux Machines Turning Twenty a Half

    Contact us if you want to join us and live not far from Manchester

13. Stable at Over 4% and 400+ Days' Uptime

    Hopefully some time this weekend we'll find enough time to upload party photos (this site turning 18)

14. With a Month Left to Raise Money the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has Already Raised 56,000 Dollars

    December starts tomorrow

15. The Irish Have Voted, We'll Soon Know How Many Voted for a Debian Developer and Free Software Specialist

    Dublin Bay South results

16. [Meme] The Word Security Has Been Redefined

    "See what the media tells us?"

17. Proving Yet Again That Techrights Was Right About UEFI 'Secure Boot' All Along (Since 2012)

    'Secure Boot' or 'secure' boot is about anything but security

18. [Meme] Growing Up and Becoming Sceptical

    Social control media is a toxic weapon against what's true

19. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

20. IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 29, 2024

    IRC logs for Friday, November 29, 2024

21. Reporting Information and Facts at Times of War (and Information Wars), Dissent of Merit and Scepticism//Critical Skills Impermissible

    The world is full of white-collar crime, so the more people report, the better

22. Links 30/11/2024: More Strongarming and Threats to Taiwan, Ananda Krishnan is Dead

    Links for the day

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